Reality stars who sunk without a trace
Big on ego, largely void of talent, we look at some of the reality stars who burst onto our screens in a blaze of glory then promptly retreated back into obscurity
Steve Brookstein
Everything seemed to be going to plan for the cheesy-grinned krooner when, having won the first series of The X Factor in 2004, his debut single and album went straight to number one.
However, little more than a year later he was dropped by his record label as it transpired the UK was not, after all, desperate for a middle-aged cabaret singer in a bad suit.
Steve was last seen starring in a cabaret act on the Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry.
I'd fly if I were you...
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