1:53pm Thursday 25th April 2002
SUN columnist Gary Bushell and Coronation Street star Clare McGlinn will form part of a panel of judges local singing star Russell Stratton is hoping to impress.
The 28-year-old of Leaford Court, Watford, has won a place in the final of pub chain Jumpin' Jak's This Is Your Moment Competition, to be held in Coventry on Monday.
A keen singer, he has performed semi-professionally with various bands since he was a teenager and is set to appear in the Cassio Operatic Society's production of Camelot at the Palace Theatre, Watford.
He is playing a knight and has grown a beard especially for the role, which may win him extra points with Gary Bushell, a renowned fan of facial hair.
Russell, who is in with a chance of winning a holiday and £1,000 said: "I'm going to get out there and and do my best."
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