Popstars: The Rivals
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Popstars |
Popstars: The Rivals is a
Popstars The Rivals aired on
The series was hosted by Davina McCall, with the performances judged by Pete Waterman, Louis Walsh and Geri Halliwell. In addition to the main show, Popstars The Rivals Extra aired on ITV2, presented by popstar Dane Bowers and Pop Idol finalist Hayley Evetts.
Judges and presenters
Judges
On the judging panel, neither Nigel Lythgoe, Paul Adam nor Nicki Chapman, the three judges from the first series of Popstars, returned for Popstars: The Rivals. Lythgoe had left ITV to work with Simon Fuller at 19 Entertainment and become the executive producer of Pop Idol and American Idol,[1] although he initially expressed an interest in appearing.[2] Chapman also went to 19, where she managed the careers of Pop Idol winner and runner-up Will Young and Gareth Gates.[1] Adam turned down the opportunity to return as he was too busy working as a music executive at RCA Records.[1]
The judges for Popstars: The Rivals were announced as record producer and songwriter
Presenters
The series was presented by
Production
Popstars The Rivals drew on the success of the first series of
The Popstars producers drew upon this rivalry for Popstars: The Rivals to create two winning pop groups, a
Selection process
Applications and auditions
Initial auditions began on 9 August 2002 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London.[15] and continued in a number of cities around the United Kingdom. This stage of the competition was broadcast over three episodes, with auditions taking place in London,[16] Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester.[17] Most contestants were invited to audition after sending in video tapes of themselves singing, but open auditions were also held at Wembley Conference Centre in Wembley, London on 9 August 2002 and at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester a week later. This was in response to the massive demand of the original Popstars series which had seen thousands turned away due to time restraints.[18] Just two of the hopefuls advanced from the London open auditions.[19]
The open auditions were broadcast across 3 episodes. Around 100 contestants made it through to the next round of the competition.
Bootcamp
The 102 remaining contestants had to travel to London for the bootcamp stage, where they were met by Davina McCall. With only 50 places available in the next round, the judges had tough decisions to make. The contestants were put through various workshops to test both their singing and dancing abilities. All contestants were able to choose a song to perform, while choreographers judged them on their dancing.[citation needed]
After two days of the workshop, 52 contestants failed to progress and left the competition. 13-year-old Stephanie McMichael was eliminated after producers discovered she had lied about her age and was below the age limit.[citation needed]
The final 50 were next reduced to 30 through another series of workshops. Pete Waterman mentored the boys, Louis Walsh oversaw the girls and Geri Halliwell acted as an intermediary between the two groups. After much deliberation, the judges called contestants to see them individually and deliver their verdicts.[citation needed]
Judges' visits
The last two episodes before the live shows saw the final 30 being reduced to a final 20, with five boys and five girls failing to make the cut. The three judges were assigned contestants to visit separately in their respective homes and deliver the good or bad news of whether they had reached the live finals. The remaining contestants would move into a house together for the live stages of the competition.
The ten eliminated acts were:
Boys – Justin Webb, Sean Haven, Owen Doyle, Jacob Thompson, Jeremy Medcalf
Girls – Kimberley Walsh, Pollyanna Woodward, Nicola Roberts, Annika Gavitas, Charlie Houston
Finalists
Ten men and ten women finalists were chosen to perform in the live shows.
Nicola Roberts, who also failed to make it through, replaced 19-year-old Nicola Ward, who quit the show over what she considered "exploitation" of contestants by the producers.[23][24]
Final 10 Boys
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Final 10 Girls
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* as of week 1 (boys) and week 2 (girls)
Live shows
Results summary
- Colour key
– | Contestant was in the bottom two but was declared safe. |
– | Contestant was in the bottom three but was declared safe. |
– | Contestant was in the bottom four but was declared safe. |
– | Contestant was eliminated. |
– | Contestant withdrew from the competition. |
– | Contestant qualified for One True Voice or Girls Aloud. |
- Boys
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 3 | Week 5 | Week 7 (Final) |
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Keith Semple | Safe | Safe | Safe | Qualified |
Matt Johnson | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Qualified |
Daniel Pearce | Safe | Safe | Safe | Qualified |
Anton Gordon | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Qualified |
Jamie Shaw | Bottom three | Safe | Safe | Bottom two - Qualified |
Chris Park | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Eliminated |
Mikey Green | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) |
Nikk Mager | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | |
Peter Smith | Safe | Withdrew (week 3) | ||
Andrew Kinlochan | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) |
- Girls
Contestant | Week 2 | Week 4 | Week 6 | Week 8 (Final) |
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Cheryl Tweedy | Safe | Bottom four | Bottom two | Qualified |
Nicola Roberts | Safe | Safe | Safe | Qualified |
Nadine Coyle | Safe | Safe | Safe | Qualified |
Kimberley Walsh | Bottom three | Bottom four | Bottom four | Qualified |
Sarah Harding | Safe | Safe | Bottom four | Bottom two - Qualified |
Javine Hylton | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated |
Aimee Kearsley | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) |
Chloe Staines | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | |
Emma Beard | Bottom two | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | |
Lynsey Brown | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 2) | ||
Eliminated | Lynsey Brown Fewest votes to save |
Emma Beard Fewest votes to save |
Aimee Kearsley Fewest votes to save |
Javine Hylton Fewest votes to qualify for the band |
Chloe Staines Fewest votes to save |
Live show details
The live shows took on a format where the girls and boys performed on alternate weeks. After the performances had ended the public voted via telephone or the red button to save their favourite act. The live shows were broadcast in two parts, with the performances in the first episode and the results in the second. In the initial episodes, the three contestants with the lowest number of votes made up a bottom three. One was immediately told they were safe and the other two had a nervous wait before one was saved and the other left the competition. In weeks 3 and 4, two contestants were eliminated from each category. The person who was knocked out had to sing again at the end of the show after seeing a montage of their competition journey.
