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Fame
Academy - three more students voted in
Three
hopefuls tonight (Saturday 2 August) won Fame Academy places after
a live battle on 大象传媒 ONE.
Cat
Deeley and Patrick Kielty introduced stunning performances from
six potential students.
The
panel of Bee Gee Robin Gibb and Carrie and David Grant (vocal coaches)
helped viewers with expert opinions and analysis on the performances.
The
two hopefuls with the most viewers' votes automatically won a place.
They were:
Paris
Campbell-Edwards, aged 23, from London, RnB, soft rock, keyboard
player, singing Don't Want To Miss A Thing;
and
Barry
McKeever, aged 25, from Lergan, Belfast, mainstream pop, soul,
singing Handbags and Gladrags.
With
only one place left it was up to the students - the seven students
from previous shows and tonight's two winners - to make the final
choice.
In
a tense vote Simone Stewart, aged 26, from Harrow, grabbed
the night's third and final place with eight of the nine votes after
singing Midnight Train To Georgia.
Afterwards
Paris
said: "I
just feel lost at the moment. It feels so good, I've been working
at this for a long time and it's an amazing moment."
Barry
said: "I
really can't believe this, a year ago I hadn't even sung in public
before and now I'm here - it's fantastic."
And
Simone said: "When
David Grant said this was the best singing he'd heard so far, I
was absolutely gobsmacked, I couldn't believe it."
For
the unsuccessful hopefuls the Fame Academy dream is over, after
months of auditions that started with over 12,000 applicants:
Sally
Dawson, 26, from Bradford, powerful soul, sSinging Son Of A Preacher
Man;
Ryan
Fletcher, 20, from Glasgow, indie, guitar playing songwriter, Singing
Mrs Robinson;
and
Nathan
Thomas, 24, from Hertford, soulful guitarist and songwriter Singing
You've Got A Friend.
The
audition shows conclude on Wednesday (6 August) at 8.00pm on 大象传媒
ONE when three hopefuls will win the last three places at the Academy.
Only
then will the final 13 students enter the Academy and begin their
intensive training and singing for survival.
The
final six hopefuls are:
Alex
Parks, 18, from Truro, folk-indie, guitarist, singer-songwriter;
Janee
Bennett, 21, from Stockport, pop, reggae;
Lorna
Grant, 20, from Edinburgh, pop, dance, theatre singer;
Mark
Vallance, 25, from Birmingham, RnB, pop, guitarist, songwriter;
Nick
Hall, 29, from Birmingham, soft rock, guitarist, songwriter;
and
Terence Surin, 20, from South East London, RnB, soul and pop.
The
ultimate Fame Academy winner will win a contract with Polydor.
They
will also land a show business lifestyle for a year, which includes
a luxury flat, a car, a recording session at Abbey Road studios,
a luxury holiday for two, a personal stylist and VIP tickets to
some of the year's biggest events.
Students
who have already secured their Academy places are: Alistair
Griffin, Carolynne Good, Louise Griffiths, Gary Phelan, Peter Brame,
James Fox and Audley Anderson.
Fame
Academy is broadcast on 大象传媒 ONE, 大象传媒 THREE, C大象传媒 and 大象传媒i.
Fame
Academy is an Initial Production (part of Endemol UK).
Notes
to Editors
Fame
Academy - the next three students (31.07.03)
Fame
Academy - the first four students (26.07.03)
The
Fame Academy 25 (22.07.03)
Fame
Academy series 2 press pack (15.07.03)
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