When we have a favorite celebrity, we tend to do what we can to get to know them on more of a personal basis. We might not have the opportunity to meet them face-to-face but there is often enough information out there about celebrities that we can get to know them on more of a personal level. Some of the information that we hear may be accurate and others may just be rumors but in any case, it allows us to get to know somebody that we may even consider to be a friend, even on a very impersonal level.
One of the famous individuals that many people seem to know about these days is Ed Sheeran. In fact, we may know him well enough to sing along with his songs when we hear them playing on the radio. Those songs have gained a considerable amount of popularity and it has taken him from the status of being a celebrity to being a superstar in his own way. Like many people who are famous, however, he didn’t start out that way. In fact, you might be surprised to know that he wasn’t always in the spotlight and there were times when he tried to be in the spotlight, but fell short of the mark.
One of the times when Sheeran was potentially in the spotlight is in a UK TV series, Britannia High but the show didn’t last that long. But when it was on, Sheeran decided he would audition for one of the lead roles. The promise of the show was that it was a performing arts school, but the funny thing was, it wasn’t actually a school. There were six roles to fill in the school show and when he tried out for it, everybody recognized he had a very unique and definite talent. He also tried his very best but in the end, he wasn’t chosen for the role.
You can hear his unique singing style come through in the audition. He also does his best to dance, but it’s obvious that he doesn’t quite have that skill mastered at this point. This audition took place in 2007 and you have to wonder if they aren’t kicking themselves now for not selecting him.
