Performing at a packed out Barfly X-Factor star Ray Quinn entertained the crowds with a selection of his best songs from the competition. Ray treated the crowd, which included his parents, relatives and girlfriend, to a selection of classics.
This homecoming gig for the 2006 X-Factor runner up saw him perform renditions of Ain't That A Kick In The Head, Fly Me To The Moon, The Way You Look Tonight , Crazy Little Thing Called Love and My Way. Ray originally found fame when he played bullied schoolboy Anthony Murray in now defunct soap opera, Brookside. That performance led to him winning the award for Best Dramatic Performance at the Soap Awards in 2002.  | | Fans pack out the Barfly |
Ray's next appointment will be recording a swing album at Frank Sinatra's old studios in Los Angeles. BBC Radio Merseyside's Elaine Doran caught up with him in the dressing room straight after the show. You've just come fresh from off stage, how did that go for you?That was absolutely incredible, I want to just thank everyone who came over because that was absolutely amazing... to know that people are out there, to actually pay good money to come and listen to me sing five songs, that was absolutely incredible.
I wish I could have done more. To be honest it was nice to get up and sing again, I haven't sang since I left the X-Factor. I've literally just had a break over Christmas, ate as much I can, drank as much as I can. It was lovely to get out there and really sing again and enjoy it. How did it differ singing tonight compared to the live studio audience?They were just as loud I can tell you that! Just as enthusiastic and still shouting my name, it was all great, everything was absolutely fantastic. I can't believe I got that much reception, I could've stayed out there all night. So looking back then to 2006, obviously the main thing was the X-Factor, if you could sum it up... what did that experience mean to you?Absolutely immense, I'd do it ten times over. I loved every single minute of it, I've not one regret at all. I just had fun, I enjoyed myself like I always do and I just wanted to give it all I'd got. So looking forward it's the opportunities that the X-Factor will give for you isn't it? | | Elaine Doran speaks to Ray |
Yeah, the X-Factor has given me a lot of opportunities and I can say it is a busy year for me this year, I've got a lot coming up and it isn't the last you are going to see of me. What would you like to achieve, if you could make a New Year's resolution for 2007?Probably stop looking in the mirror at my hair so much! (laughs). I'd obviously love a platinum album, that would be absolutely incredible... I'd love my own tour... I want so many things out of life it's unbelievable and he's so determined to get success out of what I do and I'm so enthusiastic and determined about what is about to happen now and I want it all to happen tomorrow! (laughs) Ray will be heading to America shortly to record an album in Frank Sinatra's old studio in Los Angeles. | 
