3:57 am, January 27, 2011
STUDENT and singer Andrew King is celebrating after beating 15,000 other people to win a car from Motorpoint.
The car supermarket teamed up with Andrex to give away a new Ford Focus 1.6 Style, worth more than £16,000, on special promotional packs.
And, the delighted 20 year-old Bath Spa University musical theatre student is already aiming to put the new car to good use.
An X-Factor reject, who has been dubbed the ‘Young Michael Ball’ by his friends, he has struggled to get to singing auditions in London on time after his previous car, a 10-year old Vauxhall Corsa, which kept breaking down on the M4.
King said: ‘I knew about Motorpoint in Derby and when I saw the special promotional packs I thought I’d enter it through the Andrex Puppy Points website. I’ve never won anything in my life but I needed a car so much that I thought I’d give it a go. When I got the call from Motorpoint to say that I had won I couldn’t believe it. I really can’t believe that I will be able to get to auditions on time from now on.’
David Shelton, managing director of Motorpoint, said: ‘The car couldn’t have gone to a more deserving person as Andrew. He’s really determined to succeed as a singer and the Ford Focus will provide him with the means to get to his auditions safely, securely, and most importantly, on time.’
