Former Pop Idol winner and Dancing On Ice competitor, Gareth Gates has revealed that he once auditioned for a part in Emmerdale.

Asked which soap he would choose to appear in, Gates told The Daily Star Sunday: “I am from Yorkshire so it would have to be Emmerdale.”

“I have almost been in it before. I went for an audition years ago but sadly it never came to anything.

“But you never know what the future holds.”