Sam & Mark

Sam and Mark are a popular music duo composed of second-season "Pop Idol" finalists Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes

Nixon and Rhodes finished third and second, respectively, behind "Pop Idol" winner Michelle McManus. After the show finished they decided to form a duo and signed with Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls' fame.

They quickly released as a single a cover of The Beatles' song "With a Little Help from My Friends", released on Simon Fuller's label 'S'. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at #1. The follow-up single "The Sun Has Come Your Way" released by UMTV, only reached #19 in the charts. Subsequently the pair were dropped from their record label.

Despite this reversal, the two have managed to carve a successful television career for themselves, hosting various programmes on the BBC, most notably "Top of the Pops Reloaded" on Saturday mornings. Even though they made their national television debut on ITV1, they have not worked for ITV at all.

They hosted CBBC's weekday morning breakfast show, "Level Up" for four months from 3 April, 2006 until 1 September, 2006. On 16 September, 2006, they are hosting the new Saturday morning TV show for the BBC on BBC Two and the CBBC Channel, called TMi (Too Much Information), alongside "Bo Selecta" star and E4's coverage of "The Games" presenter Caroline Flack.Sam and Mark have recently started a show on CBBC called Do Something Different. Sam and Mark are soon to host a new CBBC Saturday morning show, where viewers can become superheros they've created.

They were also asked to perform on Children In Need 2007.

Discography

ingles

*"With a Little Help from My Friends" (S) February 2004 - #1 UK
**Tracklisting:
*#"With a Little Help from My Friends"
*#"Measure of a Man"
*#Enhanced content: "With a Little Help from My Friends" video and a picture gallery

*"The Sun Has Come Your Way" (UMTV) July 2004 - #19 UK
**Tracklisting
*#"The Sun Has Come Your Way"
*#"I'm Gonna Be With You"
*#"These Days"
*#"I gotta go my own way"

ee also

* TMi
* Level Up
* Sam Nixon
* Mark Rhodes

External links

* [http://www.samnixon.net Sam Nixon.net]
* [http://www.markrhodes.me.uk/ Mark Rhodes.me.uk]
* [http://markrhodes1981.topic-board.com/index.htm Mark Rhodes Forum]