It’s wild to think a simple reality show would give birth to one of the best pop groups ever. We and they were all so blessed they were paired with Xenomania.
Not really. You have a pool of millions of people, you find the hottest who can sing half decent and throw in good song writers and dance moves and boom.
These would have been on the highlight reel of embarrassing/cringey auditions today. Insane the remarkable voices auditioning for shows now and this was the _good_ bunch from 2002. Wow lol
Yet funnily these remarkable talents from nowadays release music that cannot hold a candle to what girls aloud brought to pop music. yes a lot of it is the work of xenomania, but xenomania have worked with other groups/artists and the music never hits quite like girls alouds stuff
Yeh but now it's all super technical singers who after a certain point all sound the same, it's not good to actually listen to, just sounds like vocal exercises. Plus they were putting together a group here, they didn't want 5 girls all competing with each other riffing and ad libbing all over the track. They wanted girls who could complement each other vocally, sing in tune and perform good pop songs. I would by far rather listen to Girls Aloud than the warbly shit all today's "technical singers" make.
You mean like those disposable singers with sob stories and no personalities that are forgotten when a new season begins? or the ones that get a record deal flop after their debut to never be heard or seen again? (Leona Lewis) I guess talent without charisma or personality isn't enough to make it 😢 lol but let's ignore reality and pretend we're all vocal couches that only listen soprano and tenor range vocalists lmao
nah this show was different to the x factor and the voice. simon cowell has even taken the piss out of girls aloud many times teasing cheryl that they dont have talent. thats why he was so over the moon that Leona won in 2006 cos he was gonna quit airing x factor and pop idol over pop stars lacking talent.
Cheryl is and always has been a sweetheart, just a really, deeply genuine, good girl 🥺💗 her first reaction both times after being saved from the bottom two wasn’t even ‘phew I’m safe’ - both times, all she cared about was consoling the other girl who had lost out 🥺🥺💗💗
@@andreid.8568Yes, she punched a toilet attendant who punched her first. Not rocket science. If someone punched me, I’d punch them back. Don’t try the high and mighty act.
TBH Nadine never bothered to bond with the girls not even with Sarah (RIP) who wasn't in the inner circle either. Sarah tried but Nadine always gave the vibe that they were co workers
The way Cheryl reacted when she got through was so precious! And she didn't just get by on her looks, her personality and vulnerability were endearing too.
@@fezzik7619 A lot of the top stars do not have the best voice, it may be looks, performance ability, stage presence, personality, connections etc that get them there. Many phenomenal singers don't get there dues sadly. It is what it is.
I remember this all so clearly. I was 19 back then and thought Sarah was the prettiest, but looking back now I can see it was by far Cheryl. When you're young it's all about the blonde hair and a tan haha. Nicola and Cheryl have always been best friends but it was Kimberley and Nadine who were very close too. Their families got really close aswell. I wonder what happened 'cuz now it's Kimberley, Nicola and Cheryl and it was said that there was no falling out as there was no friendship to begin with but back then there was. They both wanted to get into the band together same as Nic and Cheryl.
@@SpaceCattttt The public voted for two black guys in the boy band. Javine's singing wasn't any better than the girls that made it. Javine was the only black girl in the final 10 anyway, the public only had Louis Walsh's choices to choose from.
@@mapsandstuff2923 None of these girls can sing. They were selected because of their sex appeal, and since the majority of British people are white people who are generally attracted to white girls first and foremost, you end up with 90% of the white girls getting most of the votes...
I don't understand the people who say in the comments that Girls Aloud is a bad and generic group, and neither to those who say they can't sing, especially Cheryl. In my opinion, I love Girls Aloud. Is one of my favourite pop groups. I love Sarah, Kimberley, Cheryl, Nadine and Nicola. They're so beautiful and their voices too. RIP Sarah. 😢😭💔🕊️
I wish a US Self help Guru like Iyanla Vanzant could have talked to her. Remind her of past Girl Groups who had it hard. Death, Addiction, Homelessness, Broke. Look at The Daughters of Florence Ballard Of The Supremes. 43 Years she's been dead and her Children Twins Michelle Denise and Nicole Renee (51), and Lisa Marie (49). They still play Motown done Mom wrong."
I think in her own way that Geri saw "herself" in Cheryl because they both came from Low Income Environments and because someone took a chance and believed in her she felt that Cheryl should be given that same chance. Berry Gordy believed in Diana Ross and she didn't do too badly now did she?
