Fame Academy - The Book - released 21st December 2002 (whsmith.co.uk) Published by Contender Books, 127 pages - hardback - full colour - with photos, cover price £12.99 My star rating for this product (4/5) -

This book follows the first series of Fame Academy from the very first show in October 2002, through to the Finale in December 2002. It covers the day to day happenings in the academy, as the students progress and strive for the teachers approval and the veiwers votes. The ups and downs, the good and bad, it's all covered. Who voted for who and other statistics are also included.

There is fair coverage of all of the students, and each one is interviewed shortly after their eviction. There are also interviews with the teachers. There are plenty of pictures and screen captures from the show.

Nigel content : There is an interview with Nigel on pages 72-74, with some nice pictures to highlight it. He gets fair coverage throughout up to that point (his eviction), and gets the odd mention in some of the other interviews.

All in all a very good purchase for any fan of Fame Academy, the best piece of Fame Academy merchandise so far, especially for Nigel content.

If you only buy one piece of Fame Academy merchandise, in my opinion this is the one to buy, especially if you're a Nigel fan!!