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Danny Jones Danny is proving to be a popular contestant on the show. Vanessa White Performing the Gershwin standard 'Summertime' in rehearsals. Vanessa bows out The Saturdays' singer Vanessa White leaves the competition after gaining the fewest votes. Pop Star to Opera Star Semi finals. Darius, Kym and Marcella. Marcella Detroit. More From ClassicFM. The tenor Russell Watson also supported the show. Long may it continue. Katherine Jenkins also denied the show would "dumb down" the form.

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And for that we have dear old Susan Boyle to thank. She might not be an opera singer in the strictest sense of the word, but her orchestral warbling has sold enough records to ensure that this sort of thing will have an audience.

And anyway, Popstar To Opera Star hasn't really got an awful lot to do with opera itself — it's presented by a gardener, mentored by a woman who once covered No Woman, No Cry and judged by a man who talks about cushions for a living. But that doesn't mean that, with the right tone, Popstar to Opera Star couldn't be a breath of fresh air for ITV — smarter than the bulk of its output yet without the cloying smugness of that BBC2 show about Goldie trying to become a conductor.

I reserve the right to be horrible about it if it turns out to be dreadful of course — but Popstar To Opera Star might just end up being both entertaining and educational. And if it doesn't, at least we'll get to see Darius out of Pop Idol making a twerp of himself again.