This show could almost be a case study in the amount of luck you need to make it big in the music industry. Cheryl: Was in the bottom twice. Came very close to being eliminated in the final 7. Nadine: If she hadn't been caught lying about her age, she would have stayed with Six (who never entered the charts outside of Ireland and split after 2 years). Kimberley: Was first reserve for the final 10 after another contestant was discovered to be over 25. Was in the bottom 3/4 every week. Sarah: Was in the bottom 2 in the final week, and was up against Javine who had never been in the bottom before. The phone lines were kept open even as they announced the results - and who knows who would have made it in otherwise? Nicola: Was second reserve for the final 10. Got in after another girl (also named Nicola) quit the show. She and Nadine were the only girls to never be in the bottom. Not to mention the boy band from the same show completely flopped, and the losers from the final also made their own bands and could have potentially caused another 'Liberty X' situation.
yip its total bollocks! a nations sweetheart who goes around coshing toilet attendants for asking a quid per lolly!! not in my nation! she has been luck as hell to end up where she has today.
Melissa McDonald Mollie from the Saturdays is far more worthy of that title. I’ve met her and she’s one of the loveliest people you will ever come across.
It's amazing to think that all of the girls would have been flung to the curb if it had of been one of the American shows they auditioned for. And I’m in no way trying to be mean, cause I love girls aloud!
A great pop group needs visuals, dancers and charismatic members with big personalities and Cheryl has all those qualities, it's not just vocals hun it's not opera
@@Terry_Bell She stood out and was like the spokesperson. Its no wonder she went on to have a solo career, her dancing and stage presense is phenomenal.
@@seandomhnallosullivan2544 Javine thought that The Group was a Stepping Stone to bigger and better things and she didn't make it. Shaunda Johnston who was from Atlanta, was a Shoo-In to get into the US Popstars Group but they didn't take her. The biggest irony is that she never got signed to LaFace Records (TLC, Toni Braxton, Usher, & Avril Lavigne). Also Shaunda was too good to sing in a Group, she would have mopped the other girls off of the stage A lot of Black Contestants on American Idol, Canadian Idol, Popstars were mind blowing but they didn't go far.
these 5 girls were lucky they auditioned when they did, the only two I think that would have got through to bootcamp if it was today's x factor would be Nadine and possibly Nicola. Kimberley and Sarah have mediocre voices and Cheryl's is really weak. She got this far solely on her looks because she was beautiful. All the other girls back then were pretty even with the lank hair and the patchy make up but you can see it back then, she was beautiful. She's so striking, it shines through and that's why she is the most successful because this industry is based on looks and not really on talent. She's a great dancer too to be fair but singing is not her forte.
they’re not ‘lucky’, lol, they were a GIFT to pop music. their producers never could recreate the magic with other groups except for sugababes. girls aloud were incredible.
@@buttamilk3329 they had the songs and those were the producers' work. Sugababes worked with the same producers... shows you it's mainly the songs that got them far. In the pop industry you can have a mega voice but if you don't have catchy songs you won't go anywhere. Look at what happened to Leona Lewis, who can outsing any of the Girls Aloud members... With no good tunes from pop producers she has been basically forgotten.
No one gives a shit about others they make out they do but they don't I carnt stand all the fuking crying and hugging so fake so over the top load of bullshit
Who would have thought Girls Aloud would go on to be the biggest selling girl group of the 21st century ! Breaking world records on the way .. I miss them
they were amazing but biggest selling girl group? compared to the likes of Pussycat Dolls, Little Mix, BLACKPINK and Fifth Harmony they weren't as huge.
It's funny how you don't even notice fashion changing. This was only 13 years ago, but remember when everyone thought straight as possible hair on girls looked good? It looks so lank and greasy! What were we thinking?!
5:42 Just hits my heart every time I watch this part. You could tell that Cheryl didn't want Aimee to leave and she wasn't expecting it either. Glad that Aimee got to be in another band though. The band was called "Clea". To be real though, I listened to both bands and they were great! Also, rest in peace to Sarah. I can not believe that she died two years ago last month (September 5th, 2021). The girls (obviously) must've been so sad to hear that she passed. I'm also sad about it. She's still alive, but not on earth. She's in heaven.
feel a bit bad for the girl that got kicked out for her age. i remember geri used to lie about her age in the beginning of the spice girls as well. (she would say she was 21 when she was 23 and the eldest)
No, they didn't think it at the time. Kimberly mentioned that she thought it would maybe last for a year and then she had to look for something else to do.
