Pop Idol juge Neil ‘Doctor’ Fox looks unrecognisable with grey beard as he sips beer at Bafta party
POP Idol judge Neil Fox looks completely different from his days as judge on the talent show which is set to celebrate its 20th birthday. Known as Dr Fox, the 60-year-ol showed off his new silver fox look as he attended a star-studded event at Bafta’s headquarters in Picaddilly, London. Dr Fox posed for the […]
POP Idol judge Neil Fox looks completely different from his days as judge on the talent show which is set to celebrate its 20th birthday.
Known as Dr Fox, the 60-year-ol showed off his new silver fox look as he attended a star-studded event at Bafta’s headquarters in Picaddilly, London.
Dr Fox posed for the cameras and showed off his stylish new trim complete with silver beard.
He sipped a beer and rocked a fitted black t-shirt with matching trousers and slung a bag over his shoulder.
Most recently Dr Fox was spilling the beans on a possible reunion of the show as it reaches its 20th anniversary.
He told The Sun at The Rankins Family Foundation launch: “A Pop Idol reunion is certainly on the cards – where have 20 years gone!
“Be great to get back on the screens with a one off special.
“Gareth Gates was always one of my favourite – he’s an amazing talent”
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Of his fellow Pop Idol judges, Foxy teased wheely bad cyclist Simon Cowell: “I’d like to think I am ageing much better than Cowell.
“At least I haven’t come off my bike!”
The music competition was a huge hit for ITV in the early 2000s and made Young and Gates famous, and spawned some TV gold moments with Michelle McManus, Darius Danesh, Zoe Birkett, and Rik Waller.
Simon was one of four judges on the show alongside Dr Fox, Nicki Chapman and Pete Waterman.
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Last week, TV Zone revealed ITV have been in talks for a new series of the popular show.
They wrote: “I can confirm that ITV ARE in talks to revive Pop Idol, 20 years after it finished on TV in 2003.
“A revival is not confirmed yet, but with @tvukzone, we can verify that they are looking at a return.”
Dr Fox’s time since the show has not been without controversy, after he was arrested in 2014 during a police investigation into historical sexual abuse.
He was accused of nine sexual offences against six people, three under the age of 16, between 1987 and 2014.
The DJ always denied the charges and he was found not guilty of all charges at Westminster Magistrates Court, in December 2015.
“The process is very scary and very intimidating. Your life is just in limbo, that’s what’s hard about it,” he told This Morning.
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“Trying to keep the normality of your kids going to school every day and coming back and doing their homework – thank God for them, because they keep you level.”
But he vowed to come out of the storm “better not bitter.”
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