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Waterford News and Star — Will Young on mental health, Pop Idol and losing his brother | Waterford News and Star
![TV's Pop Idol winner Will Young poses for photographers at Fountain Studios, London, February 9, 2002. Britain created an instant pop idol on Saturday when a grinning politics graduate won a television TV's Pop Idol winner Will Young poses for photographers at Fountain Studios, London, February 9, 2002. Britain created an instant pop idol on Saturday when a grinning politics graduate won a television](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3A3DW/tvs-pop-idol-winner-will-young-poses-for-photographers-at-fountain-studios-london-february-9-2002-britain-created-an-instant-pop-idol-on-saturday-when-a-grinning-politics-graduate-won-a-television-talent-contest-that-broke-all-records-will-young-who-boasts-a-smile-as-wide-as-the-english-channel-outsang-hot-favourite-gareth-gates-a-baby-faced-teenager-who-suffers-from-a-stammer-when-he-speaks-2D3A3DW.jpg)
TV's Pop Idol winner Will Young poses for photographers at Fountain Studios, London, February 9, 2002. Britain created an instant pop idol on Saturday when a grinning politics graduate won a television
![Pop Idol finalists Gareth Gates (L) and Will Young announce their forthcoming UK tour at Covent Garden in central London April 19, 2002. Young won the Pop Idol British television competition although Pop Idol finalists Gareth Gates (L) and Will Young announce their forthcoming UK tour at Covent Garden in central London April 19, 2002. Young won the Pop Idol British television competition although](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D43KNH/pop-idol-finalists-gareth-gates-l-and-will-young-announce-their-forthcoming-uk-tour-at-covent-garden-in-central-london-april-19-2002-young-won-the-pop-idol-british-television-competition-although-gates-has-been-at-number-one-in-the-charts-for-four-weeks-with-his-version-of-the-righteous-brothers-song-unchained-melody-2D43KNH.jpg)
Pop Idol finalists Gareth Gates (L) and Will Young announce their forthcoming UK tour at Covent Garden in central London April 19, 2002. Young won the Pop Idol British television competition although
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Simon Cowell blasts 'obnoxious' Will Young and says he wishes Gareth Gates had won Pop Idol | Daily Mail Online
![Gareth Gates says there'd be no X Factor without Pop Idol popularity and his showdown with Will Young - Daily Record Gareth Gates says there'd be no X Factor without Pop Idol popularity and his showdown with Will Young - Daily Record](https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article3268954.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/CD3126077.jpg)
Gareth Gates says there'd be no X Factor without Pop Idol popularity and his showdown with Will Young - Daily Record
![Gareth Gates the Pop Idol runner up, his Katie Price fling, life in theatre and where he is now - YorkshireLive Gareth Gates the Pop Idol runner up, his Katie Price fling, life in theatre and where he is now - YorkshireLive](https://i2-prod.examinerlive.co.uk/incoming/article14924441.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_Gareth-Gates.jpg)
Gareth Gates the Pop Idol runner up, his Katie Price fling, life in theatre and where he is now - YorkshireLive
![Will Young Hits Out At X Factor's Treatment Of Contestants: 'I'm Surprised It Hasn't Had Its Comeuppance' | HuffPost UK Entertainment Will Young Hits Out At X Factor's Treatment Of Contestants: 'I'm Surprised It Hasn't Had Its Comeuppance' | HuffPost UK Entertainment](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/61839421210000d06b6fe777.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale)
Will Young Hits Out At X Factor's Treatment Of Contestants: 'I'm Surprised It Hasn't Had Its Comeuppance' | HuffPost UK Entertainment
![Where Pop Idol series one stars are now - 20 years on from Will Young winning show - Birmingham Live Where Pop Idol series one stars are now - 20 years on from Will Young winning show - Birmingham Live](https://i2-prod.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article10877049.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/CD3118149.jpg)
Where Pop Idol series one stars are now - 20 years on from Will Young winning show - Birmingham Live
15 years ago this week: Gareth Gates, Will Young and Zoe Birkett perform to sell-out crowd at Telewest Arena, Newcastle | The Northern Echo
![Simon Cowell blasts 'obnoxious' Will Young and says he wishes Gareth Gates had won Pop Idol | Daily Mail Online Simon Cowell blasts 'obnoxious' Will Young and says he wishes Gareth Gates had won Pop Idol | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/06/article-2082942-0271A13F0000044D-958_224x423.jpg)