5 ...brought to you by the first-ever Mazda CX3. Tonight on Sunday, the league star who's using the time he spent in prison to inspire others. It was very tough seeing my mum cry when we were walking away to the police car. From street gang,... That's when it hit me. I was like, 'Oh, I'm going to jail.' ...he went straight to prison. They said they didn't want to see me come back to jail. 'Want to see you on TV.' Manu Ma'u too strong. Now it's all about family. He's such a great father. He has a close bond with the boys. He's just a loving guy. Manu Ma'u has turned his life around. The last time I came here I was in a paddy wagon. And this star player is giving back. There's hope out there, boys. Be a positive role model to your families. Imagine an area bigger than France. It's more than a million square kilometres of nothing. And if you lose your bearings, you could lose your life. In the Aussie outback, a vanishing. Did they tell you where they were going? They didn't. It was all kept very hush-hush. One of them turns up dead,... If you go down one of those,... ...you won't be coming out. ...so where is the other one? Can you begin to explain what's happened here? Nothing makes sense at all. How is it a privileged British schoolboy who became an army officer,... Hello, I'm Lieutenant James Blunt. ...then a superstar with that song? Then the man voted the fourth most irritating thing in Britain... Making love to the camera. ...became the Twitter comeback king. 'No one really likes James Blunt, right?' And I replied, 'Yeah. I bought those 20 million albums myself (!)' # You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. It's true. # Captions by Anne Langford. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2015 Kia ora. I'm Miriama Kamo. 'How long should I hold on to my dreams?' That's what Manu Ma'u wondered as the months ticked by in prison. Manu wanted to make it big in the NRL. The talented league player had self-belief and the love and support of his family, but was it enough? Few know what the Parramatta Eels forward went through to realise his dreams, but now he's telling his story and giving hope to others who have none. Here's Barbara Dreaver with Manu's inspirational journey. You just sit there and just think what... what's left for you. KEYS JANGLE You're in here, everyone's out there living life. 'What am I going to do when I get out?' BIRDS TWITTER Manu Ma'u is taking a step back in time; Too much, man. ...a time when violence and alcohol fuelled his life. Yeah, I've come a long way. It was pretty hard. It was hard to get to where I am. Because few know what it's taken to go from behind bars to the big time. As a blockbusting Parramatta Eels forward,... Manu Ma'u too strong! Manu Ma'u's attracting plenty of attention in league's NRL. Manu Ma'u gets the ball down! He's fast,.... Manu Ma'u gets away again. ...he's powerful,... Manu Ma'u with a huge hit. ...and the fans love him. But commentators can't even say your name properly, Manu. They say Maoooo. Manooo! Mahu. One of them said Mao mouse, uh, sounded like cow. So I was like, 'Nah, that's not how you say it. It's Ma'u. Get it right, mate.' For Manu, it's more than just a game. I just love it. You know? I just pick up the ball and just run. (LAUGHS) Manu scored his first try when he was just 7. My mum's my number-one supporter. Growing up playing she was... There's ones that walk up and down the sideline. Had to yell out, 'Hey, Mum, keep it down.' Mum Monika kept her five children close; their lives revolving around school, sport and church. But outside the family home, Manu's life had started to unravel. Because of the influences from others, that's why he was like that. In 2005, youth gang violence was escalating in Auckland. Police grappled with brawls and stabbings. The scale of offending and the injuries that they inflicted are right at the top of the criminal calendar. The JDK's ` Junior Dom Kings ` were part of the problem; youths from Mt Roskill wanting to make their mark in the hood, and headed by Manu and his brother Semisi. Got into a lot of unnecessary stuff or stupid stuff, I should say. One September night on JDK turf, Manu and the boys got into a fight. Two people were badly hurt. What do you remember about the night of the assault? To be honest, I don't remember much. I was pretty intoxicated. It was a 21st. Yeah. Just caused a lot of grief, yeah, to a lot of people. Two months later, Manu and his brother were arrested. When the police came to the door, I was panicked. I was crying. Oh, it was very tough seeing my mum cry when we were walking away to the police car. When Manu went to trial in 2007, mum Monika spent every day in court. No matter what happened, I wanted to be strong as a mother; to be there to support my son. He was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and wounding with intent to injure ` sentenced to two years and nine months. That's when it hit me. I was