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Simon Duke

Where are Popstars The Rivals acts now? Heart-breaking death, Katie Price spat and shock TV return

Cheryl Tweedy Cheryl Cole Katie Price Popstars Nadine Coyle Sarah Harding Girls Aloud Nicola Roberts Kimberley Walsh Cancer

It's hard to believe but ill be 20 years since Popstars: The Rivals aired on ITV and the show's most memorable duo The Cheeky Girls made a shock TV return this week with a new single.

Yes, the show that first made a household name out of Cheryl Tweedy aired on ITV at the end of 2002, with the then teenage Geordie earning a place in Girls Aloud, alongside Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh, Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts, a year after Hear'Say earned instant chart stardom from Popstars.

The girls saw off competition from the lads who made into boyband One True Voice to land the Christmas number 1 with Sound of the Underground. Host Davina McCall announced the big news live on the show as judges Louis Walsh, Geri Halliwell and Pete Waterman looked on.

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