The Mirror — Shayne Ward has clearly been working on his pecs appeal. more info

Guardian Music — Though not as magnificently OTT as their heroes Scissor Sisters and Daft Punk, these aspiring electro-poppers are not far offHometown: London.The lineup: Ollie Wride (vocals), Josh Dally (guitar), Poppy Kavanagh (bass), James Cross (drums).The backgr... more info

The Mirror — Spotted – Shayne Ward doing karaoke in Churchills pub in Manchester to his own song That’s My Goal. more info

The Mirror — Teenage hunk Josh Barry melted girls’ hearts after hitting the BGT stage. And tonight he’ll try to win over judge Amanda Holden by flirting – like Shayne Ward did with Sharon Osbourne in X Factor 2005. more info

The Mirror — Here's a blast from the past. X Factor winner Shayne Ward is back. He's got a new single later this year and has teamed up with reggae stars Aswad for a track on his new more info

Pop Justice — You may recall that last week we featured the sleeve for last year's Bowling For Soup single 'My Wena' alongside efforts by Shayne Ward and Belinda Carlisle in a roundup of terrible cover art (index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4718&Itemid=206... more info

Pop Justice — We had a CD clearout recently and while we were sifting through the debris we found some astonishingly bad artwork. Here's a small selection. 1. Danielle Spencer - 'Calling All Magicians' Nothing says 'batshit mental singersongwriter' quite li... more info

Guardian Music — Amy Winehouse fails to release a follow-up album, Oasis reunite for an arena tour, and Slayer reach Christmas No 1. I've seen the future of pop ... and it's not a pretty sightAfter a decade in which Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars was the most played song... more info

Scotsman.com — WILL Young had the biggest-selling single of the decade, while fellow reality show stars including Gareth Gates, Alexandra Burke, Shayne Ward and Hear'Say also dominated t more info

Musicnotes.com Blog — Do you love the UK’s biggest talent search show? Produced by American Idol’s judge Simon Cowell, X-Factor has produced wonderful performers like Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, JLS and Joe McElderry. This season, there were a number of... more info