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Will Young
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Websitewww.willyoung.co.uk

William "Will" Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British

first series of the television programme Pop Idol, a talent show/singing competition. After winning the competition, BMG gave him a recording contract, and his first album, From Now On, was released in October 2002. He has released three studio albums since then: Friday's Child in 2003, Keep On in 2005, and Let It Go in 2008. A greatest hits album titled The Hits
was released on 16 November 2009.

In the years following his participation on Pop Idol, Young has embarked on numerous tours, authored two books, Anything Is Possible and On Camera, Off Duty, and acted on film, stage and television.

Early life

Family

Will Young was born on 20 January 1979 in

company director of an engineering firm, and Annabel Young (née Griffith), a plant nursery gardener. Born six weeks prematurely, he is ten minutes older than his twin brother Rupert. He also has an older sister, Emma.[1][2]

Young was born into an affluent, middle-class family, whose paternal ancestry has strong ties to the British government and military services.

King William IV.[4][5][6]

Aretas' son, Sir Henry Young was also an influential figure within the British Empire. When he was twenty-four, Henry was appointed to a position in the colonial treasury in Trinidad. In the 1830s, he was posted in Demerara, and followed in his father's footsteps by helping to free the slaves. In 1848 Henry became the fifth Governor of South Australia, and later the first Governor of Tasmania. He was knighted in 1847.[7][8] Young's paternal grandfather, Digby Aretas Young, served in the Royal Air Force and died in 1966.[3]

Education

Young was raised in

400 metre sprint, which he could run in under fifty seconds – the Olympic average is forty-three seconds.[13] He became captain of the school's basketball and athletics teams, and also represented the school in the triple jump, long jump, football and rugby.[14] The only sport he says he felt uncomfortable playing was cricket.[13]

Young left school with ten

Arts Educational Schools, in Chiswick, London.[22]

Music

Early auditions

In 1999 during his second year at university, Young watched an episode of

I'll Be There,[24] in front of a panel of judges that included Simon Cowell, an artists and repertoire executive at BMG,[25] and Kate Thornton, a former editor of Smash Hits, turned television presenter.[26] One week later, Young was selected into the boy band alongside three other competitors including Lee Ryan, who later joined the boy band Blue.[27][28] Cowell said of the group, "We've tried to find people with star quality and these guys can sing and dance",[29] but the band failed to find any success and it soon dis-banded.[29] Young's next audition was at the Guildhall in London to be a jazz singer, but he accidentally arrived on the wrong date.[30]

Pop Idol

See also:
Pop Idol (series 1)

Auditions

On 20 June 2001, one of Young's university classmates showed him an advertisement in the

Fast Love" by George Michael. Still not completely convinced by his performances, he was made to wait in the "Maybe" room until the judges decided to send him through to the Final 50.[38][39]

The first episode of Pop Idol was broadcast on 6 October 2001 on

jazz/lounge interpretation of "Light My Fire" by The Doors.[41] Judges Chapman, Fox and Waterman were all enthusiastic about his performance, but Cowell was unimpressed and called it "distinctly average," adding, "I just thought it was totally normal. In the context of the show I honestly didn't think it was good enough."[42] The other judges and contestants all expressed shock at his comments, and Young responded, telling Cowell that while he was entitled to his opinion, it was wrong.[43]

Young: "I love disagreeing with Simon because I do it every week, but all of us [the contestants] have been dying to say things to you.—"
Cowell: "Well I just spoke how I felt."
Young: "Sorry, can I finish? Thank you. It's nice that you've given opinions in this show. In previous shows you haven't, you've just projected insults and it's been terrible to watch… It is your opinion, but I don't agree with it. I don't think it was average. I don't think you could ever call that average, but it is your opinion and I respect that, so thank you very much."

— Exchange between Will Young and Simon Cowell, after Cowell criticised Young's performance of "Light My Fire". "Open Auditions 5". Pop Idol. ITV. 20 October 2001. No. 5, series 1.[37][43]

This incident has often been cited as the moment when Young's pop career truly began, standing out to viewers and endeared himself to them.[44][45][46][47][48][49] It appeared that the voting audience agreed with Young and disagreed with Cowell, because he was voted through to the next round, in first place, with 41.5% of the overall vote.[50] During Young's next appearance on the show on 15 December, Cowell stated that he had previously made a "huge mistake", and that Young had conducted himself with a dignity that had humbled him.[51] Young later stated that his proudest moment of the entire competition was this incident.[52]

Live Finals

Young easily progressed through each subsequent round by performing jazz, lounge and

Darius Danesh, Young again received the most votes (39.8%). Gates received 39.3% of the votes and won the other place in the Grand Final, while Danesh received 20.9% of the votes and was eliminated from the competition.[57]

Throughout the following week, Young and Gates embarked on separate whistle-stop tours of the United Kingdom in large tour buses adorned with their faces, in an attempt to canvass for votes. In election-style campaigns, they made numerous radio and television appearances, were interviewed in magazines, national and local newspapers, and met and performed for their fans.