In the final, the six remaining male and female singers performed. Five of the boys formed One True Voice and five of the girls formed Girls Aloud.
The first live show was broadcast on ITV on 12 October 2002. The live final took place over two weeks, a couple of weeks before Christmas on 23 November for the boys and 30 November for the girls.
Week 1 (12 October 2002)
Category performing: Boys
Artist | Order | Song (Original artist) | Results |
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Keith Semple | 1 | "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Four Tops) | Safe |
Chris Park | 2 | " The Bee Gees )
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Bottom two |
Jamie Shaw | 3 | "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (Dr. Hook) | Bottom three |
Daniel Pearce | 4 | "Against All Odds" (Phil Collins) | Safe |
Andrew Kinlochan | 5 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (Chicago) | Eliminated |
Anton Gordon | 6 | "Same Old Song" (Four Tops) | Safe |
Matt Johnson | 7 | "Amazed" (Lonestar) | Safe |
Nikk Mager | 8 | "A Little Bit More" (911) | Safe |
Peter Smith | 9 | "Since I Don't Have You" (The Skyliners) | Safe |
Mikey Green | 10 | "Drive" (The Cars) | Safe |
Bottom three: Jamie Shaw, Chris Park and Andrew Kinlochan received the lowest number of votes and ended up in the bottom three. Jamie was told that he was safe, leaving Andrew and Chris in the bottom two. Andrew was eliminated.[26]
Week 2 (19 October 2002)
Category performing: Girls
Artist | Order | Song (Original Artist) | Results |
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Sarah Harding | 1 | "Build Me Up Buttercup" (The Foundations) | Safe |
Kimberley Walsh | 2 | "Baby Can I Hold You" (Tracy Chapman) | Bottom three |
Chloe Staines | 3 | "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" (Whitney Houston) | Safe |
Nicola Roberts | 4 | " River Deep Mountain High" (Tina Turner )
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Safe |
Aimee Kearsley | 5 | " S Club 7 )
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Safe |
Nadine Coyle | 6 | "Show Me Heaven" (Maria McKee) | Safe |
Cheryl Tweedy | 7 | "Baby Now That I've Found You" (The Foundations) | Safe |
Lynsey Brown | 8 | "All Around the World" (Lisa Stansfield) | Eliminated |
Emma Beard | 9 | "You Might Need Somebody" (Randy Crawford) | Bottom two |
Javine Hylton | 10 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin) | Safe |
Bottom three: Emma Beard, Kimberley Walsh and Lynsey Brown received the lowest number of votes and ended up in the bottom three. Kimberley was told that she was safe, leaving Lynsey and Emma in the bottom two. Lynsey was eliminated.[27]
Week 3 (26 October 2002)
Category performing: Boys
Artist | Order | Song (Original artist) | Results |
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Daniel Pearce | 1 | "Celebration" (Kool & the Gang) | Safe |
Matt Johnson | 2 | "Everything I Own" (Bread) | Safe |
Nikk Mager | 3 | " Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (Carole King )
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Eliminated |
Keith Semple | 4 | "Over My Shoulder" (Mike and the Mechanics) | Safe |
Anton Gordon | 5 | "Cherish" (Kool & the Gang) | Safe |
Jamie Shaw | 6 | "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Art Garfunkel) | Safe |
Chris Park | 7 | " Rex Smith )
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Bottom two |
Peter Smith | 8 | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) | Withdrew* |
Mikey Green | 9 | " Jackson 5 )
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Safe |
*Note: Two of the male contestants were due to be eliminated via the public vote in this show. However, during the results show, Peter Smith announced that he was too old to be involved in the competition and left the show. This meant that only one of the singers would be voted out by the television audience.
