stars in their eyes?

Well, I’m not sure if any of you are in the simon barnett (the presenter, not the fuls blogger) appreciation society on facebook or used to watch face the music..if so you may be a die hard fan of his and watched this years stars in their eyes. i sorta got pressured into going on the show, they needed more people and i got asked to meet the producers and when i turned up they had the piano and cameras ready and asked me what i was singing for them.

i panicked and one lady had an idea of me doing norah jones so i sung a norah jones song, then that was it, i was on the show, off straight away to get my hands measured (?!!)

the show was interesting, i wish i had made an alias of my ‘behind the scenes’ life ,perhaps having 4 kids working in a bakery, who every fornight goes to the local pub to sing karaoke, so i thought ‘why not, i’ll give it a crack’….alas my story was not as interesting, im just a struggling singer songwriter who drinks coffee and plays online scrabble…(game anyone?)

so anyway we filmed the show and i won my heat as norah jones against rod stewart, bonnie raitt, robert plant and gene pitney (who were all pretty awesome).

we then filmed the final and i was up against

aretha franklin, sarah mclachlan, boy george, scott stapp (creed), barry white, david lee roth (van halen), bobby darin and billy idol.

my performance of don’t know why by norah jones…

it was quite amusing watching all the message board comments on the website, one person said it was unfair of a songwriter with professional recordings to enter, (which anyone can do if they max out their overdraft like me!). It was all public voting and in the end Sarah Mclachlan one, so congratulations to her! I wasn’t too upset but would have loved to have won the trip to London :|!!!!!! In the end I’d much rather be known for my own music rather than being an impersonator, but I did get approached by an impersonation agency led by an Austin Powers impersonator asking if I’d be keen to do some shows as Norah Jones, which is pretty funny considering I look NOTHING like her. Think I’ll just stick to being blonde and  playing my humble wine cellar gigs with my awkward inbetween banter with my lovely band.

But of course the best thing about the show was becoming best friends with Simon Barnett. Gotta love those frosted tips!!!