After appearing as a contestant on the TV series Pop Idol, he had two UK top 40 hits with cover versions of "I Will Always Love You" and "(Something Inside) So Strong".
[1] Following the show, Waller signed a recording contract with EMI in a deal worth approximately £400,000.
[4] Two months into Waller's Beyond Reality Tour 2004, three concerts were cancelled due to poor ticket sales.
In 2002, he appeared on Celebrity Fit Club, but he was kicked off the show when he was caught binge eating.
[8] In 2013, Waller revealed in an interview with the Daily Mail that due to being jobless and penniless, he was receiving unemployment benefits.