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Pop Idol's Rik Waller unrecognisable 23yrs after the show with unusual new career
Pop Idol star Rik Waller was tipped to win the first series before he was forced to pull out of the show – today, he has a completely different career away from the spotlight
Pop Idol was one of the biggest TV hits of the early noughties, and despite only running for two series, the show spawned the careers of Gareth Gates and Will Young. However, it also made a star of Kent-born singer Rik Waller, who was tipped to win the first series of the singing reality show. According to Facebook, the now 43 year old lives in Leicester (Image: SWNS Group)By 2014, Rik had moved back in with his parents and was working as a secondary school exam invigilator using his given name, Richard.
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