Underplayed Gems

Popstars: The Rivals (2002)

Popstars: The Rivals poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 18 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This reality show creates two rival pop groups a boy band and a girl group. Viewers vote on contestants until five men and five women are chosen. The two groups then battle for the Christmas number one song in the UK.

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What happens

Popstars: The Rivals is a British television talent show series, broadcast on ITV in late 2002. It was the second British series of the international Popstars franchise. Unlike Popstars, which resulted in the formation of one winning group, Hear'Say (the other finalists went on to form Liberty X), Popstars: The Rivals created two rival groups, Girls Aloud and One True Voice, who competed for the Christmas number one spot on the UK Singles Chart. Girls Aloud won and went on to nearly achieve 20 consecutive top-ten hits, including four number ones, and six top-ten albums, two of which reached number one. Group member Cheryl has achieved five solo number-one singles and two number-one albums. Popstars: The Rivals aired on ITV on Saturday nights from 7 September 2002, beginning with three pre-recorded episodes of preliminary audition rounds before switching to live broadcasts of studio performances. During the rounds of the live show, viewers voted for their favourite performers by telephone and the Red Button on digital television remote controls. In the final weeks, five women and five men were chosen by viewers to form the two groups, boy band One True Voice and girl group Girls Aloud. The final episode of Popstars: The Rivals aired live on 22 December 2002. During the broadcast, Pepsi Chart Show presenter Neil Fox revealed in a live link-up that "Sound of the Underground", recorded by Girls Aloud, had reached number one on the Singles Chart, thereby becoming the Christmas number one. One True Voice's double A-side single "Sacred Trust/After You're Gone" entered the chart at number two. 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 both ITV2 after the main ITV show on Saturdays and also as a teatime show on ITV during the week. Both versions of the show were presented by pop star Dane Bowers and Pop Idol finalist Hayley Evetts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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