The One And Only...
The finalists
The male tribute acts
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Ed Hintze is the One And Only... Elton John
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Ed from Dorset is 34 years old and teaches music lessons three days a week at a local school, as well as running his own music shop.
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He first started singing aged 12. In his early twenties, he worked as a singer most nights in local hotels, bars and clubs singing cover versions.
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About nine years ago people started telling him he sounded like Elton John, but it wasn't until 2002, after meeting a Tina Turner tribute act, that he started performing as Elton. An experienced piano player, Ed is familiar with Elton's back catalogue.
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He has been with his wife for 16 years and they live with their two children.
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Ed describes himself as larger than life and flamboyant just like Elton himself. In his spare time he loves to write music.
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Anthony Adams is the One And Only... Frank Sinatra
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Anthony from Dorset is 52 years old and has been working as a delivery driver for a frozen food company for the past ten years. He currently performs his Frank Sinatra tribute once or twice a month.
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Although he has been singing for 20 years, he has only been singing as Frank for the past four. He decided to perform as Frank following a sound-check with a rock band he performed with; he sang Strangers In The Night and everyone was impressed with how much he sounded like Sinatra.
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Anthony lives with his wife of 12 years, Rosanna, and their two children.
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The waitresses in one of the cafes he delivers to applied to the show on Anthony's behalf; they are all very proud of him and are his biggest fans.
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Moni Tivony is the One And Only... Lionel Richie
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Moni from Middlesex is 27 and works full time for a large supermarket chain. He is currently one half of a singing duo called Soulkool who play most weekends in pubs and clubs.
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He has been singing for as long as he can remember and has always been interested in soul and Motown music. Moni has always loved trying to impersonate singers and thinks his strongest act is Lionel Richie, which he describes as "smooth and sexy with style".
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He lives with his girlfriend of four-and-a-half years, Rejoice.
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Moni is confident and focused, describing himself as strong-minded and passionate. He says will give 100% to this contest.
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Tony Lewis is the One And Only... Robbie Williams
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Tony from Lancashire is 27 and started performing as a professional tribute act five-and-a-half years ago. He performs a few times per month, on cruise ships, in pubs, clubs and at parties.
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He decided to start out as a Robbie tribute after so many people commented on how similar he was in looks and mannerisms to the star.
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Tony has fallen in love with entertaining and loves the thrill of performing to a live crowd. He is a natural performer who captures Robbie's onstage confidence and, like Robbie, he also loves football and generally showing-off.
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Tony lives with his girlfriend of two years, Natalie. He is very close to his family, in particular his grandmother Joyce who is extremely proud of him.
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Greg Dorrell is the One And Only... Rod Stewart
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Greg from East London is 41 and has been singing for ten years. He has been performing as Rod Stewart at weddings, birthday parties and corporate events for the past six years.
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He discovered he could sing like Rod when an ex-girlfriend commented on how good he was when singing along to one of Rod's classic songs. Following that, he secured two charity gigs as Rod at the London Palladium and since then he has made a career as a professional tribute act.
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Greg has always been a Rod fan and, aside from the voice, he admires Rod's lifestyle and charisma, which he tries to emulate.
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When he's not performing as Rod, he enjoys playing guitar for a local church band.
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Greg is a bit of a "ladies' man" and lives on his own near to his mum and dad.
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The female tribute acts
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Joanna Berns is the One And Only... Cher
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Although people had been telling Joanna, 35, from Hertfordshire that she looked like Cher since she was 16, it wasn't until ten years ago that she became a Cher tribute act. She now performs both nationally and internationally doing around four shows per week and she also occasionally appears in local musical theatre productions.
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Joanna describes her family as the "Von Trapps" as they were five children who performed together for their family and synagogue shows. She says that she has never wanted to do anything other than perform after attending performing arts college and has always felt she was destined for stardom.
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She is due to marry her partner, Steve, in Las Vegas in February. He also happens to be a singer, occasionally working as an Elvis tribute.
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Siam Hurlock is the One And Only... Diana Ross
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Siam, from London, is 39 and has just finished performing as Diana Ross in the West End stage show Dancing In The Streets. She starred in the show for two years and says she worked really hard to master Diana's sensitive and beautiful voice.
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She lives in London with her 15-year-old twin boys who she has brought up single-handedly.
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Siam started out her career as a stylist and became involved with her church's gospel choir, which inspired her to take up a career as a performer. She went on to study acting and singing at night classes whilst she was bringing up her sons.
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Siam is currently continuing her studies in performing arts at a local college alongside her working life.
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Katy Setterfield is the One And Only... Dusty Springfield
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Katy from High Wycombe is 37 and has been performing in the touring stage show That'll Be The Day for seven years. The show is made up of music from the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies and she performs songs by Dusty Springfield, Tina Turner and Cher. She is a massive fan of Dusty and has always enjoyed performing her songs as part of her show.
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Katy has always been immersed in music, beginning with piano lessons as a child; even her first job as a teenager was working in a music shop.
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She is married to the musical director of the show she appears in and she says he is her biggest fan.
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Katy has always been desperate to hit the big time but has never quite made it. She feels this could finally be her chance...
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Victoria Jones is the One And Only... Kylie
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Victoria from Merseyside is 25 and first performed Kylie songs at a cabaret night when she was 15. Everyone saw similarities in her performance straight away and she now performs in tribute act I Should Be So Kylie.
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She's a fun, bubbly girl, who's full of life and captures Kylie's onstage cheekiness.
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Victoria was involved in a car accident last year which made her re-evaluate her life and think about what was important to her and what she hoped to achieve. She realised she had always wanted to work as a Kylie tribute and so decided to follow her dream.
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Evelyne Brink is the One And Only... Madonna
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Originally from Germany, Evelyne is 31 and lives in London. She has lived in the United States, where she attended the New York School of Acting and Film. It was there that she was told she looked like Madonna and should consider performing as a Madonna tribute.
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She moved to the UK in 2001 and started working as a Madonna tribute. She currently performs her act as often as possible, on average once a month, mainly at corporate events.
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Evelyne has always wanted to be famous and says that she has been preparing for fame since she was five years old. She is very determined and ambitious; traits which she feels she shares with Madonna.
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She has a natural confidence onstage and shares her confidence with others in her work as a life coach.
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Evelyne lives with her boyfriend of two years, Thomas, who she says is her number one supporter.
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