You can tell Cheryl was genuinely upset but happy every time someone was eliminated which is how anyone would feel these shows are major head wreckers I’ve heard of people suing producers and Simon for emotion abuse and blackmail even sexual misconduct let’s be honest tho Cheryl was a huge draw for the band people loved her and yes she didn’t have the strongest voice but I’ve seen worse singers succeed
I really don't understand how anyone says they can't sing. Yes, some of them may not be the world's greatest singers, but how you can say they can't sing is beyond me... With that said, the next point people are making is that if they auditioned for shows today they wouldn't make it through. Probably true, however I've thought about this a lot, and MANY great artists throughout the past would've had problems with the reality shows today. I'm sure if Stevie Nicks, Bowie, Jagger, Tom Petty, Prince, Bob Dylan etc were to try out today most of them wouldn't get through the first round. So are we actually failing to give a platform to those unique talents because we are such a highly critical society today? Just food for thought!
none of those ppl u mentioned started out on a talent show, girls aloud did and thats why ppl are making a fair comparison. Basically x factor and the voice were better shows at showcasing talent and pop idol/PSTR were pushing ppl who werent even talented and thats wrong.
Awkward moment when neither Cheryl nor Kimberley can sing well... but they both became the "main" faces of Girls Aloud cuz they were "pretty". Nadine was honestly the only one who could ever sing.
@@JDoe-gf5oz babes stop projecting yourself, u lot are clearly bothered bc you're not pretty, talented or charismatic enough to become rich and famous like Cheryl did babes, that's all 😘✌️
If Cheryl looked like plain ole Molly Sue off the street she would have never made it as a singer. She gets the job done. She's not mediocre and she can carry a tune, but there's nothing special or unique about her singing voice or even her tone. In fact, I think she dances better than she sings, and she's not even touted as a dancer. But my, she is gorgeous.
Nadine has a GREAT voice! and she's pretty -- she's REALLY the total package! Cheryl can't sing for shit, but she's beautiful. Kimberly is also talented, but she's more suited to musical theater than pop. l do like Nicola, good voice and cute, no offense, Sarah is kind of forgettable. Popstars the rivals started this trend and that's why Cheryl has gone as far as she has.
@ Zoe Dark -- NOT compared to Nadine, Kimberly and Nicola's voices she isn't. Cheryl is a GREAT dancer, and she's got a nice personality and is beautiful. NOT a fantastic singer though.
I like Nadine ... A lot. but learn one thing because what you discover from your words is that you like Nadine and Cheryl for you does not deserve to be the most followed. These are the wrong people who have been fighting for what they have dreamed and ... the public decides and fell in love with Cheryl, who does sing, and very well, You do not need to have a voice like Kimberley's that excites me or the from Nadine who likes to make giggles so that they also notice her, which she does not need because she sings very well like Cheryl
back in the days when i actually watched television. i remember thinking amy's gorgeous. but to see someone's dream extinguished on live television was horrible. not a pop music fan though. it's all sounds the same.
What you have to remember is there is a huge media machine out there now 50+ tv channels that have to be fed. None of this lot would have made it otherwise.
Nadine has always been the BEST singer and shes always been the most doen to earth! She hasn't forgotten where shes come from, she didn't let fame change her!
they have better voices and stage presence in their left ear lobe than you do in your entire body! I agree that they don't have Mariah carey voices, but their voices ARE GOOD!
Bobby W Image is an important factor of being a pop star. If she was ugly and had the same voice, she wouldn’t be where she is today. As I said, she has a nice tone.
sad to lose Sarah today. she will shine on
How small is the judges panel during the auditions 😂 it looks like a table they'd put cheap tea and biscuits on at the local community centre
so it works tho
Looooool 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah very amateurish
F'er MaGee it started in New Zealand actually
That was such a late nineties/early noughties killer look though!
Nadine's parents done raised her right! She's always been so grounded with a healthy attitude towards this industry. I love her so much
Except for lying about her age on Irish Popstars 🤣 still a talking point here in Ireland for those of us old enough to remember it
@@stephthestar90 "Nadine still seems confused about her date of birth." I'll never forget! 😭
@@thesovgc 🤣. Mammy, have yew seen mae passport?
@@jambon6451 😂😂😂
Wow I forgot Louis was one of the judges and what a full circle that Cheryl and Louis end up judging X Factor together years later
I wonder how that made him feel, especially when they didn't gel well
He was also their manager, but he didn't do anything for them lol 😂
Hi Meg
You're beautiful 💖💋
He also nearly got them dropped with his shite management 😂
@@jimmorrison3756 that's very kind of you x
How does Louis still look exactly the same
Scalpel, Scalpel, Snip, Snip.
Luck of the Irish and being a decent human.
