Ryder: "I was inspired by David Essex"

I'm A Celebrity runner-up Shaun Ryder has admitted that his career was inspired by seventies teen heartthrob David Essex.

The Happy Mondays star claims he had only decided to become a musician after seeing Essex's performance in the 1974 film Stardust.

"I came out and said, 'that game is for me'," Ryder told The Sun. "I always loved music but Stardust and David Essex changed my life."

The film, a sequel to That'll Be The Day, follows Essex's character after he achieves success as a rockstar and begins a life of drug use and promiscuity.

Ryder recently finished in second place to Stacey Solomon on the latest series of ITV reality show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! and the pair are planning to record a version of The Pogues' Christmas classic 'Fairytale of New York'.