A host of new singers burst onto the noughties music scene 20 years ago when Popstars: The Rivals aired on ITV.
The show saw some 10,000 hopefuls whittled down by judges Pete Waterman, Geri Halliwell (now Horner) and Louis Walsh, to form one winning girl band and boyband. Girls Aloud, who went on to become one of the biggest pop acts in the country, formed on November 30, 2002 and became arguably the most successful in the Popstars alumni.
The lives of Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh, Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts were changed forever and the group landed a string of top 10 singles between 2002 and 2009, from No Good Advice to Something Kinda Ooh, The Promise and more.
