Gareth Paul Gates (born July 12, 1984, Bradford, Yorkshire England) is an English pop singer who shot to fame in 2002 when he came second in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates is also known for overcoming his severe stammer through the McGuire Programmehttp://www.mcguireprogramme.com, qualifying as a speech coach in 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3708439.stm. So far he has sold 3.5 million singles & albums in the UK alone.

Gareth Paul Gates (born July 12, 1984, Bradford) is a British pop singer who shot to fame in 2002 when he came second in the television talent show Pop Idol. A year earlier, he also appeared in the televised talent show Steps to the Stars presented by Claire Richards and Ian Watkins (known as H) from the pop group Steps. Despite not winning the competition, he was soon signed up with Simon Cowell’s record label BMG, alongside the Pop Idol winner, Will Young. (Cowell had been one of the Pop Ido