bookmakers gave Gates better odds on the eve of the Grand Final, pointing to his angelic voice, good looks and displays of emotion that appealed to a younger audience, compared with Young's soulful crooning and maturity appealing to housewives and intellectuals.[66][67] Gates was given various odds of 1–5, 2–7 and 2–9, while Young's odds were quoted at 3–1, 100–30 and 11–4 at different times in the week.[59][68][69][70]

On 9 February 2002, 13.34 million viewers watched Young and Gates battle each other in the Grand Final for the title of "Pop Idol".

vote rigging.[74][75][76] Nevertheless, Young was announced the winner of the competition after receiving 4.6 million (53.1%) votes, just 500,000 more than Gates.[77] Young's shock at hearing the news was obvious to viewers as his jaw dropped and he clasped his hands to his face. "When he [Ant McPartlin] said what the votes were, I thought, 'I am second, and I have lost by that much. Oh well, that's not bad'," Young recalled. "When I heard I'd won ... I felt like I'd been hit. I stepped backwards. I could not believe it."[78][79] In 2011, Young described Pop Idol as "a huge starting point and ... the best ever experience for me, ever."[80]

Pop Idol performances and results

Week Theme Song performed Original artist Result Percentage of
public votes
Audition Idol's Choice "Blame It on the Boogie"
The Jacksons
 Advanced N/A
London Rounds Day 1, first performance "All or Nothing" O-Town Advanced
London Rounds Day 1, second performance "Up on the Roof" The Drifters Advanced
London Rounds Day 2 "Fastlove" George Michael Advanced
Top 50 Semi Finals "Light My Fire" The Doors/José Feliciano Safe (1st) 41.5%
Top 10 Pop idols "
Until You Come Back to Me
" 		Aretha Franklin Safe (1st) 27.3%
Top 9 Christmas songs "Winter Wonderland" Richard Himber and his Hotel Carelton Orchestra Safe (1st) 22.6%
Top 8 Burt Bacharach music "Wives and Lovers"
Jack Jones
 Safe (1st) 21.3%
Top 7 Music from the movies "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers Safe (1st) 29.8%
Top 6 Songs of ABBA "The Name of the Game" ABBA Safe (2nd) 25.2%
Top 5 Big band night "We Are in Love"
Harry Connick, Jr.
 Safe (2nd) 24%
Top 4 Performers' choice "Night Fever"
"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" 		Bee Gees
Eurythmics 		Safe (2nd) 27.9%
Top 3 Judges' choice "Beyond the Sea"
"I Get the Sweetest Feeling" 		Bobby Darin
Jackie Wilson 		Safe (1st) 39.8%
Top 2 Idol single (A-side)
Idol's favorite
Idol single (AA side) 		"Anything is Possible"
"Light My Fire"
"Evergreen" 		Will Young
The Doors/Jose Feliciano
Westlife 		Winner 53.1%

Recording career

After winning Pop Idol, Young was given a £1 million recording contract with BMG and signed with 19 Management for representation. Pop Idol judge Nicki Chapman became his manager.

Ivor Novello Award for "Best-Selling UK Single".[98]

Young's follow-up single was another song he had performed on Pop Idol, "Light My Fire", which also entered the singles chart at number 1.[99]

In October 2002, Young released his debut album,

BRIT Award in February 2003 as Best Breakthrough Artist.[97]

Young's second album,

2007 BRIT Awards. Other singles from the album were "Switch It On" and "Who Am I
".

Young has been nominated for Ten BRIT Awards [4 x Best British Male - 4 X Best British single - Best pop Act- Best Breakthrough]. In May 2006, he was voted the UK's favourite artist ever in a poll conducted by commercial radio[citation needed]. In May 2007, he was voted the UK's favourite artist of all time for the second consecutive year[citation needed]. As of 13 December 2009, Will Young has more weeks at number 1 on the official UK Singles chart in the 2000s than any other solo artist with 15 [citation needed]. Jay-Z also has 15 weeks in this position but this figure includes numerous collaborations rather than solo.

On 29 September 2008, Young's fourth album,

Tell Me the Worst", and was released on July 5, 2009 only in the UK. It served as a club promo, and featured some Fred Falke remixes.[104]

On an interview with

Noel Coward, which is yet on the very early stages and he "doesn't know if it will end up".[105]

Young's greatest hits collection was released on November 16, 2009. It includes two brand new songs, one of them the single "Hopes & Fears". The album was a success on the charts, being certified Platinum by the BPI.[106]

Live performances and tours

In early 2002, Young joined his fellow

Roger Taylor.[107]

During July 2002, Young sang at two concerts with the renowned songwriter

Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London
.