like, 'Oh, I'm going to jail.' Manu and his brother ended up together at Spring Hill Prison in the Waikato. I was nervous. I didn't know what to expect, you know. A new prison with a Pacific Islands unit. The first time my mum came, she just couldn't stop crying, and, fah, just seeing your mum in that state, it's just something you don't want to put her through, so, yeah, after that first visit, I just thought, 'Surely when I get out, I'm going to do something positive.' Every day seemed the same: long, empty, repetitive. Manu killed time doing what he knew best. Did more training and less eating. So we were all pretty cut up, pretty ripped. That's when I learnt to love training more ` when I was inside. Prison league ` played hard and rough. I always knew how to tackle. It was just being tough about it. Even then Manu's talent stood out. Hardened prisoners became protective of him, believing he was destined for the big time. They said they didn't want to see me come back to jail. 'Want to see you on TV one day.' That's what they told me. Manu himself began to dream big. I took this violence prevention course. It was a six-month course. He started to make changes. WOMAN: OK, the next step is, what were you thinking? One day a guest speaker asked the prisoners to write down their goals. I told him when I get out I want to be a positive role model with my family, and I want to play NRL, and, um, he-he shut me down. Yeah. He told me that, 'You should change your goals cos it's never gonna happen.' I was pretty gutted. 22 months later ` freedom. Life on the outside wasn't easy. I was digging holes... digging holes and, yeah, doing a lot of bumboy work. But he remained firmly focused on his dream, playing his way up the ranks of league teams in Auckland. While his talent was recognised, his conviction meant he was unable to travel overseas. Australia just wasn't budging. It was pretty disappointing. I was sitting at home a few times with my partner and just thinking, 'Fah, surely I can get a second chance.' After the break, the fight to get Manu and his young family to Australia. I flew over and watched him play. I just saw an incredible footy player. He had determination. And confronting the past. The last time I came here I was in a paddy wagon. Inspiring others still behind bars. There's hope out there, boys, after here, when youse get out. 1 The busier I got, the more time I found myself wasting on the phone for hours, ordering parts, rechecking job sheets at home, keeping track of jobs and staff. PHONE RINGS But now with a few little changes around the place, I'm ready for whatever is around the corner. You would know to look at it, but I reckon we're more geared up than anyone around here. And now I've got more time to spend with the old girl. Take our free test and be great today and ready for tomorrow. e Manu Ma'u had spent 22 months behind bars with a burning ambition, refusing to let go of his dream to play league in Australia. I just knew all the challenges ahead. It was gonna be tough but I was just keen to kick on. But being allowed across the Tasman with a criminal record ` the challenge. Former Kiwis player-turned-agent, Tyran Smith, had spotted Manu's talent in Auckland. He's only got one level and that's 100 miles an hour. And so had the Parramatta Eels. For more than a year they battled Australian immigration authorities for a visa. We employed immigration lawyers to go through at the highest level in in Canberra, and then, bang, it was unbelievable. We just put everything in place for him to come over, you know. Huh! BOTH: Awwww! Yay, good boy. Finally able to move his young family to Sydney, this was the fresh start Manu had hoped for. Here. Look! Look! And then another dream became a reality. CROWD ROARS March 2014, Warriors v Parramatta Eels. For Manu, this was no ordinary game. COMMENTATOR: This day must have seemed a long way away when he was camped in a NZ jail. This was validation. He's a motivated man tonight. Proud mum Monika had flown over for his debut. I was screaming. 'Go, Manu, go! Manu, I love you.' Ma'u who runs with such purpose. Oh, I was happy as. I was just proud knowing that I was gonna accomplish a dream that someone told me that I couldn't reach. What a debut! Manu ma'u. But at the top, it's easy to fall. How cut-throat is it? It's incredibly cut-throat. Manager Tyran Smith knows all about pressure. You get paid to perform. And when you're not at your best, then they're looking for the next person to come along, like a big churning machine. Injury is a constant threat to a soaring career. Last year I broke my arm. Oh, just my scar here. I was out for half the season. I was gutted pretty much. I'm sitting at home. Can't travel, can't play with the boys. But Manu was able to overcome the dark times, always driven by his past. It's the dedication that he shows. That's what he possesses. He's very tough. That's what got him through. Eels teammates