Anthony Kavanagh, or Kav as he was known in the nineties, came second in ITV’s Grease Is The Word, and hoped that his success in the show would relaunch his flagging pop career.

However, just a few months later, Kav has ended up performing in a Holiday Inn, where punters pay £26 for a three course meal and a night of entertainment provided by a failing popstar.

A little while ago, I read that Kav had been a diva to the person who maintained his unofficial fan site on MySpace. The basic gist was that he had completely blanked the person after they showed years of support to him. I can’t help thinking that gigs in the Holiday Inn are a little taste of karmic intervention for someone who’s (allegedly!) so up his own arse!

It sounds for all intents that Kav is taking on any job that comes up at this stage. Acting, singing, reality television. I think he needs to focus himself instead of being some kind of odd job man.

Denise Van Outen has slammed recent ITV reality TV shows, saying that they are more interested in their ratings, than their contestants.

Denise echoed a recent debate on our forum when she told The Stage:

“They [Grease Is The Word] were not so serious about finding genuine stars.

“I am not saying the two people who won were not good as I have not seen them, but I think their search was more for TV viewers rather than finding and nurturing people for the West End.”

The Any Dream Will Do judge added: “The reason why the BBC shows are such a good thing is because I know the aftercare the contestants get when they leave the show. Read more & comment »

David Gest has admitted that he missed the Grease premier this week due to a hectic filming schedule.

Gest, who judged on the ITV show Grease Is The Word, from where the two lead actors for the stage show were picked, commented:

“I had to film The Friday Night Project so I gave Grease a miss,” Gest told the Daily Star Sunday. “Although filming didn’t start until 7pm the next night, I had to get up early to rehearse and have my hair and make-up done.” Read more & comment »

Watch Susan McFaddena nd Danny Bayne having a chat with Sky News about their appearances on ITV Tv show, Grease Is The Word as well as some live footage of the West End show. The stage show was slated by critics earlier this week.

Former pop star and Grease Is The Word finalist, Anthony Kavanagh has revealed that he may be joining the cast of a soap opera latrer this year.

Anthony, who narrowly lost out to Danny Bayne on the role of Danny Zuko on a West End Stage, hinted: “I might be doing a soap, apparently, but I’m not allowed to say anything.”

He added that he couldn’t even let the cat out of the bag about which show. Read more & comment »

The man behind ITV’s reality TV show, Grease Is The Word, has announced that Grease will be his last reality show EVER!

The theatre producer told The Sun’s TV Biz: “I’ve got my Sandy and Danny and sold £6million of tickets already. It’s been great but it was a one-off — I have no plans for another.”

Michelle Antrobus has promised that tonight’s final of ITV’s Grease Is The Word, will be a friendly one. She insists that she will be happy if Susan McFadden wins and is sure that the feeling would be mutual.

“We both wanted to be together in the final because we get on very well,” Michelle told the Daily Record. “I think it’s friendly competition and we both know we’ve done really well to get this far.

“We’re so different as well. I’m a brunette and she’s a blonde. But it won’t be nasty competition.”

From the tens of thousands of people who initially auditioned, just four contestants remain. Only two will win the coveted West End roles to become Sandy and Danny on stage in the hit musical Grease.

With just two girls and two boys left, competition is fierce and this Saturday Susan McFadden takes on Michelle Antrobus and Danny Bayne goes head to head with Anthony Kavanagh.

From the first auditions in London and Manchester, through to Bootcamp and then to the live studio shows, each of these four contestants has been on a massive personal journey. Read more & comment »

Simon Cowell has vowed never to make another musical theatre show like Grease Is The Word.

The show has trailed behind BBC’s Any Dream Will Do in the ratings since it launched.

Speaking at the launch of new variety series Britain’s Got Talent, Cowell – creator of Grease through his company Syco TV – said: “We’ve learnt our lesson. We shouldn’t try to beat the BBC on those types of shows [but] they shouldn’t try to beat us with variety shows.”

But Simon vowed that his new show, Britain’s Got Talent, will be “a thousand times better than Grease”. I for one can’t wait!

Grease is the Word judge, Sinitta has admitted that she once stole an outfit from pop legend, Kylie Minogue.

She told Attitude magazine: “I stole one of Kylie’s costumes. When we toured together in Japan we were both given these kimonos and I just thought Kylie’s was nicer than mine so I got one of my backing dancers to take Kylie’s and put mine in my place.

“I still have it, and in fact I wore it on Grease Is The Word. It was many years ago, but now she knows.”

The two girls voted off Saturday nights Grease Is The Word have spoken to the press today to state that they believe the show has been fixed from day one.

Shocked Alison said: “I think the judges have had an agenda from day one. They’ve known all along who they wanted for the parts regardless of how anyone else performed. All the contestants know it – it’s so obvious.

“I didn’t expect them to get rid of me like that. I wanted…a fair decision. That didn’t happen.”

Alison also told The Daily Mirror newspaper that she believes the judges are tryoing to kmake sure that Susan McFadden and Danny Bayne win the show. Read more & comment »

Vicky Hoyles and Alison Crawford have missed out on appearing of the Grease Is The Word final and were voted off the ITV TV show last night.

Alison was first eliminated by the judges and Vicky left on the later public vote.

Susan McFadden and Michelle Antrobus will join Danny Bayne and Anthony Kavanagh in next weeks final when the winners will win the roles of Danny and Sandy in a West End production of Grease.

After Simon Cowell’s recent criticism of the ITV TV show, Grease Is The Word, it seems that David Ian cannot wait to praise the show and his fellow judges.

He told Now magazine Read more & comment »

It’s Anthony Kavanagh and Danny Bayne who are heading to the finals to battle it out against each other for the lead West End role.

It was a testosterone affair tonight in an all boy semi-final tonight as the final four Danny’s go head to head, and with only two places available in the show?s final in two weeks time, the pressure was really on.

Heading to the finals, and one step away from the lead role are Danny Bayne and Anthony Kavanagh after both winning on the public vote. Read more & comment »

Grease Is The Word may be trailing in the ratings but the stage show is clearly not suffering from the same problems.

The publicity from the ITV TV show, Grease Is The Word, has resulted in over £5 million pounds in advance sales for the stage show, due to launch this summer.

An ITV source told The Mirror: “We might be behind in the ratings but our sales are best.”

The lead roles of Sandy and Danny will be filled by the winner of ITV’s reality show.