The Resume

(January 20, 1979- )
Resides in London, England
Recorded 'Evergreen/Anything is Possible,' 'Light My Fire,' 'The Long and Winding Road,' 'Don't Let Me Down/You & I,' 'Leave Right Now,' 'Your Game' and 'Friday's Child'
Won Pop Idol (2002)
Appears in a Sky Sports ad

Why he might be annoying:

After winning Pop Idol, the British tabloids outed him as gay.
He modelled on a cat-walk.
He worked a job removing labels from T-shirts.
His musical idols are almost all women Aretha Franklin, Joan Armatrading, Annie Lennox, Beverly Knight and Lauren Hill.
He tends to wear tank tops.
He likes to wear goofy woolen hats.
Pop Idol judges said he was a too campy.
He said his ideal 'under the mistletoe kissing companion' would be his grandfather (who died last year).
He is an anti-capitalist Marxist.
His name is very close to the American Idol goofball William Hung.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first person to win a Pop Idol competition, which became an international series.
He graduated Exeter University with a degree in politics.
He won a contest to be in a boy band on ITV.
He participated in a number of sports in schools.
He beat out 10,000 to become Pop Idol.
Devoted Magazine wrote 'He has the ability to elevate even the most mundane song into something out of the ordinary (February 2002).'
He worked at a pizza chain.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 10 Worst Beatles Song Covers (Ranked: 3)
• 100 Worst Britons [Channel 4 Britain - May 10, 2003] (Ranked: 92)
• Allegedly Gay Men
• Brit Awards' Best British Breakthrough Act (Ranked: 2003)
• Brit Awards' Best British Single (Ranked: 2005)
• British Sun: Men, Women Fantasize About While Making Love [2006] (Ranked: 10)
• Burt Bacharach Wrote My Song
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1201979)
• Company Magazine's 100 Sexiest Men [2002] (Ranked: 13)
• Company Magazine's 100 Sexiest Men [2003] (Ranked: 80)
• Company Magazine's 100 Sexiest Men [2004] (Ranked: 14)
• Current TV's 20 Highest Earning British Reality Stars [2009] (Ranked: 2)
• Google's Top 10 Men Searches [UK, 2002]
• GQ's 50 Best Dressed British Males [2006] (Ranked: 45)
• Heat Magazine's Sexiest Male Celebrities [January 2003] (Ranked: 2)
• Hello's 12 Most Attractive Men [2003] (Ranked: 4)
• Hello's 12 Most Attractive Men [2005] (Ranked: 4)
• I Covered The Doors' 'Light My Fire'
• I Sung on Band Aid 20's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' [2004]
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing Headphones
• My Name is Young or Old
• New Woman Magazine's 100 Hottest Men on the Planet [February 2006] (Ranked: 98)
• Pizza Shop Workers
• Profiles 13001-13250 (Ranked: 13084)
• Rear of the Year Winners (Ranked: 2005)
• Redheads - Male
• Stylus Magazine's Top 50 Singles [2005] (Ranked: 34)
• Sung on 'Tears in Heaven' for Tsunami Relief
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 88 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 50 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 90 Votes: 75.56% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 73 Votes: 67.12% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 59 Votes: 76.27% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 114 Votes: 71.93% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 162 Votes: 73.46% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 451 Votes: 55.43% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 82 Votes: 57.32% Annoying