I Was a Teen Pop Idol ; Mail Man Takes a Shot at Stardom in the Quest for a Scottish Westlife (but 30 Humiliating Seconds Later, It Was Back to the Day Job)

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FOR all of 30 seconds it seemed like my destiny.

'Just believe,' I told myself as I strode purposefully towards the audition room. 'Just believe you are a star.' Half-a-minute later I could barely remember my own name let alone the words for Westlife's World of Our Own, the song I was relying on to get my pop potential noticed and guarantee my place in Scotland's newest boy band.

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I Was a Teen Pop Idol ; Mail Man Takes a Shot at Stardom in the Quest for a Scottish Westlife (but 30 Humiliating Seconds Later, It Was Back to the Day Job)

I have to be honest: I think I blew it.

My childhood dreams of pop stardom were rekindled earlier this week when I discovered record label BMG was touring the country in search of f...

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