Article: `Na na' star still trying to be Idol

THE COOKIE MONSTER has retired, but New Zealand Idol's "na na na na na" man still dreams of making it big in the music industry.

They were the two unlikely stars of last year's hit television popquest. Neither made it past the first audition, but later played to big audiences despite their humiliating public rejections by Idol judges.

The Christchurch man who dressed as Cookie Monster, Malcolm Mulholland, recorded a CD cover of Elvis Presley's Teddy Bear, which played to Solid Gold radio listeners.

Wellington's Terry Shore, the "na na na na na" man - named because he sang only that as lyrics to a Ronan Keating song - toured with radio station The Edge, and was even asked for his autograph ...

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