Darius Danesh!
Before he secured his heee-uge recording contract, gorge Darius performed at last year's Irn Bru Live + Loud festival. Hear'say, Steps and Five all arrived in limos and helicopters, but a skint Daz turned up in a battered old banger, with his stage gear being carried in an old ambulance. Glam!
Darius rekons he had an angst-ridden phase during his teenage years. His way of dealing with it was to crank up his Alanis Morrisette CDs and try to forget all his woes. Bless.
As well as having a belting voice, Darius is a nimble pianist and can play reocrder, guitar and saxophone! Not at all at the same time of course.
Darius is not that impressed with London, and describes it as "the loneliest place in the world". Sob!
All the same Londoners can see him whizzing about on the underground, as down-to-earth Daz is happy to use public transport like the rest of us commoners!
Darius is so determined to make it big in showbiz that he's temporarily turned his back on romance. He says he's tucked up in bed early most nights, with a mug of hot chocolate and no time or energy for lurve!
Simon Cowell Once told Darius that his performances were too corny. "You have one more opportunity to lose your corniness,"sneered the snarky judge. Luckily sensible Darius didn't get er cob on! but he did admit he'd like to fling a custard pie right in Simon's Face.
In true Tom Jones style, hardcore darius fans are offering their undercrackers for him to autograph. After one appearance in Scotland, the lad blushed beetroot red when a shameless laydee asked him to sign a teeny, weeny thong. Saucy!
If Darius gets ill he's in safe hands, his dad Booth is a consultant gastroenterologist (dont ask!) at a Glasgow hospital and his mum Avril is a Doctor in Paisley.