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Mills: Eurovision, Commercial Radio, R1 and More !!


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Right, I'm off out for a Xmas lunch today, am in a BIG hurry, so if you wanna read the full article with Scott, visit www.pinknews.co.uk - I've sorta re-written it a bit. HA!

1. Mills did Eurovision last year and will return 2012 - he says:

Well, last year I did the UK results,” he tells me, “which was awesome. I got to go on TV and say, “Hello Oslo, this is London calling,” with 120m people watching! This year the producer asked me if I wanted to do commentary for the semi-finals. I was like: “Hell, yeah!” Unfortunately Radio 1 wouldn’t let me have the time off, so I went to Dusseldorf the weekend before, saw the dress rehearsals and then flew back to London. When I did the semi-final shows on the Tuesday and Thursday, I was sat in Television Centre watching it live on a monitor. It was so much fun though. Basically it’s just bitching about Eurovision, which everyone does at home anyway, only I get to do it on TV! Eurovision really is the gay world cup.”

“Two weeks ago I went to see the guys responsible for the show and thankfully they want me to do it again. I was like: “Yes! I’m going to Azerbaijan.” Hopefully, I’ll be out there for the whole week this time. If I’m lucky, Graham Norton will be just a little bit ill on finals night and I’ll get to do that as well! I love Graham, but that would just be amazing!”

2. On being employed with Radio 1:

“I was at the Sony Awards one year when I met a guy from Radio 1 called Simon. We got talking and he said I should do a demo for them. I was like: “I’d love to!” There was only one problem: Simon had been absolutely p**sed when he’d said it. Afterwards, whenever I tried to call him, I could never get through. I was sure he wouldn’t even remember our conversation.”

“Eventually I heard back from them. They did want me to do a demo! I ended up doing demos for about two years before I joined. I kept sending them in. It was borderline stalking. First they said: “No.” Then they softened to: “Yeah it’s alright, but you’re not quite what we’re looking for.” Finally, I went into their studios to do a one. I was so scared I ended up being rubbish. About a year later they rang me up asked if I’d do yet another demo for them. I was like, “Really? I think I’m done with it.” But I did and then they asked me to meet them for lunch. I thought they were going to tell me I was sh*t again, but they offered me a job! The early breakfast show! I remember ringing my mum and telling her: “I’ve got a job with Radio 1!””

3. On Commercial Radio:

“In commercial radio you have a format,” he explains. “No one really knows who radio DJs are anymore because they’re not allowed to say anything. I worked in commercial radio for ten years and at the end of it no one knew anything about me. They just want you to play loads of music and not take any risks because they’ve got advertisers to please. As such, none of your life is on air. When you get to Radio 1 they say: “Right, you need to be yourself.” So when I arrived my life started to become a bit of an issue. I’m a very private person, so even if I were straight I wouldn’t talk about my girlfriend doing this, that or the other. Even so, things became a little more difficult.”

*** There is also the usual section on all the "gay" stuff, which I find quite tedious. Why does is persistently need to be brought into every interview. We have read it a million times before. Wanna read about it one million + 1, well, visit: www.pinknews.co.uk ***

Adios. Merry Xmas to one and.......... yeh, merry xmas !! ;-)

Source: Wikio alerts, Pink News

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I iz back !! Mills has just been saying he used to play songs such as "wrap myself in paper" in his bedroom at the grand old age of 8. Okaaay !!

Mind u, I used to attempt to conduct the "Blue Danube" at grand old age of 8!! Classical, you know, for those not up to speed !!

What a lack of Xmas spirit in our Scottish towns. Actually quite shocked at that today, whilst out, despite having a lack of Xmas spirit myself !!

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