Army sing star hits right notes

摘要

A soldier who recently deployed to Afghanistan has fulfilled his ambition by taking on hard-nosed judge Simon Cowell and singing on TV talent show The X Factor.rnSgt Ian Edwards (Gren Gds) dressed in his number twos to deliver a rendition of Elvis Presley's hit If I Can Dream to the ITV programme's imposing panel of judges.rnAnd he was a roaring success with Danni Minogue rating the senior NCO as "hot" and Louis Walsh stating his surprise at the soldier's talent.rnSgt Edwards made it past the first audition to boot camp, but Soldier readers will need to tune in to the show, aired on Saturday evenings, to see if he makes it any further.rnSpeaking before deployingrnon ops, 43-year-old Edwards said: "My kids encouraged me to apply and go on to the programme. Due to all the pre-deployment training I had little time to prepare, but I did really well.