say Manu is starting to emerge as a leader both on and off the field. What we see in him is determination; a man who leads by his actions, not his words. He never says much. We just sort of stand behind him. He's the go-to man whenever the shit hits the fan. Going to get you. (LAUGHS) I'm going to get you. He's such a great father. He has a close bond with the boys, and I think that bond has made him well-balanced, you know, has kept him grounded. High-school sweethearts, Manu's partner, Alisi, has stuck with him through the tough times. He's not the person that people perceive him to be, you know. Just everything that he's done. Like, if you get to know him in person, he's just a loving guy. The birth of their two children, Melino and Levi, has been the game changer for Manu. I want them to have a good future, you know. I don't want them to go through what I went through. I want them as far away as possible from all that stuff. But for Manu, it's harder to walk away. Do you ever think of that assault and the victim who was hurt? Oh, 100%. Yeah. Think about how much grief we put him and his family through. I always wonder how he is. It's been eight years since Manu travelled this road to Spring Hill Prison. The last drive I came here I was in a paddy wagon. Once an inmate, now a man wanting to help those left inside. Whew. Bit nervous. You all right? Yeah, I'm sweet. Feels like I was here yesterday. Does it? Yeah, yeah. Coming back to prison, even as a free man, isn't easy ` confronting a past he'd been determined to leave behind. bonds once made behind bars are re-forged. Ah, good to see you, bro. Familiar faces. How's Australia? BOTH LAUGH For Manu, facing his past means a chance to persuade his once fellow inmates they can have a future. There's hope out there, boys, after here, when youse get out. There's more to life than in and out, in and out. Be a positive role model to your families, and don't let anyone tell you that you just can't make it out of here. You've just got to dream. Chase it. One last look and Manu promises to come back, hoping to inspire more inmates. I just want the boys to know there is hope out here, outside of these walls. I'm starving, eh. Back at the family home in Mt Roskill, there's no shortage of pride in their boy, and no greater supporter than mum Monika. I said, 'Manu, see? This... You achieved your goal that we set up, and thank God. A goal Manu says he never gave up on. I wanted to come out and be a positive role model for my family. And are you that man today? Yeah. I can honestly say I am that man today. Yeah. And I'm just really proud to come out of these walls and do something with my life. And Manu says his next goal is to win a NRL premiership with the Eels. Later, James Blunt talks about his overnight success and the cruel downside of 'You're Beautiful'. # My life is brilliant. My love is pure. 'You're Beautiful' went to number one in 10 countries,... # She smiled at me on the subway. ...got nominated for three Grammys, and remains one of the most played songs on modern radio. # You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. It's true. # But up next, why are people simply vanishing from a remote corner of Australia's outback? If anybody knows anything, please come forward and tell the police. It's gone on too long. Was it the country that took these latest lives or a murderer? We have no person of interest. Can you begin to explain what's happened here? > 4 Welcome back. It's a chilling question ` why are people simply vanishing from a remote corner of Australia's outback? In recent years, there have been at least six unexplained disappearances; the latest ` Jenny and Ray Kehlet, a mum and dad from Perth on a camping holiday. They were prospecting in a country filled with pitfalls and peppered with strange characters. And now their family doesn't know if the harsh country took them or they fell foul of an outback loner. Tonight, the man who last saw them alive speaks for the first time about this stunning mystery. Here's Alex Cullen. It's quite easy to get lost out in the bush. There's no one around to help you. There's no phone service out here. It's pretty dangerous. Yeah. If anybody, anybody knows anything, please... come forward and tell the police. It's gone on too long. It's a treacherous, remote landscape ` the eastern goldfields of outback Australia, an awesome expanse filled with hidden trapdoors and deadly, seemingly bottomless pits. The adventurous, the hopeful and the desperate have come here over the years to hunt for gold, and they left the place scarred with these deep mineshafts. Them mines down there are pretty old, over 100 years old most of them. Some with rotten wooden scaffolding crisscrossing the entrance,... If you go down one of those... ...you won't be coming out. ...others hidden under sticks and trees. Better off keeping away from the old mineshafts. Yeah, they're very dangerous. You'll run into