Later that year, Michelle McManus released a promotional single, "Just For You" from her then upcoming second album Dancing to a Different Beat, which was scheduled for release in 2008, but was eventually shelved.
27 Facts About Michelle McManus
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From 2009 to 2011, Michelle McManus was a co-presenter of STV's lifestyle magazine show The Hour, originally alongside Stephen Jardine and later Tam Cowan.
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Michelle McManus was a columnist for the Glasgow Times until 2018.
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Michelle McManus was born in 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland to John and Helen McManus, and is the oldest of five sisters.
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In early 2003, Michelle McManus auditioned for the second season of Pop Idol, along with thousands of other aspiring singers from around the UK.
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When Michelle McManus won the competition, judge Pete Waterman stormed off the Pop Idol set in protest; he later branded her "rubbish".
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Daily Telegraph journalist Viktoria Tolstoy said Michelle McManus's victory "seemed to suggest that the pool of talent available to the judges is seriously diminishing".
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Michelle McManus is the first Scottish female to debut at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
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On 22 June 2005, Michelle McManus appeared on a 60-minute television special of You Are What You Eat with the author and TV personality Gillian McKeith in a bid to lose weight.
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In September 2005, Michelle McManus appeared in an episode of the BBC One holiday magazine programme Departure Lounge.
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In July 2005 it was announced that Michelle McManus had parted company with her management company 19 Entertainment, 19 months after winning Pop Idol.
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Michelle McManus then went on to sign with Sanctuary Entertainment.
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In 2006, Michelle McManus began guest-presenting on the Scottish radio station Clyde 1, and then gained her own regular Saturday show on the station.
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Michelle McManus then hosted two series of the BBC Radio Scotland show titled Let's Do The Show Right Here.
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On television, Michelle McManus announced the Scottish votes during the Making Your Mind Up 2006 programme in March 2006, and in November 2006 she was a reporter on Children in Need live from Scotland.
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In June 2006, Michelle McManus performed in the theatre production, The Vagina Monologues, a role which she has subsequently repeated for various tours.
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In December 2007, Michelle McManus was seen in a run of the musical Discotivity at the Arts Theatre in London's West End.
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Michelle McManus appeared regularly as a guest co-host of the weekday Scottish lifestyle TV programme The Hour during the summer of 2009.
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In October 2009, Michelle McManus became a permanent main presenter alongside Stephen Jardine.
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The programme was relaunched in September 2011 as a weekly peak-time programme, with Michelle McManus co-hosting with new presenter Tam Cowan, but was axed after four weeks due to low viewership.
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In September 2010, Michelle McManus was one of the performers for Pope Benedict XVI at a ticketed Mass of the Feast of Saint Ninian in Bellahouston Park, as part of the Pope's state visit to the United Kingdom.
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Michelle McManus was a columnist for the Glasgow Evening Times, up until 2018, and was a judge for the papers Glasgow's Star Turn talent contest in 2012.
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In September 2012, Michelle McManus was one of the artists on the single by Manran, "Take You There" as the official single of the 2012 STV Children's Appeal.
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Since 2012, Michelle McManus has performed her one-woman shows at the Edinburgh Festival.
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Michelle McManus paid tribute and sang two songs at Martyn Hett's funeral on 30 June 2017.
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In late 2017, Michelle McManus recorded a cover version of "We All Stand Together" along with Choirs with Purpose in an attempt to reach the Christmas number one spot on the UK Singles Charts.
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In January 2018, Michelle McManus was a guest panellist on Loose Women.