The throwback we all need!
Will Young says he wants to stage an unofficial pop idol reunion with Gareth Gates.
It's been 23 years since two singers captured the attention of viewers all around the UK & Ireland on the Pop Idol final, and now it seems like they want to get back together - kind of.
Will Young appeared on the Magic Breakfast Radio Show in the UK last week and revealed that his former Pop Idol rival is now his neighbour.
"I recently moved to the countryside and I love it, my dogs love it, everyone’s happy," he told host Harriet Scott.
"I haven’t been there very long in this new place – it’s not a big town – and I get the train down from London, I get in the cab and this is how I found out who else lives in this town when the cabbie says to me, ‘Oh are you going to Gareth Gates’ house?'"
"Gareth Gates lives in the same town I’ve just moved to! What are the chances that the two people in the final of Pop Idol – 23 years on – end up living in the same town," he continued.
Will then joked that he’s ready to ‘take him on’ again, all these years later.
"I think we’re going to turn up at the local talent show and I’m going to take him on again and I’m going to win – absolutely!! I haven’t messaged him yet because I’ve been rushing around but he’ll know now. And I’m trying to find out where his house is!!" he said.
Two former Pop Idol finalists battling it out in the local talent show of a rural English town is something we need to see 😂
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