some interesting characters out here. METAL DETECTOR WHINES People like Paul 'Scruffy' Bennett, who's been looking for his El Dorado since the early '80s. This is a nice piece. Scruffy knows this country like the back of his hand, and even he has to tread carefully. That's pretty deep there, Scruffy. Yeah. Do you see the water down the bottom? Righty-oh. You ready? I'll drop this rock down. SILENCE SPLASH! Oh. A long way down there. That is a long way down. Yep. The length of the MCG,... Yep. ...that deep. Yep. This country is hard, but so, too, are many of the people chasing their fortune in this epic landscape. To give you some idea of how vast this region is, imagine an area bigger than France. It's more than a million square kilometres of nothing, just a few isolated communities. It's very easy to get lost out here. And if you lose your bearings, you could lose your life. Out here where the law is thin and way out of reach, the big question is was it the country that took these latest lives or a murderer? < Did they tell you where they were going? They didn't. It was all kept very hush-hush, in typical prospecting fashion. The idea of not giving away the secret spots was, you know, reasonably high priority. Can you begin to explain what's happened here? What do you think? > I don't know. I've run through all sorts of different scenarios, possibilities, and nothing makes sense. Just nothing makes sense at all. Nothing makes sense about the disappearance of Ray and Jennie Kehlet because the clues are so thin on the ground. It is yet another particularly challenging investigation, policing what is literally the world's largest single policing jurisdiction of over 2.5 million square kilometres. They loved each other completely. They found what both of them needed in each other. 47-year-old Ray and Jennie, 49, had kids from previous marriages. Jennie had three ` Darcy and his two younger sisters, Kelly and Britney. Mum was... the iron maiden. She was a woman of steel. Massive spirit, massive character. Um, everyone loved her to bits. Ray was larger than life. Work hard all day, and then he'd knock off and he'd be great fun. Love a laugh, love a drink. Their beloved dog, Ella, never left their side. She is just the sweetest dog, I think, ever. She was their shadow. She went everywhere with them. Ray and Jennie's latest adventure would lead them north, deep into the goldfields; exactly where, they wouldn't say. And they weren't going alone. They had a friend with them, Graham Milne. Tell me about him. They were very close friends. Graham is a very nice man. They'd met at work, and they just became great friends, you know. He would come out here all the time. He was the one who taught them to prospect out on their property. Yeah, they were just really close friends. What do you like about prospecting? Uh, the bush, the freedom, the open space. Just... Yeah, the quiet. What about Sandstone? Whose idea was it to go up there? It was probably a combination between Ray and myself. I'd been there before. Um, and we'd done a lot of research and come to the conclusion that there's a lot of areas that the old-timers had possibly missed. Ray, Jennie, their dog, Ella, and Graham began the 700km journey north on March 19. The tiny isolated town of Sandstone is about the only thing that passes for civilisation out here. The prospectors would set up camp about 30km south. So, this is where they were, Scruffy? Yeah. That's where they had their campsite here. Jen was cooking breakfast and the dog bolted again. And then Ray got his bike and I gave Jen my quad so that they could round it up. They went in two different directions. And, uh, I went... I cleaned up camp and then that morning I went prospecting. And, so, how long did you go out for? All day and most of the night. I got back to camp early hours. Graham Milne told police he arrived back at camp in the early hours of the next morning, March 22. He says he believed all was normal. Saw the dog, Ella, thought Ray and Jennie were asleep in their tent, and left about 3am without saying goodbye. Graham was returning to Perth for work. < Was Graham the last person to see them? From the information we have, yes. Next, out of nowhere, Ella, their Great Dane, wanders alone, dehydrated and emaciated, into the Sandstone caravan park 30km from the campsite. Something is wrong, and police launch an investigation to try and determine what's happened. Then after a week of searching, police found a body at the bottom of this 15m deep mineshaft. Were you the last person to see Ray and Jenny? I don't know. I just don't know. (SNIFFS) 5 When Ella turned up in Sandstone, Ray and Jennie's family reported them missing. We knew something was wrong because Ella's always with them. They don't leave her anywhere. And the thought of Ella being in Sandstone if they were down here, just didn't make any sense at all. Were you the last person to see Ray and Jennie? I don't know. I don't know. As the last person to see Ray and Jennie, suspicion fell on Graham Milne. He has cooperated with police, but not the local media, which has only fuelled speculation that he may have been involved. I can't even go out my gate without thinking, 'Is there somebody parked down the road?' And what do you say to them? 