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Equally Cursed and Blessed is the third ___MASK39___ by Welsh band Catatonia , released in April 1999 via ___MASK96___ . It reached number one in the UK Album Chart , and three singles were released from it ; " Dead from the Waist Down ", " Londinium " and " Karaoke Queen ". `` Karaoke Queen '' is a song by Welsh rock group Catatonia taken from the ___MASK98___ Equally Cursed and Blessed and inspired by the talent - TV show Stars In Their Eyes . `` Karaoke Queen '' was originally intended as the follow - up single to `` Dead from the Waist Down '' , until the record ___MASK43___ insisted that `` Londinium '' be released as the second single from the ___MASK98___ , against the band ' s wishes . Karaoke Queen was released as the third single and entered at number 36 in the charts . Cerys wrote the track after a night out in Ibiza with Dai Morris of Dai ' s Cwtch and relates the tale of her falling off the stage while performing Karaoke at Murphy ' s Irish Bar in San Antonio . Johannes " Joop " Adrianus van den Ende ( born 23 February 1942 ) is a Dutch theatrical producer , co - founder of international television production company Endemol and founder / owner of Stage Entertainment , ___MASK60___  s largest live entertainment company . Stage Entertainment was established in 1998 after being split off from the Live Entertainment Division of Endemol . The company has offices and theatres in eight countries ( the Netherlands , Germany , the United States , the United Kingdom , ___MASK68___ , Spain , Italy and Russia ). ___MASK96___ ( Spanish : " White and Black "), a subsidiary of WEA Records Ltd ., was established in 1983 by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and Mike Alway of Cherry Red . Michel Duval of Les Disques du Crépuscule was also involved with the label . When Alway left , Alan McGee of Creation Records joined Blanco y Negro . Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show that originally ran on Saturday nights from 21 July 1990 until 23 December 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars . It was produced by Granada for ITV and based on Joop van den Ende ' s Dutch format , " Soundmixshow ". A revived version by Harry Hill , began airing on 10 January 2015 until 14 February 2015 , it was reported on 17 April it had been axed by ITV due to poor ratings . Harry Hill ( born Matthew Keith Hall ; 1 October 1964 ) is an ___MASK52___ comedian , author and television presenter , best known as the narrator of " You ' ve Been Framed " since 2004 , and hosting " Harry Hill ' s TV Burp " for eleven years , from 2001 to 2012 . A former physician , Hill began his career in comedy when he began hosting his popular radio show " Harry Hill ' s Fruit Corner ", but has worked on a number of projects , including his film " The Harry Hill Movie ", which was released in 2013 .