Not taking drugs and having lots of money helps
@@ianmangham5753 I don’t know about decent. 😂
Being a demon
Nadine's Show Me Heaven is one of the best performances I've ever heard on a reality TV competition show. STUNNIN
Kimberley was brought back when she thought she was done, and Nicola was saved as well. It's like those five girls were meant to be!
It’s wild to think a simple reality show would give birth to one of the best pop groups ever. We and they were all so blessed they were paired with Xenomania.
Which group is that?
Not really. You have a pool of millions of people, you find the hottest who can sing half decent and throw in good song writers and dance moves and boom.
🤣
reality show groups and singers do not last long usually, and they dont release really good music like GA@@mmtot
@@mmtotNot that simple. And Nadine Coyle is actually a damn good singer.
there's no doubt Nadine is by far the best singer in the final group, with Nic in close 2nd i'd say :)
Авсолютно!
Nicola has the nicer voice I feel
When Amy went home, you could tell Cheryl wasn't expecting it.
These would have been on the highlight reel of embarrassing/cringey auditions today. Insane the remarkable voices auditioning for shows now and this was the _good_ bunch from 2002. Wow lol
It's so refreshing to see a RUclips comment saying something is better today
Yet funnily these remarkable talents from nowadays release music that cannot hold a candle to what girls aloud brought to pop music. yes a lot of it is the work of xenomania, but xenomania have worked with other groups/artists and the music never hits quite like girls alouds stuff
Yeh but now it's all super technical singers who after a certain point all sound the same, it's not good to actually listen to, just sounds like vocal exercises. Plus they were putting together a group here, they didn't want 5 girls all competing with each other riffing and ad libbing all over the track. They wanted girls who could complement each other vocally, sing in tune and perform good pop songs. I would by far rather listen to Girls Aloud than the warbly shit all today's "technical singers" make.
You mean like those disposable singers with sob stories and no personalities that are forgotten when a new season begins? or the ones that get a record deal flop after their debut to never be heard or seen again? (Leona Lewis) I guess talent without charisma or personality isn't enough to make it 😢 lol but let's ignore reality and pretend we're all vocal couches that only listen soprano and tenor range vocalists lmao
nah this show was different to the x factor and the voice. simon cowell has even taken the piss out of girls aloud many times teasing cheryl that they dont have talent. thats why he was so over the moon that Leona won in 2006 cos he was gonna quit airing x factor and pop idol over pop stars lacking talent.
I’ll always remember how Cheryl nailed her song choice in the last week. Beautiful
I'm agree.
Yes she did
Is anyone else here after the news about Sarah?😢😢😢😢😢
Cheryl is and always has been a sweetheart, just a really, deeply genuine, good girl 🥺💗 her first reaction both times after being saved from the bottom two wasn’t even ‘phew I’m safe’ - both times, all she cared about was consoling the other girl who had lost out 🥺🥺💗💗
She is a chain smoking little violent rat.
@@willbee7925 Huh? What?
Didn't she punch a girl in her face in a club? That really was shweetheartish of her
@@andreid.8568 She also poisoned half the group and couldn't wait to break it all up and bail the first chance she got.
@@andreid.8568Yes, she punched a toilet attendant who punched her first. Not rocket science. If someone punched me, I’d punch them back.
Don’t try the high and mighty act.
Who's here after the beautiful Sarah Harding passed away 😪 X
Hilarious how excited Cheryl looks that Nadine got in, knowing how things turned out now.
TBH Nadine never bothered to bond with the girls not even with Sarah (RIP) who wasn't in the inner circle either. Sarah tried but Nadine always gave the vibe that they were co workers
Wdym?
@@LJE1821 She turned Nicola and Kimberley into her little minions and set them against Nadine, leading to constant tension in the group.
The way Cheryl reacted when she got through was so precious! And she didn't just get by on her looks, her personality and vulnerability were endearing too.
Her personality?? 🤣🤣🤣 she is the definition of the saying ‘beauty is only skin deep’
@@Live-by2vk nah...she has a gud personality for sure,...but not great songs tho
@@akashgode6818 *good* *though*
What about actual talent? I guess that doesn’t mean anything in pop groups.
@@fezzik7619 A lot of the top stars do not have the best voice, it may be looks, performance ability, stage presence, personality, connections etc that get them there. Many phenomenal singers don't get there dues sadly. It is what it is.
I remember this all so clearly. I was 19 back then and thought Sarah was the prettiest, but looking back now I can see it was by far Cheryl. When you're young it's all about the blonde hair and a tan haha.
