Danny ain't NO geek in the pink!

When we hear the words 'Opera, Pavarotti and La donna e mobile', we think of many things but one thing we might not think of is Danny Jones from McFly. It's common knowledge in the McFly world that Danny is a rock guy. He has got a rock voice (and the rock breathe!) so we were all a bit stunned (and ridiculously excited) when it was announced that Danny would be a part of the new ITV1 show 'Popstar to Opera Star'. We have all seen the clips on YouTube of Danny and the boys ''singing'' along to Il Divo, Dan even sings his clothes off! (Yummy)

Opera singing with Danny had always been for fun and never taken seriously, but now it's business. Along with seven other celebs he started the opera battle on Friday January 15th. As the clock turned 9pm; boys and girls all over the world was turned in to watch Danny and these popstars take the stage. Personally my first thought when seeing Danny was 'what the **** is he wearing?!'. But after quickly getting over the pink suit jacket I felt more and more nervous. Would Danny be able to do it, or would his rock voice take over?

Jimmy Osmond entered the stage first and sang the Neapolitan song 'O Sole Mio', I was pleasantly surprised. After seeing the clips it looked as if the song was big for him. Sure, a sour note here and there but in the end it wasn't unpleasant to listen to. Seeing Jimmy do well made me believe that Danny could do this.

After Jimmy, Kym Marsh took the stage and preformed 'Si un Joun' and surprised many with her grown up voice. And then the unforgettable moment, Alex James from Blur was up. It was pretty clear that he was having trouble with handling the song in the clips before he went. In an attempt to save himself he did a lot of comedy stuns. Many laughed at this, personally I wasn't laughing because of those stuns if you know what I mean. The song 'Largo al Factotum' is a very big song and it's very quick. A very poor choice for Alex who didn't have a voice that could handle the song.

After Alex there was of course another commercial break and we were all fooled into thinking that Danny would be next.... but he wasn't.. (Disappointment). Instead Marcella Detroit took the stage and preformed the song 'Casta Diva'.

And then came the moment we had all been waiting for. Danny was finally going to sing! After drooling over his intro video, the pink suit jacket made its return! With all my fingers crossed (plus a few toes) I waited for Dan's mouth to open and blow me away. Unfortunately it did, but in a bad way. He started out very weak and sang some sour notes. With wide eyes I sent a million prayers to whoever rules this world that Danny would pick up his game and knock everyone out with his fabulous voice.

He didn't knock anyone out, but he certainly improved! Sure he is no professional opera singer yet but what he did on Friday was very good. His voice managed to handle the song well and grew stronger and stronger. I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw Tom's very proud face.

Danny wrapped up the song with a classic Danny Jones move, and the very loud cheering started. Our boy Danny performed the song 'La donna e Mobile', and he did it good!

Another commercial break (very much needed, time to spaz and scream) Vanessa White from the girl band The Saturdays is up, and she sang the song 'O Mio babbino caro'. To be honest her performance was nothing like I had expected. Her voice was very weak, and you could really see that she was nervous. Her voice was very 'stiff' and rehearsed. It came from the head, not the heart.

Then came Darius Campbell along. He sang the very famous opera song 'Nessun Dorma'. I also thought he was very weak, even though his voice was pleasant to listen to. And the last performance was by Bernie Nolan who sang the song 'Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour'. Her performance was okay, nothing special but okay. (Personally also starting to get tired of hearing that she is doing it all for her mother... we get it now Bernie)

Since I myself don't live in UK I couldn't vote myself so I spent a few minutes pestering people on Twitter to vote for Danny. Did some spamming then tried to calm down enough to watch the results! All eight celebrities were lined up (and yes, the pink suit jacket was still being worn!) Alan and Myleene held the results in their hands for a few seconds before they could reveal that Danny was the first popstar that we would see next week! (Was I the only one who would have wanted them to wait a bit longer to say his name? I wanted some intense waiting!) In the end it was Vanessa from The Saturdays and Alex from Blur that was the two popstars that had received the least votes. The Judges was split between who to save so it was the public’s votes that decided who were going to stay and who were going home. And the one who had received the least votes from the public was the funny little chap Alex.

A successful show for Danny. Several articles, pictures and videos have been posted about the show since then. We have drooled over the pictures and videos off Danny and we have wiped it up! Bring on next Friday, and remember everyone; VOTE DANNY!

- Silje Cathrine xx