The night my life changed I wasn’t even watching the television, I was with friends. It wasn’t until the next day that people on my social media started to send me messages asking if I’d seen the TV talent show. I hadn’t. They said I must. More and more people directed me to catch up channels, until finally I watched it.

It was that guy from school. Toby, I think he was the younger brother of a classmate, a year or two younger than us. He was sweet, I’d met him a few times but not really tho...