duet from Pop Idol winner and runner-up lands at number one in the UK.

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by Andy Dehnart / September 30, 2002, 6:15 AM

duet from Pop Idol winner and runner-up lands at number one in the UK.
Gareth Gates and Will Young, the respective runner-up and winner of the UK’s Pop Idol, have collaborated on a song that is the number one song in the country. After months of battling each other for the top spot with various singles, they performed a duet—a cover of The Beatles’ The Long and Winding Road—which has landed at number one on the UK charts, beating a new song from Oasis.
+ plus: contestant dismissed from the UK’s Popstars: The Rivals for being 10 days too old.
+ and: Simon Cowell says of Rivals judges, “It was ridiculous that the judges put through the blind boy.”

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