X Factor: Icaro Taborda
Age: 43
From: Pembrokeshire
Job: Night Shift Worker at Tesco
History:
* ‘Works the night shift in Tescos re-stocking the shelves. Singing through it is the only thing that keeps him going.
* Icaro’s musical influences are “all good romantic happy song singers”, including Julio Iglesias, Neil Diamond and Jose Feliciano.
* Has four kids and a wife to provide for and although he grew up in Ipanema, Brazil he is proud to be Welsh and will win X Factor for Wales and his family.
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Have you seen Icaro in the extra factor interview(one year on)?
He was really funny and his romance with Holly (he sang at the end a love song holding her hands)was the best of the whole program.
I want to see him again on tv!!!
John & friends