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Pop Idol

Brian made it in to the top 10 of 'Pop Idol 2' in 2003. It introduced him to many British fans and was the push behind this website.

Brian's Audition Number - 4521

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The Songs
 
From 20,000 to 100 - Brian sang `Heaven` by Bryan Adams and was put through by all 4 judges. Click here to get the lyrics for Heaven
 
From 75 to 50 - Brian sang `Mandy` by Barry Manilow. He was so good that he was into the finals! Click here to get the lyrics for Mandy. In the same weekend, Brian also sang Uptown Girl by Billy Joel with Max and another Irish guy who will remain nameless!
 
From 50 to 12 - Brian sang `Amazed` by Lonestar. Brian was predicted by the judges to go through to the finals by all 4 judges and there prediction was correct. Brian made the finals with Kirsty Crawford. Click here to get the lyrics for Amazed.
 
12 to 10 - `Different Corner` by George Michael was the song Brian picked for Idols week. Brian is brilliant but strangely enough at the same time (well it was commented by Simon Cowell) is forgettable. Click here to get the lyrics for Different Corner.
 
9th place - Brian had to pick a song from 1979, the year he was born. He chose `Honesty` by Billy Joel and was voted out along with Marc Dillon. Click here to get the lyrics for Honesty.
 
On the Pop Idol album, `Xmas Factor` Brian sings a beautiful cover version of Robson and Jerome's no.1 hit, `I Believe`. Click here to get the lyrics and click here to get the lyrics for the Pop Idol single, `Happy Xmas (War Is Over)`.

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The Statistic's
 
Heat 2 - Brian comes 2nd out of 10 with 16.8% of the votes. He is pipped to the 1st place post by Kirsty Crawford who recieved 19.9% and he put Susanne Manning in 3rd place who had 16.1%.
 
The final rounds, Week 1 - Brian only just missed being in the bottom 3 with 5.2% of the votes. The bottom 3 consisted of Mark Rhodes (4.9%), Kirsty (4.2%) and Leon MacPherson (4%).
 
Week 2 - Brian is eliminated with only 5 % of the votes, Marc Dillon went with him (4.2%) and also in the bottom 3 was Kim Gee with 5.7%.
 

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