Bottom two: Chris Park and Nikk Mager received the lowest number of votes and ended up in the bottom two. Nikk was eliminated.[28]
Week 4 (2 November 2002)
Category performing: Girls
Artist | Order | Song (Original artist) | Results |
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Javine Hylton | 1 | "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green) | Safe |
Cheryl Tweedy | 2 | "You're Still the One" (Shania Twain) | Bottom four |
Emma Beard | 3 | "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes) | Eliminated |
Chloe Staines | 4 | "Rescue Me" (Fontella Bass) | Eliminated |
Nicola Roberts | 5 | " Shout" (Lulu )
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Safe |
Aimee Kearsley | 6 | "I Only Want to Be with You" (Dusty Springfield) | Safe |
Kimberley Walsh | 7 | "Un-Break My Heart" (Toni Braxton) | Bottom four |
Sarah Harding | 8 | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Dionne Warwick) | Safe |
Nadine Coyle | 9 | "Fields of Gold" (Sting) | Safe |
Bottom four: The girls were split into two groups and were told that one girl would be eliminated from each group. From group one, Cheryl Tweedy and Emma Beard received the lowest number of votes and ended up in the bottom two. Emma was eliminated. From group two, Chloe Staines and Kimberley Walsh received the lowest number of votes and ended up in the bottom two. Chloe was eliminated.[29][30]
Week 5 (9 November 2002)
Category performing: Boys
Artist | Order | Song (Original artist) | Results |
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Matt Johnson | 1 | "Pray" (Take That) | Bottom two |
Mikey Green | 2 | "Hello" (Lionel Richie) | Eliminated |
Daniel Pearce | 3 | "For Once in My Life" (Stevie Wonder) | Safe |
Keith Semple | 4 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John) | Safe |
Anton Gordon | 5 | "You Can't Hurry Love" (Phil Collins) | Bottom three |
Chris Park | 6 | " If You Don't Know Me By Now" (Simply Red )
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Safe |
Jamie Shaw | 7 | " The Four Seasons )
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Safe |
Bottom three: Anton Gordon, Matt Johnson and Mikey Green received the lowest number of votes and ended up in the bottom three. Anton was told that he was safe, leaving Matt and Mikey in the bottom two. Mikey was eliminated.[31]
Week 6 (16 November 2002)
Category performing: Girls
Artist | Order | Song (Original artist) | Results |
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Nadine Coyle | 1 | "When I Fall in Love" (Doris Day) | Safe |
Kimberley Walsh | 2 | "Emotion" (Samantha Sang) | Bottom four |
Nicola Roberts | 3 | "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Bette Midler) | Safe |
Aimee Kearsley | 4 | " You Keep Me Hanging On" (The Supremes )
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Eliminated |
Sarah Harding | 5 | " Jackson 5 )
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Bottom four |
Cheryl Tweedy | 6 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Sinéad O'Connor) | Bottom two |
Javine Hylton | 7 | "End of the Road" (Boyz II Men) | Safe |
Bottom four: Aimee Kearsley, Cheryl Tweedy, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding received the lowest number of votes and ended up in the bottom four. Sarah and Kimberley were told that they were safe, leaving Aimee and Cheryl in the bottom two. Aimee was eliminated.[32]
Week 7 – Boys final (23 November 2002)
Artist | Order | Song (Original artist) | Results |
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Matt Johnson | 1 | "I'll Be There for You" (The Rembrandts) | Qualified |
Daniel Pearce | 2 | "Candle in the Wind" (Elton John) | Qualified |
Chris Park | 3 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" (The Beatles) | Eliminated |
Anton Gordon | 4 | " R.Kelly )
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Qualified |
Keith Semple | 5 | "You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker) | Qualified |
Jamie Shaw | 6 | " R.E.M )
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Bottom two - qualified |
Results: Keith Semple was announced as the first member of the band, followed by Matt Johnson, Daniel Pearce and Anton Gordon, leaving Chris Park and Jamie Shaw as the bottom two. Davina revealed that Jamie was the final member of the band, and Chris was eliminated.[33]
Week 8 – Girls final (30 November 2002)
Artist | Order | Song (Original artist) | Results |
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Sarah Harding | 1 | "Holding Out for a Hero" (Bonnie Tyler) | Bottom two - Qualified |
Nadine Coyle | 2 | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Whitney Houston) | Qualified |
Kimberley Walsh | 3 | "Chain Reaction" (Diana Ross) | Qualified |
Nicola Roberts | 4 | "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters) | Qualified |
Javine Hylton | 5 | "I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan) | Eliminated |
Cheryl Tweedy | 6 | "Right Here Waiting" (Richard Marx) | Qualified |
Results: Cheryl Tweedy was announced as the first member of the band, followed by Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh, leaving Javine Hylton and Sarah Harding as the bottom two. Davina revealed that Sarah was the final member of the band, and Javine was eliminated.[34]
Winners' singles
Battle for Christmas number-one
A month after
The girls performed their new single live together for the second time at the end of the programme. Both acts had premiered their debut singles a couple of weeks before on Popstars: The Rivals.
