Rhydian Roberts may have narrowly missed out on winning the X factor crown last year, but it hasn’t stopped the fabulous opera singer from pursuing the career he is passionate about.

After the show ended, Simon Cowell wisely signed Rhydian and this week he has released his debut album titled, appropriately enough Rhydian

In an interview with Unreality TV Rhydian revealed just how quickly it all kicked off for him once the show ended saying:

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Rhydian Roberts has been accused of plunging X Factor winner, Leon Jackson’s set into darkness at a recent X Factor show.

The pair are currently touring the UK with a number of other XF finalists and Niki Evans has revealed to The Daily Star that she suspects Rhydian was intentionally behind an electrical malfunction during Leon’s last performance.

Niki, 35, who finished fourth, said: “At the end of his performance Rhydian jumps off the stage and runs around the side to make way for Leon.

“But the other night he happened to run around the wrong way and step on a plug which turned all the bloody electrics off.” Read more & comment »

X Factor runner up, Rhydian Roberts has been snubbed by his national rugby team, after he was banned from singing the national anthem before a game.

Previously, Rhydian had previously been asked to perform at a major game, but in a massive u turn this week, executives have now dropped him from the programme.

A WRU spokesman said: “Our focus now is on using community choirs.”

Rhydian’s uncle Nigel Roberts told The People: “It is astonishing. We feel the WRU has messed up.”

X Factor runner up Rhydian Roberts has admitted that he is still celibate despite the fact that he has been dating Simon Cowell’s makeup artist for the last few months.

He told The Sun: “She is OK with my celibacy. She has understanding, because she has a similar faith, which is nice.

“If people think I’m weird or whatever for not sleeping with a girl, so be it, I’ll sleep with the person I feel in love with, when I find that person and decide to marry. You can’t have a faith and try to compromise. Read more & comment »

Many rumours have circulated the tabloids recently, claiming that X Factor runner up, Rhydian Roberts had been signed up to star in the new Phanton Of The Opera stage show.

However, in an interview with The Sun today, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of the show denies having ever approached the white haired singer saying:

“I wouldn’t have thought so. I’ve never heard him sing.”

Rhydian Roberts has revealed that he is dating X Factor makeup artist, Julia Carta. Well he’s not gay then!

Rhydian admitted: “I fancied her when we were making the show.

“She’s half-Spanish and very beautiful, with dark hair and olive skin. I was also attracted to her because of her lovely personality. She was very supportive and gave me little tips and words of encouragement.

“We’re gradually getting to know one another properly and I’m very happy. She’s 12 years older than me, but that’s fine with us both.”

He also told Hello! magazine: “I don’t want to keep barking on about being a virgin and a Christian at the age of 24. I will make love with the person I fall in love with. Read more & comment »

Simon Cowell has spoken to UK Star magazine this week about X Factor runner up, Rhydian Roberts.

Cowell believes that although the singer didn’t win the ITV talent show, he still has big potential. I suppose thats why he offered him a £1 million record deal just days after the show finished!

Simon told Star magazine: “He could make £20 million over five years. He has got something about him.

“He has got that look in his eyes, that steel that every good artist needs. He’s a showman.” Read more & comment »

X Factor runner up, Rhydian Roberts will work with Meatloaf song writer, Jim Steinman, The Sun has revealed.

Rhydian said: “It seems Jim had seen a clip of me singing Meatloaf’s I Would Do Anything for Love on one of the X Factor shows, a song he himself had written.

“I’m a big Meatloaf fan too. We’ve both got that kind of quasi-opera thing going on - although he’s a tenor and I’m a baritone.” Read more & comment »

Rhydian Roberts has admitted that he doesn’t like the X Factor’s winners single, that scooped Christmas number one this week.

He told The Mirror: “I don’t particularly like [it]. But I didn’t like my version either. I’m glad I didn’t win and release the song as my rendition would have got slated.”

Rhydian has a point. It’s not a great song, particularly not for a man with not a large vocal range.

X Factor finalists Rhydiaan Roberts and Leon Jackson are due to come face to face once more, this time at the Six Nations rugby.

The pair have been lined to sing the national anthem when their respective countries meet at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in February.

Rhydian’s uncle Nigel said: “It’s one of his all-time goals and ideal as it’s Wales and Scotland.”

X Factor runner up Rhydian Roberts has claimed that his mentor, Dannii Minogue never ‘got him.’

“I genuinely don’t think she likes me!” he told The Mirror. “She’s lovely but I just don’t think she gets me at all.

“I think we grew closer as the competition heated up but she never liked me in the first place.

“But there you go. People in life are always going to like you or hate you.”

X factor runner up, Rhydian Roberts has revealed why he missed the shows wrap party this week.

Rhydian told The Daily Mail: “It’s Leon’s week and he should be celebrating and I don’t want people coming up to me saying, ‘You were robbed!’ Although it’s nice. I didn’t want to pull focus.”

Do you believe him? I’m not sure I do!

As the number of complaints flooding into OFCOM grows higher and higher, the mother of X factor finalist Rhydian Roberts has asked fans to move on.

Angela Roberts, 56, said the family now wants to put the incident behind them, telling the South Wales Echo: “We are just asking the nation to let it go and move on. The competition is overstaying.”

She added: “We give our very best to Leon as a family and look forward to Rhydian’s own career developing as it should.”

She might have a point. It’s not like ITV are going to strip Leon of his title anyway!

ITV have released a statement saying that there were “no irregularities” in the X Factor voting system on Saturday night.

Although OFCOM have received more than one thousand complaints from Rhydian fans claiming that they couldn’t get through when they tried to vote on Saturday night, ITV have stated:

“We know there are many Rhydian fans who are disappointed that he did not win, but the simple fact is that Leon won The X Factor fair and square.” They added that in the end Leon won “by a full 10% of the vote”. Read more & comment »

Media watchdog, OFCOM have revealed that they will be carrying out an investigation into Saturday’s X Factor result after receiving several hundred complaints.

Many Rhydian fans claimed that they couldn’t get through on phone lines while trying to vote for him, yet people were able to vote for Leon over and over again. I know, my elderly aunt voted for him 27 times!

X Factor fan Sylvia Wardley told The Sun: ‘Between six of us we tried to vote for Rhydian 55 times, but only got through twice. We tried Leon and got through straight away.”

Rhydian’s father Malcolm, 60, said: “Rhyd’s not a bad loser, but he feels the same as us about the result - and we think it’s fix. He believes it’s possible he was stitched up. He’s disappointed for himself and his fans.”

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