Big Brother star Freddie Fisher eyes pop stardom
A Big Brother contestant from Shropshire has turned popstar by releasing a protest song, which he hopes to get to number one.
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A Big Brother contestant from Shropshire has turned popstar by releasing a protest song, which he hopes to get to number one.
Freddie Fisher, from Market Drayton, appeared in front of millions on the show last year when he was forced by producers to change his name by deed poll to Halfwit as part of an on-screen stunt.
Now the 24-year-old has launched an assault on the music charts with his song, a dance record called This is not a Riot.
It is available for download on iTunes and features a looped sample of campaigners chanting the phrase "this is not a riot" during anti-capitalist protests.
A video for the song, featuring Freddie dressed as a red devil while taking part in the G20 protests in London last year, has also been posted on YouTube.
But Freddie, who made no secret of his wealthy, rural background on the show, is dipping a toe into the music industry without significant support from a major record label.
The Oxford graduate, who lives in a mansion on the Shropshire border, said he was hoping the video would become a "viral" internet hit and perhaps the first record to top the charts by word of mouth and via social networking sites like Facebook.
He said: "The vocals are adapted from an impromptu speech I delivered at the G20 protest in London last year, now infamous for widespread police brutality."
