Claims extracted
11
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
1 of 11 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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The 47-year-old said that during his time on the show between 2001 and 2002 he was able to sing any song he wanted to, and added that the show had allowed him to be himself when the rest of the music industry would not.
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rest → say → industry
He said that subsequent changes to the format, and the arrival of The X Factor in 2004, had seen the blueprint for that style of singing show become “too manipulated”, before The X Factor ended in 2018.
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Factor → say → 2018
Young told the Press Association: “I think that’s what was so brilliant about Pop Idol, I mean, we really did just choose what we wanted to sing.
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we → tell → what
There was no like mentoring or, you know, or people going no change (the song) at the last minute, or people talking about autotune and things like that.
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people → be → that
“It was literally as basic as, ‘I’d like to sing Aretha Franklin’, ‘You’ve got five days to learn it, go and sing Aretha Franklin and see if the public like it’, which I think was really wonderful for someone like me.
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I → like → me
Because I could go on and I was singing The Doors, I was singing Aretha, I was singing the Eurythmics, and I don’t know if I would have been able to have showcased the kind of songs that I like to sing.
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I → go → that
“You just can only be yourself, so you don’t really want anything to cloud that, and again, I think what a great example (Pop Idol was), because probably if I’d gone into a record company, they would have gone, ‘Right, need to change your image, don’t say that you’re gay, do this, do that’.
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you → want → that
“Whereas the show did the opposite, and people voted for me to win, I mean I wasn’t openly gay on the show, but apart from that, I was so myself and not trying to hide who I was.”
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I → do → that
The singer, who famously beat Gareth Gates in the final of the first ever edition of the ITV show, went on to score four UK number one singles, with his best known songs including his cover of The Doors’ Light My Fire, Evergreen and Leave Right Now.
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songs → beat → Fire
He also achieved four UK number one albums, including his 2001 debut From Now On.
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He → achieve → debut
Young will head out on The Evergreen 25th Anniversary Tour in February next year, performing in cities including Manchester, Glasgow, London and Cardiff, with tickets on sale now from the singer’s website.
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tickets → head → website
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