Pop Idols

St Helena is running its very own version of Pop Idols. Nick has been very involved with the project, writing some music for the songs, and playing guitar for most of the recordings. He submitted one of his own songs too, which he recorded in SA, but we weren’t sure if it had been accepted. The competition officially started today, with the 8 contestants’ songs being played on the radio. We sat glued to the radio for the half hour the programme ran, and were very excited when Nick’s song came up as “Contestant Number 2”. Of course his is the best of the lot – and I say that with only a slight bias, because really, the other contestants are not too good. Nick’s guitaring can be heard on all the other songs too. He entered it just for fun, so whether he wins or loses is not that important to him. The competition will run until next Friday, with a contestant being eliminated every few days until there are three left in the final.

The weather today has been on the chilly side – I forgot to look early in the morning at the thermometer, but it was right down to 21 (J) when I checked later in the day, with intermittent showers. I’ve been wearing a jersey most of the day, and Nick’s had on two layers of long sleeves! Still some sun in the afternoon though, for which we are grateful.