Following a sell-out theatre tour in 2004, Young appeared at

Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push, the final concert of Live 8, a charity concert in Edinburgh to raise awareness of the plight of Africa, where he duetted with James Brown once again and also sang with One Giant Leap, Neneh Cherry and Maxi Jazz. In November 2005, Young appeared in his second Royal Command Performance.[108]

In May 2006, he sang at

BBC Electric Proms series of concerts. He followed this by performing in South Africa for Nelson Mandela's Unite of the Stars charity concerts.[110]

In July 2007, he appeared at the

Last Night of the Proms. In September 2007, Young performed at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Vanguard Big Band. Young took part in the Little Noise Sessions, a series of intimate, acoustic gigs for the learning disability charity, Mencap
. He performed in November 2007 with special guests at Islington's Union Chapel.

In April 2008, Young again appeared at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Vanguard Big Band. Young is to perform at various festivals during mid 2008, including

T In the Park[112] in Scotland and Bestival[113] on the Isle of Wight
.

On 24 August 2008 Young appeared at the Olympic Party which took place in The Mall, London. He performed his latest single Changes and I Can See Clearly Now, which was originally sung by Johnny Nash.[114]

Young is also featured singing in trailers for the recording/film making group 1 Giant Leap's newest project "What About Me?"[115]

Young was the featured singer on the

X-Factor programme on ITV1 on Saturday 1 November 2008. He also mentored the remaining contestants.[116]

Young performed in a sell-out theatre tour, commencing on 16 November 2008 and continuing until 13 December 2008 with two dates at The Roundhouse in Camden, London.

On 31 December 2008 Young was featured as a guest on Elton John's Live New Year show at the O2 Arena in London. He joined Sir Elton in the song Daniel.

Young will be performing at various festivals across the UK during the summer of 2009, starting with the Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday 13 June, including T4 On The Beach on Sunday 19 July.

Young was one of the performers at the BBC's Live at Blackpool programme on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday 5 September 2009.[117]

Young toured again in the UK at the end of 2009. He took to the stage at The Waterfront, Belfast on the opening night on 9 November, finishing up at the Brighton Centre on 6 December.

Other projects

Acting career

Young added acting to his repertoire when he accepted a role in the

Mrs. Henderson Presents,[118] starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins
, in which he played Bertie. The film was released in the UK in November 2005 to excellent reviews—not least for Young's performance as both actor and singer in the film. The scene, in which Young appears naked, postdated his "absolutely thrilled" acceptance of the British male Rear of the Year Award 2005, an accolade to add to the Most Stylish Male Music Star, Best Bod, Sexiest Star, Best Dressed and Best Hair awards he had already won.

Young trod the boards in the

Noel Coward. This production ran from January to March 2007 and Young played the leading role of Nicky Lancaster. Critics, including the well respected and acclaimed critic Nicholas de Jonghe, thought Young played the role of Nicky just as it should have been played and he wrote, "revelatory Will finds key to Coward classic".[119]

In October 2007 Young narrated an audio version of the Roald Dahl novel Danny, the Champion of the World.

Young also appears in the

Skins in 2010.[120][121]

Television documentaries

In November 2004, Young presented a documentary entitled Runaways[122] as part of the Children in Need campaign, highlighting the problems facing distressed teens who run away from home, and the plight they were in being picked up off the streets and railway stations by pimps who offered them work and drugs. The children did not know where to go for immediate help unless they were picked up by the police and sent to a refuge centre.

During June 2007 a series of documentaries entitled Saving Planet Earth was shown on BBC Television. Young filmed an episode about saving the gorillas of West Africa during his visit to Africa earlier in the year.

In March 2009,

The X Factor and on his UK theatre tour from November 2008 amongst other segments.[123]

Young has been made a "Companion" of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.[124]

Debate

On 27 October 2008, Young spoke on Celebrity at the Oxford Union, where he showed an interest in forming a band named 'Will Young and the Credit Crunchers'.

Question Time after he revealed he was a fan of the show.[126] He participated in the edition from Dunstable in February 2009.[126]

Philanthropy

Young supports the charity Women's Aid, about which he wrote: "I am proud to put my name beside this cause, and hope that I might be able to help more people affected by the terrors of domestic violence, as well as help to create a wider awareness within our society." [1]

Young also supports Mencap—about which he wrote, "I'm very much in this for the long term, and I'd like to help continue to break down peoples' misconceptions and prejudices"—, The Children's Society Safe and Sound Campaign, and Positive Action Southwest (PASW) [2], for which he performed at his first solo concert, in July 2003, at Killerton House, Exeter.

Young has been an ambassador for

The Prince's Trust since 2002, and performed at the 30th anniversary concert in the grounds of the Tower of London
.

Together with Dame Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman, Young appeared in a series of advertisements during the Christmas period 2007 for Oxfam; "Oxfam Unwrapped".

Young is the ambassador for Mood Foundation, a charity which aims to build a database of private therapists and alternative therapies to treat various types of depressive conditions. It was set up by Young's twin brother Rupert Young.[127]

Personal life

In March 2002, Young revealed that he is gay pre-empting a tabloid newspaper that was preparing to out him. He also stated that he had never hidden and was comfortable with his sexuality.[128][129]

Discography

Main article: Will Young discography

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