Final Jeopardy Music

I'm an OCD tidier... I have to straighten pictures and other people's tablecloths

Plush interview location aside � the private library inside exclusive London members club Soho House � the 32-year-old remains the grounded gentleman he was before he shot to fame on Pop Idol ten years ago.

With eight million worldwide album sales under his belt, Will could fund pretty much any overblown vice he fancies.

But despite a decade in showbiz, the singer admits his biggest source of expenditure is PARKING TICKETS .

Will says: "I spend ridiculous amounts on them. I will not name figures but it could probably feed a city. It's because they have these f****** cameras everywhere that are meant to be for our safety, but they're not!

"I'm moving house and stop outside this cafe every day on a yellow line. I risk it and keep an eye out for the traffic warden.

"But they've got this frigging camera. I got eight tickets in a row, but they didn't come through until a week later.

"The other day I was walking past a traffic warden and swore at him by putting two fingers up and pretending to scratch my face � I'm 32, I knew what I was doing was crazy but it just makes me so angry."

Will's "normal bloke rating" surges further when he reveals his unglamorous obsession with tidiness.

He says: "I'm quite a tidier � I'm a bit OCD. I'm living with my friend right now and her cupboard was in such a mess I couldn't leave it alone. I had to go and buy storage boxes and sort it out.

"She came back and was like, 'What have you done to my cupboard?!'

"Cleaning helps when I'm trying to work out, 'Is this a good song, is it a crap song?'

"I can't stand pictures that aren't straight and I can't abide it when there's a bit of a tablecloth flicked over so part of the table's showing. Even in restaurants I've been known to sort out other people's tables.

I hate the new Final Jeopardy music

I'm not talking about the update they made to the music a while back, I'm talking about the new rockin' theme music that debuted a few weeks ago (or, at least, I only heard it for the first time a few weeks ago). It's the same melody, but they've changed it to an irritating faster rock version, and by rock I mean that lame, generic rock music you sometimes hear in the background of sitcoms and dramas. It's THIS close to Muzak, and it's really, really terrible. But the worst part of the new music? It doesn't even fit into the show. The old, slower "Final Jeopardy" music had a beat and rhythm that sounded like "thinking." It was 30 seconds of music that mirrored the thinking that the contestants did as they tried to figure out the question to the final answer. What's the point of making the "Final Jeopardy" music faster? has changed its logo, its set, the podiums, the opening, and the dollar amounts for the questions. But this latest change is really unnecessary. I think if we all protest enough they'll change it back. (Note: I heard this on the latest "Teen Tournament" week, and I'm hoping it's just a temporary change for the kids to make the show seem more hip. Or something.) LinkTiger

The entire show's music package (sans the end theme) switched to the Rock & Roll Jeopardy package just for the Teen Tournament. From what I hear, Alex just loves the Teen Tourney and wants to make it as "special" or "different" as possible. I guarantee it'll change back next week as regular episodes commence. Paulo Rules

The "Think Theme" you're referring to is being used only for the Teen Tournament. It's actually the Final Jeopardy! music from VH1's "Rock and Roll Jeopardy!" from a few years back. The producers did introduce a new "Think Theme" this year for the show's 25th anniversary, and I think that theme is more jarring than the tourney one.

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