Just the Two of Us - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE's duet singing showdown starts Thursday 23 February 2006
Russell Watson and Sian Reeves
Once a factory worker from Salford following in his father's
footsteps, now an internationally-acclaimed singing star!
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Russell Watson
has sold millions of records and sung for presidents and prime ministers,
the Pope, and even the Beckhams at their pre-World Cup charity event.
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Russell
has a voice powerful enough to fill a football stadium and
gentle enough to make anyone cry.
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A lifelong Manchester United fan, Russell's big break came
in May 1999 when he was invited to Old Trafford to sing before United's
Premiership-winning match.
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His performance of the World Cup anthem Nessun Dorma received
a standing ovation.
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This was followed by a string of
sports-related performances and that summer he was invited to appear
as guest artist with Sir Cliff Richard in Hyde Park.
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Russell's 1.5 million-seller debut album The Voice reached
No.5 in the UK pop charts and No.1 in the classical
chart and stayed there for a year.
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It
also went international getting to No.1 in
the US, making him the first British male to simultaneously occupy
the top of both charts.
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He was only knocked off the classical charts
by his next album Encore which went double platinum in the UK
and stayed in the charts for 30 weeks.
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He has won four Classical Brit awards - two for Best Classical
Album (The Voice and Encore), Best Classical Debut Album
(The Voice) and Male Artist of the Year.
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This year Russell will
be back with a new album released in March entitled Russell Watson:
The Voice: The Ultimate Collection.
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But first, he's teaming up and
teaching Sian.
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Sian Reeves is best known for her role as Sydney Henshall
in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ ONE's hit salon-wars drama Cutting
It and is currently Pauline
in ITV1's six-part series Northern Lights alongside
Robson Green and Mark Benton.
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Sian is no stranger to singing with her most recent public
performance as Sydney in Cutting It. Her character was an aspiring
pop star and she performed Second Best is
Not for Me.
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After playing the role of Sydney for four years, Sian believes
she has damaged her voice: "I'm
always speaking on my chords and
it's left me with a dirty jazz bar voice."
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She
hopes that taking
part in Just the Two of Us will give her the opportunity
to get her vocal range back and hit the high notes again.
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