Pop Idol winner Will Young joined Jo and Zoe on Dig It to mark 25 years since the show changed his life, and didn't hold back on his old nemesis. Asked about his relationship with Simon Cowell, Will was blunt: "Well, I mean, non-existent… he just sort of hated me." He reckons Cowell "never got over it", but credits the whole bruising experience with giving him his career, revealing he had a strange premonition before auditioning that he'd win if there was ever a show for a single singer.
The best story of the episode came when Jo and Zoe asked about on-stage disasters. Will recalled duetting with James Brown at an Olympic torch ceremony, where his microphone cut out entirely and Brown came in at completely the wrong point in the song. The Godfather of Soul, Will said admiringly, "didn't miss a beat."
There was also lighter chat about Will's garden renovation woes (including a 2am text from his mum reporting that his dad had fallen into the television), plans to source plants from his RHS Wisley collaboration with Jamie Buswell, and a passionate defence of Troye Sivan's new video for 'Party'. Will also confirmed his Evergreen 25th Anniversary Tour kicks off in Manchester on 20 February, joking that age means a few "fussy clicks" have replaced his old dance routines.
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