** Nigel Lythgoe, British television personality

The series was a spin-off of American Idol, but with younger contestants, and had the same production team as American Idol: it was created by Simon Fuller and 19 Entertainment, along with FremantleMedia, and directed by Bruce Gowers, and produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick.

In an interview prior to the start of the fifth season of American Idol, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe revealed for the first time that Aiken had led the fan voting every week from the Wild Card week to the finale, when the possibly-random voting result gave Studdard the win.

While still on the show, it was revealed Trenyce was once arrested on a felony theft charge, however Nigel Lythgoe considered it to be a minor offence, one which she had been honest about, and therefore not one which would warrant any concern regarding her participation on the show.

Acts who appeared included: Gloria Gaynor, George Roper, Ken Dodd, Duncan Norvelle, Black Lace, Bernie Winters, Stutz Bear Cats, Kit and the Widow, Wall Street Crash, Kiki Dee, Diane Solomon, Michael Ball, ' Nasty Nigel ' Lythgoe, Martin " The Beast " Francis, Tom Pepper, Fay Presto, Pete Price, Manhattan Transfer, Shane Richie, The Flaming Hamsters, Stan Boardman, Fascinating Aida, Showaddywaddy, Kajagoogoo, Frankie Howerd, Colm Wilkinson, Wilfrid Brambell from Steptoe and Son, Sinitta, Five Star, Indigo Lady, Cheryl Baker, Phil Cornwell, Jaki Graham, Nana Mouskouri, The Chuckle Brothers, Brian Conley, Roy Walker, Wayne Sleep, Andrew O ' Connor, Gareth Hunt, Peter Beckett, Syd Lawrence ( with his orchestra ), Frankie Vaughan, Jessica Martin, George Roper, Caroline Cossey, The Foxes, Mud, Chris Emmett, Keith Harris and Orville, Mick Miller, Diane Solomon, Mark Heap ( The Two Marks ) and Vince Hill.

At the suggestion of producer and director Nigel Lythgoe, this new show had a variety format rather than being purely sketches.

Olmos ' lawyer also suggested that Idol producers had forced Vasquez out over the complaint, and claimed that Nigel Lythgoe, the show producer, had said to Olmos, " we know that this happened and we are going to let Mario Vazquez go, and you ’ re going to stay.

Andrews is the host of CMT's Next Superstar, a reality competition series specializing in country music, which is produced by Nigel Lythgoe.

* Nigel Lythgoe

The third and current reconstruction took place from 1 June 1988 and was completed on 1 October 1989 by Nigel Williams and Sandra Smith ( and overseen by David Akehurst ( CCO of Glass and Ceramics ) who had assessed the vase's condition during its appearance as the focal piece of an international exhibition of Roman glass and, at the conclusion of the exhibition, it was decided to go ahead with reconstruction and stabilization.

The royal administration under Henry I had been headed by Roger, the Bishop of Salisbury, supported by Roger's nephews, Alexander and Nigel, the Bishops of Lincoln and Ely respectively, and Roger's son, Roger le Poer, who was the Lord Chancellor.

This threat was backed up by the arrest of the bishops, with the exception of Nigel who had taken refuge in Devizes Castle ; the bishop only surrendered after Stephen besieged the castle and threatened to execute Roger le Poer.

* Margaret Thatcher who had been the United Kingdom's Prime Minister since 1979 resigned as Prime Minister on 22 November 1990 after being challenged for the leadership of the Conservative Party by Michael Heseltine because of widespread opposition to the introduction of the controversial Community Charge and the fact that her key allies such as Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe resigned over the deeply sensitive issues of the Maastricht Treaty and Margaret Thatcher's resistance to Britain joining the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

Also recruited around this time for the live shows was session-keyboardist / programmer Nigel Ippinson, who had previously played with the band on the re-working of " Begging You " for its release as a single.

* Christopher Fulford as Nigel Cassidy: a teacher who becomes the main suspect of the murder of a homosexual boy in his class.