Nicola and Cheryl have always been best friends but it was Kimberley and Nadine who were very close too. Their families got really close aswell. I wonder what happened 'cuz now it's Kimberley, Nicola and Cheryl and it was said that there was no falling out as there was no friendship to begin with but back then there was. They both wanted to get into the band together same as Nic and Cheryl.
I was 19 too. But are we both unmarried?
Ok
Omg Chloe was FUMING about not getting through! Just look at her face!
Nadine and Cheryl were absolutely stunning.
People say that this is a beauty contest but they forget that the public voted for who made it in the band
Jimmy Duvall bollocks! Fixed!!!
Yes, and they didn't vote for the black girl. Girls Aloud were white as snow.
@@SpaceCattttt The public voted for two black guys in the boy band. Javine's singing wasn't any better than the girls that made it. Javine was the only black girl in the final 10 anyway, the public only had Louis Walsh's choices to choose from.
@@mapsandstuff2923 None of these girls can sing. They were selected because of their sex appeal, and since the majority of British people are white people who are generally attracted to white girls first and foremost, you end up with 90% of the white girls getting
most of the votes...
@@SpaceCattttt nadine can sing though
Why does Geri look 60 years old. She was in Spice Girls 4 years before this!
This must have been a beauty contest...their voices aren't so good...
nyleve1968 bar Nadine, I have always loved her voice!
What are you talking bout. Nadine is amazing. So underrated
Looool
I agree, I don't think they would get past on X Factor in today's times.
Nadines really good and from hearing Kimberly sing on her own she’s amazing xx
I don't understand the people who say in the comments that Girls Aloud is a bad and generic group, and neither to those who say they can't sing, especially Cheryl. In my opinion, I love Girls Aloud. Is one of my favourite pop groups. I love Sarah, Kimberley, Cheryl, Nadine and Nicola. They're so beautiful and their voices too. RIP Sarah. 😢😭💔🕊️
Ending with 6 girls and 1 not making it, it's an awful concept! I always thought it was a bad decision!
For me Javine had the best voice!
crazzzzy to think Cheryl was in the bottom 2 twice and we would have had the whole 'thing' of Cheryl Cole and her UK superstardom.
I've been in love with Cheryl Cole since I first saw her... although it's on screen
The face on Javine. But she went onto to destroy Alisha Dixon's marriage, so glad she didnt get in the band
Patricia Duffy aa
Javine handing out her vajeen
I wish a US Self help Guru like Iyanla Vanzant could have talked to her. Remind her of past Girl Groups who had it hard. Death, Addiction, Homelessness, Broke. Look at The Daughters of Florence Ballard Of The Supremes. 43 Years she's been dead and her Children Twins Michelle Denise and Nicole Renee (51), and Lisa Marie (49). They still play Motown done Mom wrong."
Patricia Duffy Alisha Dixon’s *husband* destroyed the marriage, with help from Javine
@@fairlyvague82 agree
Omg this takes me back! The nostalgia is real!
Everyone saying in the comments that Cheryl can't sing but Cheryl was the one with top votes and first into the group .... 😂👍
Yes because the judges thought she had lovely skin & exotic eyes
With the votes and whatever she still cannot sing :))))
Love this comment 👍
I remember this!!!! Oh I feel so old XX
Urgh Geri's hair looked terrible back then
And her singing. Just as it always is.
Atrocious. What was she thinking?
Yeh her hair does look horrible ngl
When Cheryl gets picked for the band at the end the proper chav in her comes out!
ye she acts all innocent and fragile and then one the works done she's a different person
Haha - she was hiding her Chavness but it popped out - you can take the girl out of Chav land but not the chav out of the girl
Cheryl is ruthless. I can see it in her.
Takes one to know one.
@@stevelomas4119 😂😂 yeah it probably does!
I think in her own way that Geri saw "herself" in Cheryl because they both came from Low Income Environments and because someone took a chance and believed in her she felt that Cheryl should be given that same chance. Berry Gordy believed in Diana Ross and she didn't do too badly now did she?
@@seandomhnallosullivan2544 as is Cheryl funnily enough - that's where the similarities with Diana Ross end though 😁
This show could almost be a case study in the amount of luck you need to make it big in the music industry.
Cheryl: Was in the bottom twice. Came very close to being eliminated in the final 7.
Nadine: If she hadn't been caught lying about her age, she would have stayed with Six (who never entered the charts outside of Ireland and split after 2 years).
Kimberley: Was first reserve for the final 10 after another contestant was discovered to be over 25. Was in the bottom 3/4 every week.
Sarah: Was in the bottom 2 in the final week, and was up against Javine who had never been in the bottom before. The phone lines were kept open even as they announced the results - and who knows who would have made it in otherwise?
