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.

“They are really looked after. If you look at lots of other shows like the X Factor, they don’t get as much care afterwards.

“They get their five minutes of fame but nothing else unless they win.”

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.”

He confessed: “Compared to some of the other singing contests, Grease Is the Word wasn’t the best. But I got great reviews for my role in the show!”

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.

“No, that’s the whole point, otherwise I’m about to blabber it out today and then the PR’s like ’shhhh’. So no, we’ll wait and see, we’ll wait and see,” he grinned.

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.

There have been shocks and surprises along the way as the judges kept them all on their toes to gauge both talent and how they cope under pressure. From initially competing in couples, the contestants were devastated to have their couplings changed and then were further challenged when they learned they were to go head to head and compete on their own in an all boys and then all girl’s semi-final.

Living together in the Grease house in North London they have all become close friends but on Saturday night these friendships will be put aside as all are determined to win.

The two winners will be put straight to work, rehearsing for their roles with the rest of the Grease cast ready for the opening night at the Piccadilly theatre on the 8th August. Since 29th March when booking opened the box office has taken five and a half million pounds in advance sales.

Saturday 9th June 7.55pm on ITV1

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.”