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X Factor's Rhydian Roberts offered lead in musical

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By Sean Hamilton Showbiz Editor 10/02/2008

X Factor runner-up Rhydian Roberts has been offered the lead in a musical based on Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell.

Welshman Rhydian, 24, has been approached by composer Jim Steinman - the writer of the 1977 album - to front an epic show based on the songs.

wow - sounds promising :-)
Will have to see thye show when it premieres!
Ross

Oh, how fantastic. Best news I've heard on this site in a long time!

sounds awful to me :( i was afraid this would happen as soon as rhydian and steinman were mentioned in the same sentence

Might just as well be a rumor, just like Steinman producing/writing for his album.

Looks like Rhydian is going to be very busy then seeing as he's also supposedly been offered a part in Les Miserables:

http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/0...r-in-west-end/

and Phantom 2:

http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.ph...E8821199292457

or are these just rumours too?

much likely rumours, as apparently ALW never heard him sing lol

OMFG, so awful news, most because his AFL was soo bad.....

I am upset that Steinman seems to be nuts....

Y do so many people not like the performance of afl?? it wasny that bad was it?

it wasnt out of tune, it was empty of any emotion

ye but that was his very first performance live wasnt it? cant put him down for that??

nope, he improved alot throughout the show by all accounts. I've said everything over on the other rhydian and steinman thread so i won't bore everyone with repeatin myself ;) no sarcasm intended btw :)

ok lol. its just people say it wasnt good perfomance and stuff. u gotta remember they have to try and make it there own song and not try and be like the artist it was originally for!!!

i agree with that, i actually really like some of his later performances but if the rumours of steinmans involvement with his career is true then i am more than a little nervous

which is exactly the opposite of Meat's live versions lol (kidding!)

I agree and considering that everything that Jim writes is so full of emotion that it sometimes overflows someone who has a really good voice but a total absence of emotion will never be able to being Jim's songs to life.

I did see a few of Rhydian's songs and although his voice remained strong and his act became more polished and refined I didnt see anywhere near the emotion that Jim's songe demand

much like bat 3 then

if he hadnt been on tv... would anyone take any notice of him?? yes he can sing... but is he special?

you dont seriously expect anyone to bite that comment do you?

lol no.. just my opinion

ok :) opinions are good :))

"We're gonna have a giant jukebox... and motorcycle riders on high wires and all kinds of stuff going on."

Sounds like a nightmare circus...

sounds like the inside of steinmans head :p

X Factor's Rhydian Roberts offered lead in musical

Oh My :faint:

Lead ice cream seller in the interval lol

I have a question and forgive my ignorance...don't you have have "graduates" of X Factor in musicals?

We have at least 2 at the moment on Broadway doing rather well? Never mind Jennifer Hudson and her Oscar/Golden Globe...

Oh well

Theres only really two to have come from all of these x factor/pop idol version with any credibility, Will Young and Shayne Ward.

I'm not a fan of either one but hey both are still around.

They are trying to make the girl, who won it last year,into the new whitney houston minus all the drug taking and marrying Bobby Brown and also, i presume, not having her star in a dodgy film with Kevin Costner.

By now we had quite a few successful ones actually...

I like some, don't like some...but I watch the show religiously...to discard it as just low talent competition is not really becoming to music lover...of course, I have no idea how X-Factor goes, etc...

I was a big fan of Jennifer Hudson on the show and was really upset when she was voted out...turns out it was for the best.

Didn't we have another lady, think her name began with a B, go on to stage in the west end and to the best of my knowledge she's still doing it...think so

Biatch?

What about Girls Aloud? Aren't they in the guiness book of records for biggest selling girl band/most top 20 hits or something.

Liberty X made a bloody good go of it as well even though they didn't win the show.

Brenda and i think she was in Chicago!!

i really liked Brenda

So did i and she had a good voice too!!

thassername!!!!!

Here's a Rhydian interview on the Manchester Evening News website. The X Factor tour is here for two nights. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....r_wins?rss=yes

"His people have already spoken to Jim "Meat Loaf" Steinman's people about penning original material, a duet has been booked with Mariah Carey and there is talk of options to star on stage in either Phantom Of The Opera or Bat Out Of Hell, the musical."

nothing really new there...

the man is hideous haha saw him when i was working sheffield arena at the xfactor tour which was crap by the way. He is soooooooo scary he terrifies me! Hope he isn't going to be on telly alot!

Surely you speaketh in jest???