TAKING a leap of faith in switching careers is simpler when you’re already a Paralympics gold medalist in the long jump. And fast-tracking Ronan Tynan’s musical career was his win in the aptly named BBC talent show Go For It.

“I was an intern in the Adelaide Hospital at the time [1994] and again, my medical colleagues were fantastic. Some even went to the show. That win was a lucky break and typical me, I prepared and polished, prepared and polished.