Alistair Griffin

Championed by Bee Gee Robin Gibb, singer/songwriter Alistair Griffin was the runner-up of the second series of BBC talent show Fame Academy. Born in Middlesbrough in 1977, Griffin began performing at an early age and started busking on the streets of York while studying for his English Literature degree. After graduating, he briefly appeared in a new lineup of late-'90s pop act Ultra and as part of Pulse, and reached the semi-finals of the U.K. search to find the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest entry with the song "Fade Away." The same year he failed to make it past the audition ...