成名于英国达人秀的Michelle McManus，04年由索尼BMG发行的首张大碟《The Meaning of Love》，专辑中歌曲《All This Time》和已被多名歌手翻唱的《Feeling Good》等广受好评。 　　 　　by Sharon Mawer 　　What makes a pop star? Or maybe the question should more accurately be "What makes a Pop Idol?" In 2002 the answer was obvious, it was Will Young the winner of the first series of Pop Idol in the U.K., or perhaps Gareth Gates who so very nearly won but despite only coming in second, still achieved several number one singles throughout the year. For the second series of Pop Idol, all the elements were back in place, the four judges, the ridiculous early auditions from people who couldn't hold a tune but believed they could, and eventually, ten singers going through to the live finals, televised every Saturday night during the final few months of 2003. Despite two good looking boys, Mark Rhodes and Sam Nixon (Will and Gareth for series two), it was Michelle McManus a 23-year-old Scottish singer with a big … » Read more