Pop Idol star Rik Waller's huge career change 17 years on from the show as his life away from the spotlight is uncovered - OK! Magazine
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Where Rik Waller is after Pop Idol fame from £400k record deal to demoralising job centre visit - thejjReport
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I looked like obese X Factor reject Rik Waller but lost 8st and now look like Olly Murs' - Mirror Online
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Where the stars of Pop Idol are 20 years on from Gareth Gates to Darius Danesh - Irish Mirror Online
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I looked like obese X Factor reject Rik Waller but lost 8st and now look like Olly Murs' - Mirror Online
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![Pop Idol finalist, Rik Waller, performs his forthcoming single 'I Will Always Love You', live on stage at the Roadhouse in London's Covent Garden. The cover of the Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston's hit Pop Idol finalist, Rik Waller, performs his forthcoming single 'I Will Always Love You', live on stage at the Roadhouse in London's Covent Garden. The cover of the Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston's hit](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G5NP31/rik-waller-covent-garden-G5NP31.jpg)