"Gareth Paul Gates" is an English singer-songwriter. He was the runner-up in Pop Idol (series 1)/the first series of the ITV (TV network)/ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is also known for having a stuttering/stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly. Gates used the McGuire Programme to manage the problem and is now a speech coach with the programme.

In 2009, Gates moved into musical theatre, playing the title role in the West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre. In 2009–2011, Gates completed an eighteen month stint as Marius, initially in the touring production and then in the West End production of Les Misérables (musical)/Les Misérables. He also took the roles of Eddie in the musical Loserville, Warner in Legally Blonde in 2012 and Dean in Boogie Nights the Musical in Concert in 2013. He is now part of the pop group 5th Story, set up for The Big Reunion.

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If Britney wants to give me a call, she should. But she's got to make the first move.

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I've got my feet firmly on the ground, I can't see life changing too much. I reckon more girls will talk to me at college and more people will look at me, but they know me for who I am.

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I've had lots of offers of marriage and from women wanting to have my kids.

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I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.

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