* In the HBO comedy series Flight of the Conchords episode " The New Cup ", the band's manager, Murray, uses the band's emergency funds for an investment with a Nigerian, Mr. Nigel Soladu, who promises to offer " 1000 % profit ".

To this end he persuaded Auberon Waugh ( who had been sacked by Nigel Lawson ) to return from the New Statesman, and enticed Richard West and Jeffrey Bernard from the same magazine.

A plot to murder Darnley is later planned and carried out by Lord Bothwell ( Nigel Davenport ), Mary's illegitimate half-brother Lord Moray ( Patrick McGoohan ), and the various Scottish Lords who participated in the murder of Rizzio ( Huntly, Morton, Falconside, and others ).

Guest stars included Roger Moore, Nigel Havers and most notably Prince Charles, who was a fan of the duo.

His first league game in charge resulted in a 1 – 1 draw against Hull City, managed by Nigel Pearson who had managed Leicester for the previous two seasons.

* Nigel " Little Hutch " Hutchinson ( a sex-mad pal who always has a racing tip ready for Terry )

Biography of Mr Crisp by Nigel Kelly who runs the www. quentincrisp. info website.

One can loosely divide the group's history into two periods: the more horn-oriented earlier ensembles ( typically with some combination of Watts, saxophonist Evan Parker and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler ), and the later string-based ensembles with guitarist Roger Smith ( who became as central to the second edition of SME as Watts was to the first ) and violinist Nigel Coombes.

The royal administration under Henry I had been headed by Roger, the Bishop of Salisbury, supported by Roger's nephews, Alexander and Nigel, the Bishops of Lincoln and Ely respectively, and Roger's son, Roger le Poer, who was the Lord Chancellor.

This threat was backed up by the arrest of the bishops, with the exception of Nigel who had taken refuge in Devizes Castle ; the bishop only surrendered after Stephen besieged the castle and threatened to execute Roger le Poer.

However, during his tenure as Chief of the General Staff ( 1985 – 89 ) General Sir Nigel Bagnall directed that British Military Doctrine was to be prepared, and tasked Colonel ( later General ) Timothy Granville-Chapman ( an artillery officer who had been his Military Assistant in Headquarters 1st British Corps ) to prepare it.

Other actors of note who took part in the series include Anthony Hopkins, Nigel Havers, Peter Sallis and Tom Wilkinson.

Lex boasts some distinguished alumni who have gone on to make careers in business and government – including Nigel Lawson ( former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer ), Richard Lambert ( CBI director and former member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee ), Martin Taylor ( former chief executive of Barclays ), John Makinson ( chairman and chief executive of Penguin ), John Gardiner ( former chairman of Tesco ), David Freud ( former UBS banker and Labour adviser, now a Conservative peer ), John Kingman ( former head of UKFI and a banker at Rothschild ’ s ), George Graham ( RBS banker ), Andrew Balls ( head of European portfolio management at PIMCO ) and Jo Johnson ( Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington ).

In the historical novel Macbeth the King by Nigel Tranter, Duncan is portrayed as a schemer who is fearful of Macbeth as a possible rival for the throne.

The adaptation was by Nigel Kneale and also starred Peter Cushing, another British actor who would go on to find fame in many horror-film roles.

The son of Nigel Theobald, Sudbury ( as he later became known ) was born at Sudbury in Suffolk, studied at the University of Paris, and became one of the chaplains of Pope Innocent VI, one of the Avignon popes, who in 1356 sent him on a mission to Edward III of England.

Even on the more commercial Parcel of Rogues ( 1973 ), the band had no permanent drummer, but in 1973 rock drummer Nigel Pegrum, who had previously recorded with Gnidrolog, The Small Faces and Uriah Heep, joined them, to harden up their sound ( as well as occasionally playing flute and oboe ).

The night his wife goes into labour, Herder makes a last effort at therapy ; he introduces Jack to McKyle ( Nigel Green ), a patient who also believes himself to be Christ or as the patient puts it, " The Electric Messiah " who subjects an unwitting Jack to electroshock therapy.

