Popstars: The Rivals
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Revision as of 13:15, 1 July 2005
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Host
Co-hosts
Judges: Pete Waterman, Geri Halliwell, Louis Walsh
Broadcast
? for ITV1/2, 2002
Synopsis
Sequel to Popstars that aimed to find a five strong boy band and five strong girl band through the medium of auditioning and (new to Popstars) weekly public voting, alternating between males and females weekly.
Each band would have a single out for the race for Christmas number one. One True Voice would be managed by Pete Waterman and Girls Aloud by Irish pop producer Louis Walsh.
Girls Aloud was revealed to be the Christmas number one and have been very successful since. One True Voice sunk without trace after two singles.
Inventor
Based on Popstars, an Australian format
Trivia
The programme spawned five (FIVE!) different acts, the first two being the official 'winners':
- Girls Aloud: Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, Cheryl Tweedy, Kimberley Walsh
- One True Voice: Anton Gordon, Matt Johnson, Daniel Pearce, Keith Semple, Jamie Shaw
- Clea: Emma Beard, Lynsay Brown, Aimee Kearsley, Chloe Stains
- The Cheeky Girls: Gabriella and Monica Irimia
- Phixx: comprised of the five males eliminated in the final weekly stages namely Andrew Kinlochan, Chris Park, Peter Smith, Mikey Green and Nick Major. Except they seem to have lost one recently, which is careless.
And then there's Javine Hylton, who was believed to have been unfairly denied a place in Girls Aloud, got a solo contract (dropping her surname) and ended up as a big-time Eurovision flop.
Winner Nadine Coyle actually originally auditioned for Ireland's very own version of Popstars but was found to be underage which upset Walsh a lot. It looks like she's the real winner now though seeing how successful Girls Aloud have become.