'Just leave me alone. Leave my family alone and leave my friends alone.' Graham Milne is an intensely private man and has thought long and hard about agreeing to this interview. So, you got back to camp. What did you see? Anything unusual or...? Before I left? Yes. > Just... It was just... No, it just appeared to be this... appeared to be the same. And where were Ray and Jennie? I assumed they were in bed in the tent on top of their trailer. And you didn't want to disturb them. No, you don't go knocking on somebody's tent early hours of the morning. It's just not done. Police and rescue workers searched above ground and deep below in the century-old deathtraps littering the landscape. They found Ray's quad bike half a kilometre from camp. Then, after more than a week of searching, police found a body at the bottom of this 15m deep mineshaft. It was Ray Kehlet. What a shock. Yeah, big shock. Big, big shock. Yeah. That was... That was a... a bit of a grim day. We found out from the news. We were waiting for a phone call but the news said it first. Sorry. (CRIES) It's still really hard to think about it. (SNIFFS) I pretty much reacted like this. Yeah. > Um... Yeah. > You can't prepare yourself for it, really. I just... I just couldn't believe it. Just couldn't believe it. It was just... It was just something you don't want to hear. It's, um... I still can't believe it. Mm. > For the family, it was hard to accept that this was just an accident and Ray had tripped down a mineshaft. He was safety-conscious and didn't take risks. No prospecting equipment was found in the mineshaft or on the surface. But that wasn't all. He was found without a shirt on. In the whole time I've known him, I've not known him to be outside without a shirt on. For him to be kilometres away from his camp on foot with no shirt on is enormously strange. GUNSHOT Sunday Night has obtained new information that gunshots were heard in the area. Police now want anyone who was shooting or heard those gunshots to come forward. < Was he shot? I can tell you that he wasn't shot. < Was he burned? I can tell you that he wasn't burned. Was he pushed? There was no evidence at all, or available to police, to suggest that he was pushed down that shaft. Police also want to speak to people driving in a white four-wheel drive seen in the area at the time of Ray and Jennie's disappearance. A can of pepper spray was also found, and police are trying to work out where it came from. Finding Ray was one half of this mystery. And we still don't know how or why he ended up down this mineshaft. And the bigger question remains ` where was Jennie? Prospecting equipment and a GPS locator were also missing from the camp site. Police went back to Graham Milne. Has he been cooperative with police? All of our witnesses have been fully cooperative. Yes. Is Graham Milne a person of interest? Of the 70 witnesses we've identified thus far, that is how we're referring to them. We have no person of interest. What do you say to those people that are speculating that you had some involvement because you were the last person to see them? Well, I can't stop people drawing their own conclusions. You're going to get that. It doesn't matter what. People are going to say things. Well, they can keep saying them, it doesn't matter. They don't know. And when they find Jen, we'll know what happened. # You can come home. # And for now, the mystery of what happened to Ray and Jennie Kehlet remains unresolved. Up next, James Blunt says he experienced the horror of mass murder before he shot to stardom, selling more than 20 million albums. I am Lieutenant James Blunt. And this is the first instalment of my video diary. Today we deploy to the Balkans. We don't know how long for. It was terrible, and it's a life-changing moment, and I don't think I will look at another human being in the same way. # I saw an angel, # of that I'm sure. # She smiled at me on the subway. # She was with another man. # w Welcome back. Sure, James Blunt has a string of worldwide number-one hits. He's sold over 20 million albums. But it's what the former British army captain-turned-pop star has achieved away from music which has made him an even bigger hero to millions of fans. When James' success attracted venomous online attacks and abuse, he had a choice ` ignore the internet trolls or fight back. He chose to take the bullies on. No matter what they said, James had a better answer. His razor-sharp humour and witty comebacks brought a new legion of followers, and along the way, turned all that hate into a whole lotta love. Here's Rahni Sadler. CRICKETS CHIRP