Former pupil of Northwood High School, Chris Morton is the son of Dick Morton who has regularly appeared at the Beach Hotel on Durban’s beachfront for the last 25 years.

Chris, who often accompanied his father, now lives in Ghent in Belgium and has reached the last eight in Belgium’s version of the world wide craze Pop Idols. The big final is on May 6 and the winner gets a recording contract and a car.