The odds may be against them making it to the majors, but Liriano's sudden stardom at least presents the possibility.

As the author of the prize-winning essay, Ms. Tylar, who graduated from the College of William and Mary, has found that the sudden stardom has its bad points.

He is the first to admit that his sudden stardom is at least partly a result of fate: the absence of much competition.

In the wake of this sudden stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood.

Relishing the piquant taste of sudden stardom, he said: "I understand I've got a national name recognition now of 34 percent, higher than Jack Kemp's.

Mr. Damon, who was also nominated with Ben Affleck for their screenplay "Good Will Hunting," said that his sudden stardom has left him overwhelmed.

Ms. Jenson enjoyed sudden stardom as a teenager but has not been heard from lately, at least in these parts.

"Everything is perfect, better than last year," said Pak, a native of South Korea, who seemed overwhelmed at times last year with her sudden stardom.

As for the sudden stardom, Mr. Pressley is a bit taken aback.

The song reached No.1 in the UK for three weeks in March 1982 and the line-up were catapulted into sudden and unexpected stardom.