In January 2000, Polgár had, for her, a disappointing result in a tournament in Pamplona, Spain, which was won by Nigel Short.

For the first time in twenty years since she lost to her sister Susan, Polgár lost her first classical game to a female player as Women's World champion Hou Yifan won their individual game and tied for first before losing the playoff to Nigel Short.

Nigel Hawthorne's portrayal of Sir Humphrey Appleby won the BAFTA Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance four times ( in 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1987 ).

Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his rookie year, the first being Formula One World Champion Nigel Mansell in 1993.

European Aviation sponsored Tyrrell in 1997 ; the same year, Stoddart entered his numerous F1 cars in an F1 Historical Championship ; he established his own team, European Formula Racing, whose driver Nigel Greensall won the championship in 1997 and 1998.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction ( Ken Adam, Carolyn Scott ), and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Nigel Hawthorne ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Helen Mirren ) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

The film was nominated for a total of 14 BAFTA Awards and won three: the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, the Best Actor ( Nigel Hawthorne ) and the Award for Best Make Up / Hair ( Lisa Westcott ).

* CART Racing-season championship won by Nigel Mansell

Waikato won the first encounter against Auckland with a crew that contained three former Olympic representatives, Nigel Atherfold, Greg Johnson and Chris White, with the rest of the crew consisting of Waikato Rowing Club oarsmen, Andy Mahon, Nik Posa and Richard Kirke, and Stephen Hatfield and Chris Spanninga from the Hamilton Rowing Club, and coxswain Russell Robson.

Monegasque driver Louis Chiron won it 5 times, and the Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio and British driver Nigel Mansell both won 4 times.

This tournament included most of the world's top players ( Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Gata Kamsky were the only notable absentees ), and Adams won short matches against Tamaz Giorgadze, Sergei Tiviakov, Peter Svidler, Loek van Wely and Nigel Short, before coming up against Anand in the final round.

Eubank won the WBO middleweight title against Nigel Benn ( and the odds ) in a classic encounter that was later released on DVD: a gruelling battle which ended when Benn ( ahead on points, but only narrowly ) was stopped on his feet near the end of round 9.

As Button's place as the pre-eminent British driver in Formula One was effectively taken by Lewis Hamilton, former champion Nigel Mansell criticised Button, saying: " Jenson should have won more races, he has under-performed and that is down to him.

In 1993, Nigel Short won the Candidates Tournament and so qualified as challenger to Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship.

In the Grand Prix he won his first ranking match of the season, defeating Nigel Bond 5 – 3, before losing his next match 1 – 5 against Ding Junhui.

1989 was the last race at Jacarepaguá, this race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell in his Ferrari, the first Grand Prix won by a car with a semi-automatic gearbox.

In 1996 he beat Vasily Smyslov 5-1, in 1997 lost to Viktor Korchnoi 4-2, in 1998 defeated Robert Hübner 3. 5-2. 5, in 1999 lost to Alexander Beliavsky 3. 5-2. 5, in 2000 lost to Nigel Short 4-2, in 2001 tied 3-3 with Emil Sutovsky, in 2002 beat Boris Gelfand 3. 5-2. 5, and in 2004 won against Ivan Sokolov 3. 5-2. 5 ( there was no match in 2003 ).

Caine's performance in Zulu won him praise from reviewers, and his next film role would be as the star of The Ipcress File in which he was reunited with Nigel Green.

Despite serious problems in testing, the car won its first race at the hands of Nigel Mansell.

The award has twice been won by the son of a previous winner: Kingsley Amis ( winner in 1955 ) was the father of Martin Amis ( 1974 ), and Nigel Kneale ( 1950 ) the father of Matthew Kneale ( 1988 ).

This brought Arsenal to Scarborough in a tie which Arsenal narrowly won, 1 – 0 with a Nigel Winterburn goal.

British driver Nigel Mansell won his second consecutive Formula One race and his teammate Keke Rosberg stormed around the track after 2 pitstops to take 2nd, completing a 1-2 for the Williams team.