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IAN MOORIan Moor, the likeable lad from Willerby near Hull was catapulted from paint blender to UK national fame when he won the 'Stars in their Eyes' final singing the highly popular Chris de Burgh song 'The Lady in Red'.In the UK, since 1990, Granada Television's 'Stars In Their Eyes' series has been a staple of ITV's Saturday night prime time TV schedules. Attracting viewing figures of around 10 million for each show, each series attracts tens of thousands of applications from potential participants hoping to appear on the show as a tribute to their favourite musical stars - the 1999 series, for example, had 50,000 applicants for 60 places. |
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Asked how he ended up applying for 'Stars In Their
Eyes', Ian said on the TV program ' Magic Moments': "It
was down to a friend of mine - Pat Phillips, she saw me perform the song
at a charity show. She came up to me afterwards and said 'You sound just
like him - you should go in for it.' So I kind of knew I did sound a bit
like him, the tone of my voice was similar, but it wasn't until I'd been
given that push that I sent off the form.
Ian didn't make it onto the TV program initially and was placed on standby for the 1998 series. After eventually getting the call from Granada, Ian polled 501,868 votes from the UK public to win the prestigious television show.
Later that same year, Ian then added the unique "Champion of Champions" title as he was pitted against winners of the previous 10 years, this time he got half of all the votes that came in for the entire show.
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Chris de Burgh recalled the events in the Getaway Gazette Feb 2000: "I rang him from a restaurant I was in when I heard that he'd won, and invited him down to spend the day with me in a recording studio, later that week. He came along and even got to sing on one of the tracks. He had a lovely time. He was a very nice lad. We took him out to dinner, filled him up with beer and sent him off to Belfast the following day to do The Gerry Kelly Show."
As the new series of 'Stars In Their Eyes' for 2000 begun, Ian was invited back on the show, again to perform 'The Lady In Red'. This time there was to be one more special surprise in store for him. During his performance, Chris de Burgh himself appeared mid-way through and continued to duet the 1986 number one hit in harmony with Ian.
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This lead to him releasing a CD and 'live performance' video entitled 'Naturally' which took Ian into the charts. With a National tour of Theatres things were looking good.
As the theatre dates became less frequent, Ian decided to take his career back into his own hands and is now taking work that allows him to spend a little more time with his family in Hull.
This section of www.chrishigh.com is for the fans and fans to be of Chris de Burgh. Check out some of the amazing things to do and see here including:
Chris de Burgh
- The Storyman
The Storyman: An in depth look and latest news.
Chris
de Burgh - The River Sessions
Revealed - this superb new CD recorded in Glasgow
1981.
New
Album by Chris de Burgh
Chris High reviews the new album from Chris de
Burgh.
Ferryman
Productions
Unofficial information about Ferryman Productions
Ltd.
Rosanna Davison
Biography of Miss Ireland 2003/ Miss World 2003
plus latest information.
CdeB
Rare Facts
A collection of hard to find and uncommon CdeB
facts.
The
Chris de Burgh Story
A ten minute streaming video presentation - 'The
Early Years'.
There's
a New Star Up In Heaven Tonight
A tribute to Princess Diana and her connection
with Chris de Burgh.
Chris
de Burgh on songwriting
Quotes on the songwriting process from Chris de
Burgh.
Chris
de Burgh Guitar Solos and Riffs
A look at some of the amazing guitar solos
in CdeB album tracks.
Chris
de Burgh The Simple Truth 1991
An in depth look at The Simple Truth concert
of 1991 in aid of Kurdish Refugees including pictures and streaming video.
Chris
de Burgh Record Collector
Chris de Burgh has featured twice in Record
Collector Magazine.
Mike
Doud art for Chris de Burgh
The paintings of Mike Doud for the 1986 Chris
de Burgh records.
Bargy
Castle - Interactive Tour
An imaginary tour of Bargy Castle by Chris de
Burgh himself.
Chris
de Burgh - A Child Is Born
This
truly amazing 2 minute video shows Chris de Burgh morphing from a baby
to the present day - awesome!
Chris
de Burgh - This Is Your Life
A
Flash presentation adapted from the UK British TV series in 1992.
Chris
de Burgh - Memory Games
A Selection of CdeB memory games to test you.
Chris
de Burgh - Album Covers Game
How well do you know the CdeB album covers? Why
not test yourself here.
Chris
de Burgh - Song Title Quiz
Can you work out the clues to discover the correct
CdeB song titles?
Chris
de Burgh - Picture Puzzles
Rearrange these 5 CdeB single covers online -
dynamic puzzles.
Chris
de Burgh Java Applet Games
Highly addictive Chris de Burgh Java games - Great
Fun!
Chris
de Burgh Crossword Puzzles
Either play online or print out to do later, both
easy and hard levels.
Chris
de Burgh Competition
A Chris de Burgh MP3 music quiz - win a copy of
'Untrained Melodies'.
Chris
de Burgh DHTML Zone
Dynamic HTML effects, just a bit of fun with some
familiar pictures.
Chris
de Burgh - Subliminal
A look at the possibility of reverse lyrics found
in Chris de Burgh songs.
Chris
de Burgh talks about wine
CdeB talks about his wine collection and what
good wine means to him.
Chris
de Burgh links
We've scanned the Internet to bring you some of
the best CdeB websites.
break the rules as I see fit.” - Chris High 2003.