Rhydian Roberts
Headline:
In a taxi with... X Factor runner-up Rhydian Roberts
Synopsis:
The Welsh wonder dubbed 'a glamorous alien' by Sharon Osbourne on the TV talent show talks celibacy, albums and the joys of coming second.
Alarming rumour has it that Rhydian Roberts might be an alien, in which case I can only hope he’s a friendly one. For the bookies’ silver-quiffed favourite in last year’s X Factor final looked a bit like an escapee from The Rocky Horror Picture Show as he sung his melodramatic Welsh heart out – until he was beaten by Leon Jackson’s boyish charm.
But the very next day Rhydian was offered a recording deal by judge Simon Cowell’s Syco label, so he’s been crying all the way to the studio ever since. Which is why a TV crew from Welsh channel S4C, filming its local hero for a documentary, follows him around as he climbs into our cab for a lift to his new home in Hampstead, North London.
But first, our cabbie, Dave from Colchester, takes a quick detour past Rhydian’s favourite hotel, Claridge’s, and Savile Row, where he gets his suits made. If that’s what coming second does for a guy, can we all have a piece of it, please?
As for the slightly weird TV image, the real-life Rhydian – who says he would love to play the Phantom of
the Opera in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s planned sequel Love Never Dies – looks more like a bleached boy-next-door, with his new cropped hairstyle, Diesel jeans and Jesus Christ Superstar T-shirt (yes, he’d
love to star in that, too). ...
- Publish date:
- 30 November 2008
- Author:
- Maureen Paton
- Source:
- Mail on Sunday
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