Wednesday 17 August 2022 08:55 AM Pete Waterman pays tribute to Darius Danesh as he reveals they were planning to ... trends now 'He was the perfect person': Pete Waterman pays tribute to Darius Danesh as he reveals they were planning to work together on star's return to music ahead of his death By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 08:50 BST, 17 August 2022 | Updated: 08:50 BST, 17 August 2022 Viewcomments Music producer and former Pop Idol judge Peter Waterman has paid tribute to his friend Darius Danesh. The Pop Idol singer was found dead in his Rochester, Minnesota, apartment on August 11 aged 41, as police continue to probe his mystery death. Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Pete described Darius as 'the perfect person' as he revealed they were in contact recently and planned to work together on the star's return to music. Friends: Music producer and former Pop Idol judge Peter Waterman has paid tribute to his friend Darius Danesh 'He was an amazing talent - we became great friends as I did champion him when he was on Pop Idol,' Pete, who first met the singer on the ITV reality show, explained. 'He was such a lovely person, so polite and so talented. He made some great films as well.' 'My heart goes out to his family, it's terrible losing a sibling.' The famous producer added that he and Darius met up a week before the 2020 covid lockdown 'and we spoke about working together as he wanted to get back into music'. Loss: Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Pete described Darius as 'the perfect person' as he revealed they were in contact recently and planned to work together 'His problem was that he wanted to do too much, he had too much talent, Darius could have gone on to be bigger than Michael Buble. The word gentleman is overused but not in Darius's case. I guess he was the perfect person, no cross words, never angry. 'He knew he couldn't win Pop Idol but knew he would be in the top three and that's what he wanted.' 'Then he turned down Simon Cowell and that was the icing on the cake as Darius was in charge - that was his problem as he couldn’t be controlled - sometimes you need to stand back and leave people to help.' 'He was so proud of Colourblind - he would be so happy it would be number one now again.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility