Will it be the end of his career or a blessing in disguise?

Time will tell as Soapstar Superstar winner, 16 year old Richard Fleeshman plans to leave Coronation Street to pursue a singing career.

Its obvious from the comments on all our Richard Fleeshman articles that the boy is not short of a fan or two. So hopefully Richard will be among the few soap stars turned pop stars who actually make it in the music business!