Farmer and musician Alex James will have his singing talents judged when he takes part in a new ITV show tomorrow night.

The Blur bass player, who owns a farm just outside Kingham, will be trained as an opera singer during the six-week series Pop Star to Opera Star which will be broadcast on ITV 1 at 9pm.

Mr James will compete against Jimmy Osmond, Kym Marsh, Pop Idol reject Darius Campbell and former McFly singer Danny Jones.