Will Young - Pop Idol Extra - Rare Uncut Footage from "Bootcamp" stage

This is the first time that Will was seen as a real contender, by the singing coaches at least, it took Simon Cowell some weeks longer. Also featuring David and Carrie Grant and Mike Dixon, taken from ITV2's Pop Idol Extra 2001-2002 presented by Kate Thornton.
Link here for Will's rare, uncut first audition... • Will Young - Pop Idol ...

[@pottypink1]

william robert young still going strong after 10years. SIMPLY THE BEST . every time he sings he just blows me away. A truly gifted guy.

[@secretsquirrel7374]

Still going strong in 2019

[@IscaGill]

Never seen this before. How wonderful to see Will so early on in his career. You can already see what a tremendous singer and talent he was. He knew he wanted it a semi-tone down! Such musicality too. He was then and still is a tremendous talent. Thanks for posting this up.

[@thequalitydan]

Thanks for posting this, you unlocked a memory! I remember Pop Idol Extra used to air live every day between 4 - 7pm and it was always fascinating watching them rehearse their performances. Can't beat early 00s TV, you would never get such a raw insight now.

[@kukud44]

Will Young has got such a unique voice

[@samseahorse106]

His voice is amazing.

[@WillsNo1Fan]

This is sublime and shows why he IS our best male vocalist!! - incredible singer!!!

[@VentionVal]

Aah... the VERY moment I fell in love... sigh... 10 years on and still going strong. Wow, thanks so much for putting this up! Mind if I correct you on something though? This wasn't boot camp, it was the rehearsals for the top 50. PI Extra broadcast live (or as-live) on Mon - Weds afternoons following the preparations. The top 50 performances were then recorded on Weds & shown Sat with the results live later on Sat (they had to get changed back into exactly the same outfits!)

[@bluehorse221]

Gorgeous voice!.... I love the hand movements and hand on tum...... I love the gutsy, growly voice with lots of tones......

[@jackiewilliams7029]

Love will young. This sounded beautiful.

[@lorrainegilbert7886]

Amazing voice always loved him singing from the start to present day very polite young man too

[@chrysgnt4369]

This shows why he won! He is brilliant.

[@dianecampbell3875]

Genius.. Who's listening in 2020

[@FToniS]

Aw, I wish there were other behind-the-scenes clips of Will rehearsing like this. This amazing, though. Just doing a bit reminiscing about Will, aw.

[@kboom4464]

This is awesome! Thanks for the upload, although it makes me feel mightily old.

[@bluehorse221]

Gorgeous voice!....

[@bluehorse221]

Absolutely wonderful to hear and see this again !

[@bluehorse221]

Gorgeous voice!.... I love the hand movements and hand on tum......

[@aligary]

This was over 11 years ago and look how well he's done since Pop Idol.

[@secretsquirrel7374]

He's still amazing in 2019

[@Umbrella2]

@@secretsquirrel7374still great in 2024.

[@HighHoeKermit]

@angelsnow22 It might not seem obvious from this clip, but the pianist here, Mike Dixon, is one of the most experienced and respected musical forces in London's West End and on British television. He has worked on nearly every musical you can think of and in 2004 won the Australian Entertainment Industry Helpmann Award for Best Musical Direction. This is just a bit of trivia as I know you were only joking. Ha ;)

[@HighHoeKermit]

@VentionVal Yes there was no "bootcamp" stage as such then, they just said "we'll see you in London", but as they no longer film and televise this stage of the competition in the likes of "X Factor", I had no way of describing it so a new audience would understand what it was. :)

[@DorothyShelley]

wills come so far and done well with no boot camp tuition like the x factor artists get 10 years and still going strong and hes now got a leading part in CABERET good on you will keep up the good work from a massive fan mythras90x

[@Umbrella2]

So young 😢 I loved everything about him!

[@FToniS]

Wow, where on earth did you find this? And have you got any more? Fabulous, thank you.

[@DorothyShelley]

blimy how hard these boys have to work its awonder will can still sound so good at the end of this thanks for showing never seen this befor mythras90x

[@tashaimpressions]

Amazing. Ive also met and interviewed David and Carrie, they are lovely people.

[@nellrigg1]

Love the keyboard player around 4.10 mins,,, Qualitty,,,

[@DorothyShelley]

wllis got 2 great coaches there with him love watching this thankyou he ll get it right in the end as usual thankyou for this x

[@dorothyshelley7416]

its so hard to get the right key so pleased wills got his nealbum coming out soon xx

[@DorothyShelley]

how hard will is working to get his song right and hes a good solo singer not like a lot of em with a huge backing of dancers to help em mythras90 x

[@DorothyShelley]

come on willget the right ccord you can do it xx

[@HighHoeKermit]

@IscaGill You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) x

[@HighHoeKermit]

@VentionVal I guess the beauty of recording live tv is that you capture scenes that potentially would never see the light of day again if it were not for the likes of youtube. I have a feeling that Simon wants the X Factor to be such a polished production that he wouldn't like to not have the control over such an unpredictable and largely unscripted show. I'm actually amazed many other people saw this when it was first broadcast, I can't imagine daytime ITV2 even be pulling a million viewers. :)

[@007more7]

Who are the vocal coachs

[@HighHoeKermit]

@@007more7 Carrie and David Grant, who went on to do the BBC's Fame Academy.

[@marfxxx7833]

La più' bella versione di light my fire per il mio gusto…bravo Will il pop idol dovevi esserlo solo tu !!! yeaa !!

[@marfxxx7833]

Amo moltissimo questo video di Will alle prove di 'light my fire' e la sua determinazione a provare e riprovare per fare una perfetta performance, la sua voce e' rara e singolare…meritatissimo il podio di pop idol!

[@VentionVal]

@thecandyman73 The stage now called boot camp became known as the Criterion week back then, after the theatre where it was held. What you've put up here was pretty unique to Pop Idol though. Even Xtra Factor stopped doing the behind the scenes stuff after (I think) Leona's year, which is a pity. Fascinating to see it all in such detail, right down to David slagging off Mariah Carey!

[@HighHoeKermit]

Check out the link in the description above for Will's uncut first audition.

[@jordonvazquez7620]

she's gorgeous.

[@HighHoeKermit]

Thanks to Roz Sargent for sharing this link on facebook on the WIll Young page. xx

[@DorothyShelley]

glad to hear wills bettern ireland cos hes had flu so now he can carry on with caberet x

[@IrnBru18]

Bet Will didn't even know he was being filmed lolz

[@이-u7l]

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[@DorothyShelley]

THAT PIANIST CANT GET THE RIGHT NOTE FOR WILL AH A BIT LOWER THATS BETTER X

[@joeywright9390]

This pianist needs lessons 😅

[@amyclarke41]

P gs 02 😅w w p aad