Will Young selling BRIT Awards for £5,000 to raise money for Thai dog's home

Singer Will Young is selling his two BRIT Awards for £5,000 each, with some of the profits going to a dogs’ home in Thailand.

The former Pop Idol winner scooped Best Breakthrough Act in 2003 and Best Song in 2005 but is now looking to sell the gongs, saying they remind him of an “unhappy time in his life”.

A portion of the funds raised will go to a Thai dogs’ home, to turn “bad into good”.

Young told The Sun’s Bizarre column: “People think I am mad to get rid of my Brits but to me they are just a reminder of a not very happy time in my life. I would rather the money go to the dogs.

“Then I am turning bad into good. That’s just the way I want to be.”

Young's news comes months after S Club 7’s Paul Cattermole attempted to sell off two of his BRIT Awards.

The star revealed that he was selling his first gong because he was “skint” but was hit with a setback when it emerged that the £66,000 bid on the statuette had been a fake, with the bidder refusing to pay .

Speaking to Newsbeat when the award first when up for sale, the singer said: "I don't want the other members to think that I am dissing the band by selling it but there are bills to pay.

"When I first got given it, I remember thinking 'Ooh one day I bet I end up selling that'."

Abz from 5ive also put his BRIT up for online auction, attracting over £1million worth of bids .