Alistair Griffin

Championed by Bee Gee Robin Gibb, singer/songwriter Alistair Griffin was the runner-up of the next group of BBC talent display Fame Academy. Created in Middlesbrough in 1977, Griffin started performing young and began busking for the roads of York while learning for his British Literature level. After graduating, he briefly made an appearance in a fresh lineup of past due-’90s pop work Ultra so when section of Pulse, and reached the semi-finals from the U.K. search to get the 2002 Eurovision Music Contest entry using the music “FADE.” Exactly the same yr he didn’t make it at night audition stages from the first group of BBC’s response to Pop Idol, Popularity Academy, but after putting your signature on a publishing cope with Trevor Horn’s business, Perfect Tracks, he reached the live finals a yr later. Seriously criticized for his “unoriginal” and “son band-ish” tone of voice and picture, he nevertheless obtained support from judge Robin Gibb, and finished up because the dark equine of your competition, completing second place behind Alex Parks. In 2004, he agreed upon a cope with UMTV, have scored lots five one with “TAKE IT On,” and released his debut record of the same name, an assortment of primary compositions and addresses of monitors by John Lennon, The Contacting and Bread. Following disappointing chart placement of second one “ME AND YOU Tonight,” he was fell by his label, and spent another couple of years fronting several rings, including Albion and Blue Nun. In 2007, he received world-wide interest for his ode to footballer Tag Viduka, predicated on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and this year 2010, gained an urgent third Best 40 strike when his monitor “Just Get,” was utilized over footage from the Abu Dhabi Formulation 1 Grand Prix. Griffin in addition has written music for famous brands Phixx and Cascada, and penned previous football supervisor Terry Venables’ 2002 Globe Glass anthem, “Britain Crazy.”