June 2000 - Top Of The Pops - Lottery with Bryan and Kian
Love & Passion Career Lifestyle Childhood Yikes!
Are they really fools? Only one way to find oiut! KIAN and BRYAN, step up and face our all-new Lottery...
What piece of school work are you proud of?
Bryan: I wrote a project about drug abuse which the teacher gave me an 'excellent' for. I presented it in a nice, clean, see-through folder and I've still got it in my room at home.
Kian: I was really proud of my performance as a newsreader in our primary school play. My mum used to make me take my poetry trophies into school and the teacher would insist I showed them off. Kids would give me stick for it but I'd just say, 'Yeah well I have a trophy and you don't.'
You claim to be songwriters yet none of your songs were included on the debut album. Are you rubbish?
Kian: No, but the songs we wrote back then weren't good enough. We weren't very experienced at songwriting at the time but there will definitely be Westlife songs on the second album. We've picked up loads as we've gone along but you're either a songwriter or you're not.
Bryan: Shane and I have written seven songs together so far together so far. Kian's worked on a couple of them with us and Mark's written a few tracks too. Shane and I work well together. I ususally come up with the lyrics and then we both figure out the melody.
Have you ever snogged to a Westlife single?
Kian: Yeah, Flying Without Wings came on the radio once while I was mid-snog. It wasn't exactly embarrassing but I though, 'Oh no, I can't believe I'm snogging to one of my own songs!'
Bryan: I snogged to I Have A Dream. I was dancing with a girl in a club and the DJ played it on purpose. I stopped snogging and sung it into the girls' ear.
Who would you like to support you on your tour?
Bryan: Mero. They're already lined up to perform with us and we get on great with them. I'd quite like a lot of girl bands touring with us - all of them, from Girl Thing to Atomic Kitten, Britney Spears to Jessica Simpson, but no Spice Girls or anything like that. Just the young ones cos we have a laugh together.
Do you have a pension?
Bryan: Let's face it, we're not really gonna need pensions, are we? I think we've made enough money to cover our pensions already.
Kian: I have life insurance though and I'm investing in property. My sister and I are buying an apartment in Spain. It's really cheap out there and the market's gonna boom in the next five years. I'm also buying a place in Ireland that I'll rent out to pay the mortgage.
Bryan: I'm buying a new apartment in London. It's a big modern loft apartment with one huge, open-planned room.
What do you prefer, a rampant snog session or a cosy ciddle on the sofa?
Bryan: It feels much nicer to have a cuddle. I don't really like heavy snogging that much. I prefer gentle kissing.
Kian: I agree, it's far more imtimate, but the last time I enjoyed a cuddle on the sofa was more than eight months ago.
Ever had a crush on a teacher?
Kian: I fancied Mrs McCarrak in secondary school, but I wasn't obsessed with her. My band was in a school talent and I dedicated Wonderful Tonight to her. She came up on stage and gave me a kiss.
Have you ever given or received a love bite?
Kian: Both, when I was about 15. I enjoyed giving them but my mum used to kill me if I came home with a lovebite on my neck so I'd try and hide them under high collars. I hate them now cos they're bad for you. You're busting a load of blood vessels in your neck, after all.
Bryan: I've never given them or received them and I think they're horrible. Who wants a big, dirty, red mark on their neck. Urgh!
Kian: I remember one guy who once came into school with 15 love bites on his neck. Was it Shane or Mark? No, it wasn't!
When was the last time you cleaned the hairs out of the bath plug holes?
Kian: I never have and I probably never will. I help my mum out round the house but I'm not picking the hairs out of the bath, yuk! I do more strenous work like hoovering and let mum do the, erm, stuff that doesn't take much effort.
Bryan: I used to hoover every second day when I was younger.
Kian: Well I'm pretty handy at DIY too. I can fix window sills you know.
On a scale of one to ten how passionate are you?
Bryan: Ten out of ten. How do I know? I've had good feedback!
Your stage outfit get mixed up with Steps' clothes. You either go and perform in banana yellow of diappoint the fans...
Bryan: I'd go on stage in just my boxer shorts rather than wear Steps' yellow!
Kian: I'd wear the yellow but only for a laugh. Trust me, we ahve been slagging ourselves off all week about the colours we wear. Hey guess what, we're singing a ballad, sitting on stools, wearing all black! Remind you of anybody?! We wore navy blue for Fool Again and you should be seeing us in flourescent yellow by the year 2006!
Can you tell infatuation from love?
Kian: Yes. Infatuation dies off after a while but loves goes on forever. Mind you, love can fade away too but if you're away from the person for too long.
Bryan: I haven't got a clue and it gets me into trouble. Luckily I've only once told someone that I loved them when it was only lust.
What was the last lie you told?
Kian: I told my mum I was too busy to talk when she rung me earlier but really I needed to go to the toilet!
Bryan: I lie every morning when our tour manager tries to wake me up. I'll say, 'I've just taken the shower, I'll be downstairs in a minute', when really I'll still be in bed. Usually I only have time to throw on my clothes before we leave and then I have to shower when I reach the next place.
What other business ventures would you like to invest in?
Kian: My brother and I are talking about setting up a studio and producing our own dance tracks. My brothers are very musical and Tom and I have already mixed some stuff together which sounds great.
Bryan: I'd like to open a big glitzy casino in Dublin but I'll wait until they abolish the strict gambling rules in Ireland. When they do I'll be there every night sitting at the blackjack table trying to win my own money!
You never dance in nay of your videos. Don't you have any rhythms?
Kian: Yes I do and yes I can dance. It's just that our music doesn't really require many dance moves. I don't like dancing in clubs actually but I have been taught salsa. Who taught me? (Very mysteriously...) Oh, just this girl I know.
How much money does Ronan receive from your singles sales?
Kian: Nothing. Nor do we. None of us receives anything from Westlife singles. It's album sales that make us the money. How much does Ronan receive from them? naughty, naughty... (Pauses to ponder this for five minutes) A lot. It depends on how many albums we sell.
Bryan: Let's just say he gets enough and it won't be any different with teh second album. We have a contract with the management and the record label and we're not going to change anything. (Not fools at all then!)