THIS STORY LAST UPDATED: 06 July 2004 1219 BST
Swindon's first ever Pop Idol | |
|  | | Nineteen young pop wanabees battled it out for top slot in Swindon's first ever Pop Idol competition... |
| Nineteen young hopefuls faced the judges, on Wednesday June 30th, to battle it out in Swindon's first ever Pop Idol contest.
Facing a packed auditorium, at the Commonweal School in Swindon, were eighteen girl wanabees and Elliott Watling the only guy man enough to take on the girls.
With a prize fund of £100 and an enormous cup up for grabs the competition was fierce.
Belting out smash hits like Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles'
and 'S Club 7's 'Natural'the judges were blown away by the first rate performances on stage.
In particular Genevieve Aylott's perfect rendition of Avril Lavigne's smash 'Sk8er Boi' was a hot contender as was Katy Embling's version of LeAnn Rimes' hit 'How Do I Live'.
But for sheer star quality you had to hand it to Elliot Watling with his fantastic Robbie William's cover 'Rock DJ' and 8 year old Taya Baxter's was top 'Cheeky Cheeky' with the 'Cheeky Girls' hit.
In the end, though, the amazing voice of Katie Langan singing the classic from the Wizard of Oz 'Over the Rainbow' won the night.
Fantastic.
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