Right. Let's see if we can get some speed up round here. (WHIMPERS) Steady now. James Blunt is taking me on a bumpy,... Ooh! Sorry. ...white-knuckle ride... Oh! Steady. ...in his favourite mode of transport,... Love tuk-tuks. And I had a pop-star moment, and said to my tour manager, 'Come on. I'll have two of these.' ...careering through, of all places, Ibiza, Spain. Do you think you'll stay here forever? Yeah. I'm happy to die here. Not soon, hopefully. Probably not on this journey, at least. (LAUGHS) It's a bit like his own life and career path ` weird and unlikely. This is what we're into, but it's really good fun. Come on in. Here we are in one of the world's party capitals. Ibiza is home to some of the wildest nightclubs on Earth. And it's been James Blunt's adopted home for nearly a decade. I love my clubs, and these are the best clubs in the world. How often do you go to the clubs? I kinda normally do day-on, day-off. How is it that a privileged British schoolboy, who became an army officer,... I am Lieutenant James Blunt. ...then a superstar with that song? # You're beautiful... # Then the man voted fourth-most irritating thing in Britain,... Making love to the camera. ...became the Twitter comeback king. 'Nobody really likes James Blunt, right?' And I replied, 'Yeah, I bought those 20 million albums myself (!)' Came on holiday when I was about 13, and I just always drove, saying, you know, if I hit it big in music, I'd buy a place out here. Buying in Ibiza wasn't hard for Blunt, who's now worth an estimated $300 million. I had dreams of going into the music business and making an album, and maybe someone might like it enough to maybe be able to do a second album. I never expected it to do what it's done. It's been an incredible journey. # Look who's alone now. It's not me. It's not me. Eight top-40 hits, four world tours and a debut album which became the UK's second-most successful this century. # Got to ask yourself the question, where are you now? # My mother is to blame for all of this. She made me learn, I think, the recorder when I was 5. I definitely remember clearly thinking I wanted to get into the music business. And when I was 14 years old, I started writing songs, at least having musical ideas, and I suppose at age 14 that's when you start thinking about yourself as an individual and panicking about what you're going to be when you grow up, and wondering, you know, why you're on the planet in the first place. After school, that wondering led James not to music but to military college. I will show you around the vehicle. Here's the machine gun. Loads of ammo in here. 200 rounds there. ...millimetre. This goes in the gun here. So, what drew you to the army? The reason I joined the army was, again, my dad. Um, he was a career soldier, helicopter pilot in the army air corps, and he used to fly into school and things, you know, take us out on the various cadet-force exercises. I am Lieutenant James Blunt, and this is the first instalment of my video diary. Today we deploy to the Balkans. We don't know how long for and we don't know what our job is yet, but I'm going to get as much of it on a camera as I possibly can. As a reconnaissance officer in 1999, James Blunt led NATO peacekeeping forces into Kosovo. You were the first NATO soldier into Pristina, the capital. Yeah. Um, heading to Pristina, and I found myself as the lead troop with 30,000 people following behind me, um, which is quite high pressure cos you think, you know, 'I hope I don't turn right when I should turn left.' Thursday, 10th of June, and tonight we're going to go into Kosovo south. I think we'll move straight up to the capital, Pristina. We're going to be the first ones in. It's going to be very exciting. My job was to go out, um, into an environment ahead of my commanders as their eyes and ears and be aware of my surroundings. I took a camera and took footage of what we saw in Kosovo. It was desperately sad. Basically, what you're seeing is sort of an open-air concentration camp where they had been concentrated and picked off by Serb soldiers on the outside. In my mind, there's no justification for it at all. It was just murder on a mass scale. It's terrible, and it's a life-changing moment, and I don't think I'll ever look at another human being in the same way. After I had served in Kosovo in the war there, then they said, 'What do you want to do? 'You know, you can get your Top Gun moment.' And I said, 'I want to go and be the Queen's mounted bodyguard on a horse.' You know, it's an amazing outfit with a helmet and plume and armour and a sword, riding around on a horse specifically, I think, for Japanese tourists to take pictures of. Of course, that was the same time the Queen Mother sadly died, but it was a moment of history. It was incredible to be part of. If you're ready, we'll begin. At 28, James threw away his military career and began playing in small pubs and bars. It was quite a drawn-out process of getting a record deal. First thing we had to do was get a manager. You kinda need someone who knows the business. The right manager lets you be the musician. He was spotted at a US music festival, and in another bizarre twist, found himself recording in the home of Princess Leia. # Goodbye, my lover. Bye, my friend. 