[1] McManners auditioned for the lead role in the BBC's operatic version of "The Little Prince" directed by Francesca Zambello and was chosen from 25000 others to play the part.

[citation needed] During filming for "The Little Prince", he was spotted by executives from Sony BMG, which led to a £2 million STG 4-album record deal.

[7][8] In 2006, McManners was a guest singer at Liam Lawton's live concert held at the Dublin docklands, an event attended by almost 5,000 people.

presented by Shane Ritchie[11] on 26 December 2005,[12] and he appeared in an episode of BBC's The Sound of Musicals on 4 February 2006 (filmed in 2005).

[14] The back-story and sub-plot surrounding his character was cut from the final version and can be found in the bonus material of the DVD.