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Naaa that would be ME Stu  

On top of all the great suggestions here, i'd like to add one of the simplest...

USE the Magic Wand tool poohfin... but increase the "Tolerance" of the tool. Start it at 32, and if it doesn't select all of the blue bg, then add 16 to that amount and try again. Repeat this until the tool selects all of the bg.

If/when it selects too much (by including some of the subject), then drop the Tolerance number down by 8. Tweak it from that point to make the tool select just the bg.

And that's probably the simplest thing to do.

PS:  BUT... no matter which method you use, try ALL of the ones mentioned here ok?! Learn as many ways as you can to do this type of thing. Some methods will always work more efficiently than others, in specific situations. So more knowledge means more power for you.