'Goodbye, My Lover', was it really recorded in Carrie Fisher's bathroom? I recorded 'Goodbye, My Lover' in Carrie Fisher's bathroom because we had run out of money, actually. # Goodbye, my friend. And she had a piano in her bathroom` A piano in the bathroom? Yeah. That's what they do in Hollywood. # Bye, my lover. Goodbye, my friend. # It was a really special place to do it, with her banging on the door trying to offer us, you know, soup and American food. Yeah. She's been my American mother. # Beautiful dawn... He had moderate success at first,... # ...lights up the shore for me. # ...but nothing could prepare him for what was about to happen. I think, you know, when you have a dream you've been chasing, and taking quite big risks to leave the army, which was a stable job for me, and go and chase this, it was a big commitment. On the 30th of May 2005, he released his third single. # My life is brilliant. # My love is pure. 'You're Beautiful' went to number one in 10 countries,... # Of that I'm sure. # She smiled at me on the subway. ...got nominated for three Grammys... # But I won't lose no sleep on that... ...and remains one of the most played songs on modern radio. # You're beautiful. # You're beautiful. # You're beautiful, it's true. I think it connects with people because everyone's had that moment when you look at someone as you pass them by that, you know, you have some kind of instant magnetism towards them, a connection. # And I don't know what to do. # For me it was someone I knew already, an ex-girlfriend, to be passed in the underland. We caught eyes and we lived a lifetime in that moment. But everyone can relate to it, and that's probably why the song hit. # You're pitiful. But the song became a victim of its own success. # You're pitiful... In 2007, Rolling Stone readers voted 'You're Beautiful' one of the 10 most annoying songs of all time. We're not doctors. We're not nurses. We don't save lives. I'm really lucky to be here, and if anyone wants to take the mickey out of me, they can, and I deserve it. # When it just sucks to be you. # I wonder if you might read a few of your tweets. Sure. (READS) James Blunt has an annoying face and a highly irritating voice. And I wrote, 'And no mortgage.' READS: 'My mum hates James Blunt,' and I replied, 'Because I won't pay the child support.' READS: 'James Blunt has a Twitter? What would he even tweet about?' And I replied, 'Boning your mum.' # And I've been looking at the stars... READS: Does anyone else hate James Blunt's voice? I can't stand it. And I wrote, 'I never liked the sound of my own voice till it made me rich.' (LAUGHS) I mean, they're just silly, but I can't stop. I'm addicted, and they've let it out of the bag, and it gets me into a lot of trouble. # ...things like this lead to nights like this. # At 41, Blunt is revelling in the spoils of success. The man who has enough money to do whatever he wants, choses to do this most nights of the week. TECHNO MUSIC PLAYS What are the best things about living in Ibiza? Well, I love my clubs, and these are the best clubs in the world. It's an amazing place. You know, it's got a great vibrancy with music, and the nightclubs... the nightlife is amazing. He chose Ibiza to escape some of the spotlight of fame. The benefits of being famous are getting into a nightclub for free. Um, that's all I ever wanted from fame. He lives here with his wife of one year, Sofia Wellesley. What is bringing you the most happiness right now? Um, well, job-wise, um... I have been avoiding all your personal questions. I noticed. I noticed. You don't talk about your personal life, do you? No, I don't at all. PA: James Blunt! I've just got the best gig in the world in the most amazing country. I am totally fan-girling over you guys right now. I'm on the biggest show in the world ` X Factor. Do you like that kind of thing? Personally, I've made a career out of cheese. I never really considered myself to be qualified to be on X Factor. I have terrible taste in music. Um, I'm not even sure if I like music at all. You're talking absolutely rubbish, aren't you? I've had one big hit. Does that really qualify me? I'm not sure. And so I don't think I should take myself too seriously, and I just hope that whoever's up there is giving it their best, and I hope that I will enjoy it. Not sure if he likes music at all? But yet he goes to a nightclub every night. Lastly tonight, the Strawbridge family would like to thank all of you who have contributed to their appeal towards new medical equipment for Samoa's ICU. The amount raised is now up to $60,000. That's our show for tonight.