Saturday
4th October
Blast reporter Alex Full went to the house to report on the Fame
Academy final:
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| ´óÏó´«Ã½
Radio Cornwall's Alex Full |
It
was a bitterly cold evening and it even rained over the Fame Academy
house, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the students, friends
and family who tuned up to see the final of Fame Academy.
The
Academy mansion, set in 5.5 acres of land in North London had been
home to Alex, Alistair and Carolynne for nine weeks, but it all
came to a brutal end on Saturday night when the singers were judged
for the last time.
The
programme started with the usual sing for survival. Alex was the
last to perform, but her version of Tracy Chapman's 'Baby Can I
Hold You Tonight' was so good, it made it difficult to remember
what Carolynne and Alistair sang.
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| Alex
Parks sings for survival |
Whitby
boy, Alistair, redeemed himself when he performed his favourite
song from the series - 'Wherever You Go' by the Calling, but it
wasn't enough to top Christina Aguilera's 'Beautiful' performed
by Alex. This was the song that got her a place in the Academy at
the beginning of the series. And Carolynne belted out 'Underneath
Your Clothes' by Shakira, which Richard Park liked.
The
first show flew by and at 7.30 it was time to find out who would
be leaving the house. After a long drawn out wait it was no surprise
to hear that Carolynne would be the first to go.
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| Carolynne
leaves the Academy |
With
only Alistair and Alex left in the house, the second show was all
theirs and they had fifty minutes to win as many public votes as
they could.
The
Cornish singer was luckily given John Lennon's 'Imagine' to perform,
which is said to be one of the nation's favourite songs. This really
helped he pull in the votes and she interpreted it in her unique
way. Listen to the song
in our report.
While
the votes were being counted, Alistair and Alex joined forces for
the final time to the Beatles 'Let It Be' which was introduced by
Paul McCartney. The two young hopefuls gave their all and as the
adrenaline kicked in they started to tremble.
The
final results announcement was the most tense of them all. 4.5 million
people had called in to vote. The reporters in the press tent all
stood up clutching at their pens not daring to say a word. The studio
audience became very quiet and stood looking on at Alex and Alistair
who gripped each others hands waiting for the news. And then it
came...the winner of this year's Fame Academy is...Alex!!
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| Alex
Parks talks to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cornwall |
An
almighty cheer was released from everyone involved. It could be
hear from outside the house and in the press tents.
As
the winner, Alex has now landed herself a million pound record contract,
a spacious appartment in London, a sports car, a holiday for two
and VIP tickets to this years events.
It
wont be long before she's back on our radio's again!
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