Darius from "Popstars" has died

[willbo]

just read it on msn news, at 42, cause not known

as weird as it sounds, I found him a bit inspirational as a teen. I remember in his first episode, he stood in front of the judges/managers and told them, in a firm voice, that "I will have a platinum (or did he say triple platinum?) album before I'm thirty".

it was kind of cheesy and deluded in a way, but he sounded so serious and dedicated, that scene always stayed with me and I felt kind of pumped up by his self belief.

after being rejected from Popstars in 2001, he became a Pop Idol finalist in 2002, and eventually did get a UK Platinum album in 2004's "Dive in", which I really liked the singles from, though I never heard the rest or bought it

after his 2nd album did worse, seems he continued a good career in stage musicals.

[willbo]

woops, didn't see there was already a thread

[curiousoranges]

Check out this dunce, expecting a singer's death thread to be in the music sub-forum.

[sevendaughters]

feel strange about this. my first ever gig, which was backing up my mate on electric guitar, involved a no-irony cover of Colourblind. DD invented being a twat on reality music telly but then didn't realise you can double down on in and coin it forever, instead deciding to just revert to being an alright guy instead. rip big man.