WESTLIFE star Kian Egan’s latest role may see him ending up managing his bride-to-be Jodi Albert, the Sligo singer has revealed.
Kian and Westlife manager Louis Walsh are holding auditions in Dublin this weekend in a bid to find five singers to form Ireland’s answer to the Spice Girls.
“It will be like a female version of Westlife mixed with pop, Pussycat Dolls mixed with Girls Aloud, mixed with the Sugababes,” he said.
And he also revealed that fiancee Jodi Albert has been asked by co-manager Walsh if she would be interested.
“She is going to come across to Dublin on Saturday and I think she probably will audition,” said Kian.
Source: Sligo Weekender
Kian leads search for new girl stars
By Sharon Conway
SLIGO boy band pin up Kian Egan is holding auditions in Dublin this weekend to find five talented young women to form Ireland’s latest girl supergroup.
Kian will hold the open auditions with celebrity band promoter Louis Walsh, at the Pod venue on Harcourt Street in Dublin.
Walsh, who manages Boyzone, Westlife and Shayne Ward, and previously managed Girls Aloud, will co-manage the new act with West-life star Kian. Girls aged between 15 and 25 may go forward for the audition
Speaking to the national media last week Kian said: “I am hoping we are going to see and hear some great talent from all parts of the country. I know how much an audition like this can change your life - so my advice is to go for it.
“Basically, Louis came up with the idea a few weeks ago, to put a girl band together, and asked me if I would like to get involved. I said yes to it obviously. This is going to be a big opportunity for the young females of Ireland.
“It will be like a female version of Westlife mixed with pop, Pussycat Dolls mixed with Girls Aloud, mixed with the Sugababes. Just great songs, great singers and great looking girls. We want to break this act around the world.”
Asked whether his fiancee Jodi Albert was already a member of the band, Kian said: “There has been a lot of talk in the newspapers that Jodi was going to be in the band. Nobody is in the band. Everybody will have to audition. Jodi has been asked by Louis if she would be interested in doing it.
She is going to come across to Dublin on Saturday and I think she probably will audition.”
Auditions at the Pod will run from noon to 6pm on Friday and Saturday July, 25 and 26, with call-backs on Sunday, July 27.
Walsh’s publicist, Joanne Byrne of Presence PR, gave some advice to girls going for the audition: “Know what you are going to sing, make sure you know the words off by heart and put some thought into your appearance and what you will be wearing on the day.”