A timeline of everything Will Young has been up to from his Pop Idol days to calling out homophobia on Twitter in 2019
![Will Young says it's 'a good thing' The X Factor is not returning: 'It needs to do some soul-searching' | The Independent Will Young says it's 'a good thing' The X Factor is not returning: 'It needs to do some soul-searching' | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/2021/08/12/10/newFile-6.jpg?width=1200)
Will Young says it's 'a good thing' The X Factor is not returning: 'It needs to do some soul-searching' | The Independent
![Remember on Pop Idol when Will Young hit back at Simon Cowell for calling him "distinctly average"? VIDEO | Radio Times Remember on Pop Idol when Will Young hit back at Simon Cowell for calling him "distinctly average"? VIDEO | Radio Times](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2016/08/114662.jpg?quality=90&resize=620,413)
Remember on Pop Idol when Will Young hit back at Simon Cowell for calling him "distinctly average"? VIDEO | Radio Times
![Gareth Gates the Pop Idol runner up, his Katie Price fling, life in theatre and where he is now - YorkshireLive Gareth Gates the Pop Idol runner up, his Katie Price fling, life in theatre and where he is now - YorkshireLive](https://i2-prod.examinerlive.co.uk/incoming/article21859797.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/2_I140204_163806_791644oTextCD_3159980JPG.jpg)