Nicola: Was second reserve for the final 10. Got in after another girl (also named Nicola) quit the show. She and Nadine were the only girls to never be in the bottom.
Not to mention the boy band from the same show completely flopped, and the losers from the final also made their own bands and could have potentially caused another 'Liberty X' situation.
They call her the ‘nation’s sweetheart’ what a load of bollocks.
yip its total bollocks! a nations sweetheart who goes around coshing toilet attendants for asking a quid per lolly!! not in my nation! she has been luck as hell to end up where she has today.
@@Andyontherocks She is and was always a nasty woman
Dante yeah ten years ago! We can see through her now.
Melissa McDonald Mollie from the Saturdays is far more worthy of that title. I’ve met her and she’s one of the loveliest people you will ever come across.
She's had a few.
Man, I really would like to see the whole series. I've only ever saw those pieces and I wanna know the whole story :D.
cheryl's singing got worse as she went on, whilst Kimberly's improved. they all looked their best in 2006.
There is no producer out there turning away Cheryl. Her image sells.
Lmao I though geri at Cheryl's house was a jump cut to an episode of corrie
Haha, me too.
An me 😂
Either that or Byker Grove.
It's amazing to think that all of the girls would have been flung to the curb if it had of been one of the American shows they auditioned for. And I’m in no way trying to be mean, cause I love girls aloud!
Cheryl was only in the band because she was stunning! Her voice really isn’t up to scratch!!
I love when someone asked her if she could sing and she said, "a little bit". We stan a self-aware queen! 🙌
A great pop group needs visuals, dancers and charismatic members with big personalities and Cheryl has all those qualities, it's not just vocals hun it's not opera
@@Terry_Bell She stood out and was like the spokesperson. Its no wonder she went on to have a solo career, her dancing and stage presense is phenomenal.
Xenomania and Girls Aloud pure pop perfection.
Beautiful Sarah 🥺
She's dead now...actually, for almost 2 years. RIP Sarah 😢
javines face at the end! she thought she had it in the bag.
@@seandomhnallosullivan2544 Javine thought that The Group was a Stepping Stone to bigger and better things and she didn't make it. Shaunda Johnston who was from Atlanta, was a Shoo-In to get into the US Popstars Group but they didn't take her. The biggest irony is that she never got signed to LaFace Records (TLC, Toni Braxton, Usher, & Avril Lavigne). Also Shaunda was too good to sing in a Group, she would have mopped the other girls off of the stage A lot of Black Contestants on American Idol, Canadian Idol, Popstars were mind blowing but they didn't go far.
She would today.
@@acs6785 wanker
@@acs6785 maybe the married fucking men shouldn't be cheating on their wives? it goes both ways.
I remember my mum calling in to vote Javine and it saying thanks for voting Sarah. Mum was fuming haha.
Nadine is by far the best looking out the 5 of them at first, Cheryl is now but thats after a trip to the dentist , hair an make up.
Cheryl was prettier than Nadine. Nadine is gorgeous but Cheryl is a natural beauty. Even with her teeth!
I disagree with that, I think sarah and Kimberley were good looking too
I think Cheryl looked better with her natural teeth , everyone looks the same with those overly white straight Veneers
@@leval1000 load of tosh nadine is the best looking and she also had the strongest voice along with Sarah
@@James-b7p2k Cheryl has a nice tone, her parts in girls aloud were my fave, so..
None of them would have made it through audition stage if this was now.
Nadine definitely would
@@Martdiva1979 absolutely
@@thesovgc aww thankyou z
@@Martdiva1979 yeah!!
@@Martdiva1979Nicola has a good voice!
these 5 girls were lucky they auditioned when they did, the only two I think that would have got through to bootcamp if it was today's x factor would be Nadine and possibly Nicola. Kimberley and Sarah have mediocre voices and Cheryl's is really weak. She got this far solely on her looks because she was beautiful. All the other girls back then were pretty even with the lank hair and the patchy make up but you can see it back then, she was beautiful. She's so striking, it shines through and that's why she is the most successful because this industry is based on looks and not really on talent. She's a great dancer too to be fair but singing is not her forte.
they’re not ‘lucky’, lol, they were a GIFT to pop music. their producers never could recreate the magic with other groups except for sugababes. girls aloud were incredible.
@@buttamilk3329 they had the songs and those were the producers' work. Sugababes worked with the same producers... shows you it's mainly the songs that got them far.
In the pop industry you can have a mega voice but if you don't have catchy songs you won't go anywhere. Look at what happened to Leona Lewis, who can outsing any of the Girls Aloud members... With no good tunes from pop producers she has been basically forgotten.