Post Popstars: The Rivals
Winners
Girls Aloud
After the success of their first single "Sound of the Underground", Girls Aloud spent five months recording the follow-up single and their debut album.
In 2009, Girls Aloud took a hiatus to explore solo endeavours. Cheryl Tweedy became Cheryl and proceeded to release four studio albums – 3 Words (2009), Messy Little Raindrops (2010), A Million Lights (2012) and Only Human (2014), which reached number-one, number-one, number-two, and number-seven, respectively. Collectively, the albums included ten singles, five of which – "Fight for This Love", "Promise This", "Call My Name", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "I Don't Care" – reached the top position on the UK Singles Chart. Cheryl became the first British female solo artist to have five number-one singles in the UK, and held the record for the British female solo artist with the most UK number-one singles until 2018.
In 2012, after a three-year hiatus, Girls Aloud reunited to celebrate their tenth anniversary as a band. They released the single "
Sarah Harding was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in August 2020, and revealed in March 2021 that her prognosis was terminal and that she would not see another Christmas. Harding passed away on 5 September 2021, aged 39. In July 2022, the rest of the band came back together to participate in a 5km Race for Life event in her memory at Hyde Park in London. Cheryl, Roberts and Coyle took part in person, with Walsh taking part remotely.
In November 2023, Girls Aloud announced they were to reunite for a new arena tour entitled The Girls Aloud Show in May and June 2024, which is billed as a celebration of both their music and their late bandmate Harding.
One True Voice
Other contestants
A number of the contestants who failed to make it into One True Voice or Girls Aloud have managed to achieve some level of success outside of the show. The five boys who did not make it into One True Voice formed the group
Two girls from Romania who did not make it past the auditions, identical twins Monica and Gabriela Irimia, were given a record deal to release songs as
When
Reception
Ratings
Episode | Air date | Official ITV1 rating[42] | Weekly rank[42] |
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Auditions 1 | 7 September | 7.66 | 19 |
Auditions 2 | 14 September | 7.63 | 13 |
The Final 100 | 21 September | 6.88 | 15 |
The Final 50 | 28 September | 7.00 | 14 |
The Final 10 Revealed (Boys) | 5 October | 7.76 | 12 |
The Final 10 Revealed (Girls) | 6.47 | 17 | |
Special Edition | 6 October | 5.27 | 24 |
Live show 1 (Boys Final 10) | 12 October | 6.64 | 16 |
Live results 1 | Under 4.39 | Outside Top 30 | |
Live show 2 (Girls Final 10) | 19 October | 7.24 | 16 |
Live results 2 | Under 4.68 | Outside Top 30 | |
Live show 3 (Boys Final 9) | 26 October | 7.44 | 15 |
Live results 3 | 7.41 | 16 | |
Live show 4 (Girls Final 9) | 2 November | 7.16 | 15 |
Live results 4 | 6.83 | 19 | |
Live show 5 (Boys Final 7) | 9 November | 6.88 | 19 |
Live results 5 | Under 4.87 | Outside Top 30 | |
Live show 6 (Girls Final 7) | 16 November | 7.30 | 17 |
Live results 6 | Under 4.58 | Outside Top 30 | |
Live show 7 (Boys Final 6) | 23 November | 7.18 | 16 |
Live results 7 (Boys Band Reveal) | 8.90 | 10 | |
Live show 8 (Girls Final 6) | 30 November | 7.29 | 14 |
Live results 8 (Girls Band Reveal) | 8.54 | 10 | |
The Two Bands Launch | 7 December | 7.20 | 16 |
Behind the Scenes of The Two Bands | 14 December | 5.43 | 24 |
The Christmas No. 1 Showdown | 22 December | 6.01 | 20 |
Controversy and criticism
As well as contestants being forced out for being over and under the age limit, ITV was met with controversy amid claims that the voting had been rigged in the girls final. London radio station Capital FM received complaints from viewers during their news bulletin, but Red Fig, the company who handled the voting, denied the viewers claims. A spokesman for the show also said they were "satisfied" with the procedure.[43]
Sponsorship
See also
- Popstars (UK)
- Pop Idol
- Fame Academy
- The X Factor (UK)
- Popstars (UK) discography
Notes
- A Peter Smith left the competition in week 4 after admitting that he lied about his age. As a result, there was no bottom 3.
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