Crowds turned up in their thousands to watch Ronan wrap up the festivities.  In what was possibly the biggest crowd-puller of the week, he pulled out all stops and really enjoyed himself.

Then on Sunday Ronan was in Henley to perform in front of a suited and booted audience to mark the end of the Henley Festival 2010 where the likes of Will Young, Bryn Terfel and Nigel Kennedy had also performed.

Now he’s back in Australia to continue with his X Factor judging and we’ve got a sneaky peak of the first official photo of Ronan with his fellow judges.

The winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event is considered to be the World Champion of Poker. However Shane reckons he’ll be playing a couple of hands before retiring gracefully to the bar!! You never know though, he may have the luck of the Irish with him ..

On the other side of the world Ronan has started his stint on X Factor, he reports back ..

“Auditions going great. Sydney was full of great people some with huge potential. Feel this show will be huge. My co judges are fantastic and we are all getting on really well. Next stop Melbourne.”

He told Inside Soap:

“I’m shooting some scenes where Ciaran offers to cook Michelle a meal, and he tells her that if it’s not the best food she’s ever tasted, he’ll work a shift behind the bar wearing just his boxers.”

I’m looking forward to seeing what the wardrobe department have come up for me.”

Viewers will soon see Ciaran’s flirtation with Michelle (Kym Marsh) step up a gear when he organises a speed-dating night at the Rovers.

Mean while, Ronan flies out to Australia today to start his stint as a judge on the X Factor.

Ronan has met his fellow judges,including Natalie Imbruglia, before so is looking forward to re acquainting with old friends and also seeing what talented people there are in Australia!

This partnership began in 2006 with an aim to raise awareness of the avoidable risk factors of cancer and the importance of screening and early detection.

The units funded by the partnership received over 25,000 visitors last year alone with just under 5,000 people having nurse consultations.

Since the conception of these units they have seen over a hundred thousand people. The units continue to do amazing work and the plan for 2010 is to build on and develop this success.

But the real success can be measured in quotes like this from visitor feedback ….

“I made an appointment at my surgery after seeing the nurse about my lump. I hadn’t bothered before because I don’t like to waste the doctor’s time. She made me realise how important it is to get these things checked out.”

Bob Geldof, Amy Whitehouse, Jamie Cullum, Scissor Sisters and Enrique Iglesias were amongst the many stars who attended the party. Lucian was the A&R man for boyzone when they very first signed in the UK so he and the boyz have a long history and they wish him luck in his new role.

They are currently at the early stage of putting together routes and making all the plans so we’ll bring you more news when we have it.

Ronan is in Birmingham’s NEC today for the ‘X Factor’ auditions where he’ll be meeting up with his Australian X Factor co-judge, Natalie Imbruglia and doing some filming for the Australian show. ]]> http://www.boyzone.net/2010/06/ronan-preparing-for-australian-xfactor/feed/ 1 http://www.boyzone.net/2010/06/stephens-a-bestselling-author/ http://www.boyzone.net/2010/06/stephens-a-bestselling-author/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:19:56 +0000 boyzone net http://www.boyzone.net/?p=1321 Stephen’s fantasy novel, The Tree Of Seasons which was released on 13th May has been in the hardback fiction bestsellers list for the last two weeks, debuting at #5 earning him the title of bestselling author. The response to the book has been fantastic and it has been receiving great reviews.

‘It didn’t take long for us to get totally wrapped up in the fantasy . . . Engaging, exciting and imaginative, this is a delightful read’ ***** (Heat )

‘A fitting tribute to a star who dared to dream’ (News of the World )

‘This imaginative book is reminiscent of the Narnia tales and reads like an instant classic. Roll on the movie.’ ***** (Star )

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Huge thanks to everyone who has bought the book so far. The Tree Of Seasons is available through Amazon and all other good online and High Street booksellers.

The boyz hope that the single will continue the run of chart success experienced by the Brother album and the previous single, Gave it all Away.

Love Is A Hurricane has already established itself as a firm favourite from the album with fans. The video, featuring the boyz experiencing a cold plunge with little or no clothing has also proved popular amongst visitors to the site.

An upbeat, feel good, infectious pop anthem; Love Is A Hurricane was written by New Radicals front man, Gregg Alexander who has previously written for Ronan’s solo albums as well as other artists including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Enrique Iglesias, Texas and Rod Stewart, to name but a few.

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