"The girls are all really close" hmm yeah I'm sure Cheryl still talks to Aimee and the other girls who didn't make it
Dought she does
Justyne Kerrigan *doubt
My thoughts excatly
No one gives a shit about others they make out they do but they don't I carnt stand all the fuking crying and hugging so fake so over the top load of bullshit
Who would have thought Girls Aloud would go on to be the biggest selling girl group of the 21st century ! Breaking world records on the way .. I miss them
Just goes to show what great production and songwriting can do with mediocre talent. They have some brilliant songs.
Jonboy176 which is funny because most massive acts from there are huge here in Oz but they barely had any hits here
they were amazing but biggest selling girl group? compared to the likes of Pussycat Dolls, Little Mix, BLACKPINK and Fifth Harmony they weren't as huge.
@@li2386 who?
@@kamaal_i i listed them off right there, Google is free.
It's funny how you don't even notice fashion changing. This was only 13 years ago, but remember when everyone thought straight as possible hair on girls looked good? It looks so lank and greasy! What were we thinking?!
Adam657 I got married with that hair too! hilarious! straight hair!
WTF is wrong with you two? Straight hair is beautiful.
Adam657 k
simon lloyd - Low-key racist but ok
also the stripey highlights and choppy side pieces! hope they don't make a comeback
Nadine has got the most positive energy! Well done
5:42 Just hits my heart every time I watch this part. You could tell that Cheryl didn't want Aimee to leave and she wasn't expecting it either. Glad that Aimee got to be in another band though. The band was called "Clea". To be real though, I listened to both bands and they were great! Also, rest in peace to Sarah. I can not believe that she died two years ago last month (September 5th, 2021). The girls (obviously) must've been so sad to hear that she passed. I'm also sad about it. She's still alive, but not on earth. She's in heaven.
feel a bit bad for the girl that got kicked out for her age. i remember geri used to lie about her age in the beginning of the spice girls as well. (she would say she was 21 when she was 23 and the eldest)
Yeah, just terrible
I don't think Cheryl was that bad tbf.
Sarah was the last but the BEST choice ever.RIP angel.
God how times have changed!
4:10 Sarah blubbering away is so funny and sweet.
I think Kimberley and Nadine had the best auditions.
Sarah is better than Kimberly, her voice is all over the place.
Who cares
She looks like Ariana Grande minus the vocals 😆
I wonder if they ever thought that they would become one of the greatest girlbands on the planet.
Well, they weren't. They were only really huge in the UK.
@@sunkissedswoozeyray6055 And then...The Spice Girls were bigger.
No, they didn't think it at the time. Kimberly mentioned that she thought it would maybe last for a year and then she had to look for something else to do.
Cheryl sounded Brilliant on Right Here Waiting
You can tell Cheryl was genuinely upset but happy every time someone was eliminated which is how anyone would feel these shows are major head wreckers I’ve heard of people suing producers and Simon for emotion abuse and blackmail even sexual misconduct let’s be honest tho Cheryl was a huge draw for the band people loved her and yes she didn’t have the strongest voice but I’ve seen worse singers succeed
omg i love cheryl so much and i wonder if one day i'll meet a girl as wonderful as her :(
Probably not tbh.
I love Kimberlys reaction when she realises shes in the house ❤
Hearing them call it a 'band' is very grating.
Mr Toad I always thought that. I love Girls Aloud, but they're a group, not a band.
Melissa .Garrett I can see where you're coming from. Besides, how can you call a group a "band" when they don't play instruments?
I really don't understand how anyone says they can't sing. Yes, some of them may not be the world's greatest singers, but how you can say they can't sing is beyond me...
With that said, the next point people are making is that if they auditioned for shows today they wouldn't make it through. Probably true, however I've thought about this a lot, and MANY great artists throughout the past would've had problems with the reality shows today.
I'm sure if Stevie Nicks, Bowie, Jagger, Tom Petty, Prince, Bob Dylan etc were to try out today most of them wouldn't get through the first round.
So are we actually failing to give a platform to those unique talents because we are such a highly critical society today?
Just food for thought!
none of those ppl u mentioned started out on a talent show, girls aloud did and thats why ppl are making a fair comparison. Basically x factor and the voice were better shows at showcasing talent and pop idol/PSTR were pushing ppl who werent even talented and thats wrong.
Awkward moment when neither Cheryl nor Kimberley can sing well... but they both became the "main" faces of Girls Aloud cuz they were "pretty".
Nadine was honestly the only one who could ever sing.
And Nicola.
