Click to reveal Michelle McManus looked like this when she won Pop Idol in 2003... Click to return ...except she's swapped her brunette locks for something altogether more pink (Picture: ITV)

She originally found fame – and went all the way to the top of the charts – after winning the second series of Pop Idol in 2003.

But Scottish singer Michelle McManus was looking altogether different when she appeared on Lorraine on Friday morning.

Because she was sporting a distinctive new do – and we have to say we did a bit of a double take when we saw it.

Check out the above click to reveal to see for yourself.

Yes, Michelle’s sporting a fabby new bubblegum pink do – and as she told Lorraine, she’s adopted the rosy tone simply because it’s summer.

Loving the pink look, Michelle (Picture: ITV)

‘It’s my second year of doing it…I like to change it for the two weeks of summer that we get in Scotland,’ she explained.

‘I always like to change my hair colour so there you go.’

The 36-year-old, who became the first ever Scottish female to go straight in at number one following Pop Idol (with her debut single All This Time), admitted that winning the series had been life-changing.

‘I have been known to have the odd party and put the Pop Idol DVD on at 2am!’ she admitted. ‘But I love it – it changed my life, it was a really amazing time.’

Now, however, her career has taken a new direction with the latest instalment of her one-woman comedy show, Michelle McManus – Pop Goes The Idol, which she’ll perform at the Edinburgh Festival next month.

Michelle was the first ever Scottish female singer to debut at number one – hitting the magic number with All This Time in 2004

The show – which is described as Michelle talking about her life as ‘a sorta famous person’ – has already been a hit at the festival, as she explained: ‘We did it the first year and didn’t have a clue how it was going to go

‘Then it sold out and got five star reviews and it just kind of snowballed from there. Now it’s three years later and we’ve got the third part of the trilogy.’

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