Of course, the show has a fickle history full of surprises, and had I been writing such predictions back in Season 10, I would have picked Pia Toscano to at leach reach the final two, but she was shockingly cut almost immediately after reaching the Top 10, finishing ninth.

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After five years at the pub, he left to return to music full-time and developed the Rockin' in Rhythm show, which charted the history of jazz and played at theatres throughout Europe.

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