The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

They understand what their market is and who they should be selling records to, and most importantly, they know the kind of artist that they want to be, but they have to do it themselves. You don't want a 13-year-old singing some awful song from a musical.

At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong.

I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can't make phone calls and stuff. I just sit on my own for days.

The biggest shock when I lost it all was the realization that so much of my life had been out of my control. When I started to make the money back, I vowed that it would never happen again. I bought things only when I could afford them. There was no big mortgage, no cars on hire purchase. I remember buying a TR6 sports car for £6,000, and funnily enough it gave me more pleasure than the Porsche ever had.

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.

I actually don't understand a word Paula's saying anymore. It's like a new language.