The crime-fighting alter ego of supermarket shelf-stacker, Matthew Blake, The Flame became a vigilante after stumbling across an ancient Aztec curse on an archaeology fieldtrip to Mexico. He has not, so far, prevented any crimes, but he has been responsible for several fires and explosions, causing £3.2m of damage. In 2008, The Flame reached the semi-finals of The X-Factor for his rendition of Elvis Presley's Hunk of Burning Love.