Kimberly sung really well in her audition though??
Cheryl is an example like a pretty face is more that a voice.
nyah and you're an example of neither of those things
She really is. Nothing there (talent of intelligence wise)
@@Terry_Bell Look at you getting all worked up.
@@JDoe-gf5oz babes stop projecting yourself, u lot are clearly bothered bc you're not pretty, talented or charismatic enough to become rich and famous like Cheryl did babes, that's all 😘✌️
Guys just be happy for them. Anyway that was a long time and they were successful. They have talents.
Omg it’s gezza didn’t realise at first yesssss ginge
If Cheryl looked like plain ole Molly Sue off the street she would have never made it as a singer. She gets the job done. She's not mediocre and she can carry a tune, but there's nothing special or unique about her singing voice or even her tone. In fact, I think she dances better than she sings, and she's not even touted as a dancer. But my, she is gorgeous.
lol at how Sarah cried EVERY eviction
When ginger came on it suddenly felt like an episode of Eastenders lol
omgosh!! cheryl is exactly the same!! shes hardly changed!
"I'm very emotion". I thought it was an accident but she said it twice!
Sims Thre she does say emotional you just can’t hear the L because of her Geordie accent
Sims Thre can’t sing, can’t even talk 😂😂😂
She also says "tame" instead of "time". I wonder how she says "tame" then 😂
@@xxxTIN0xxx its her accent relax but yea she was an average singer tbh
@@hashimeanw2095 I know the Geordie accent very well 😂 but thanks anyway .
Cheryl was in the bottom two so many times and only got through in the end due to a big campaign in the north-east to vote for her in the final.
Nadine has a GREAT voice! and she's pretty -- she's REALLY the total package! Cheryl can't sing for shit, but she's beautiful. Kimberly is also talented, but she's more suited to musical theater than pop. l do like Nicola, good voice and cute, no offense, Sarah is kind of forgettable. Popstars the rivals started this trend and that's why Cheryl has gone as far as she has.
Ben Schaeffer Cheryl is a fantastic singer
@ Zoe Dark -- NOT compared to Nadine, Kimberly and Nicola's voices she isn't. Cheryl is a GREAT dancer, and she's got a nice personality and is beautiful. NOT a fantastic singer though.
I like Nadine ... A lot. but learn one thing because what you discover from your words is that you like Nadine and Cheryl for you does not deserve to be the most followed. These are the wrong people who have been fighting for what they have dreamed and ... the public decides and fell in love with Cheryl, who does sing, and very well, You do not need to have a voice like Kimberley's that excites me or the from Nadine who likes to make giggles so that they also notice her, which she does not need because she sings very well like Cheryl
@@zoedark7101 Sarah has a better voice than Kimberly. Kimberly and Cheryl can't sing.
back in the days when i actually watched television. i remember thinking amy's gorgeous. but to see someone's dream extinguished on live television was horrible. not a pop music fan though. it's all sounds the same.
It’s now 2020 and Nicola is now on The Masked Singer Uk. 😂
Which she won
@@abbigibson6616 Sure did! 😁
If anyone doubts her voice, show he her kickass singing as our Queen Bee!
I know but I personally believe that Cheryl is very talented and has done much much good to Girls Aloud
What you have to remember is there is a huge media machine out there now 50+ tv channels that have to be fed.
None of this lot would have made it otherwise.
Nadine has always been the BEST singer and shes always been the most doen to earth! She hasn't forgotten where shes come from, she didn't let fame change her!
RIP Sarah
Omg I can’t believe this was 19 years ago 😱
18*
such a shame. ...everyone is so talented. .. .and a good singer. ...but Cheryl whatever your name is. . ... no comment
SOMEONE IS JEALOUS OF CHERYL'S SUCCESS
they have better voices and stage presence in their left ear lobe than you do in your entire body! I agree that they don't have Mariah carey voices, but their voices ARE GOOD!
It was a beauty contest not a talent show 😂
Thats kind of the music industry.
i thought kim had the best audition
I much prefer this show the way it used to be instead of the tripe nowadays ie x factor
Same, I miss it actually 😅
Kimbo and Nic were very lucky! they almost missed out completely!
Couldn't agree more Julie never thought she was a singer.she could hide in a group .solo no chance.
I love Girls Aloud but let's be honest..none of these girls would have made it to Boot Camp nowadays...
Guess you've never heard Nadine sing solo.
1.52 - Tell you what I want what I really really want :D
When Divina said Sarah the people started screaming bloody hell
Cheryl Cole is amazing and extremely talented. People are jealous not to like and she is, and always will be the Nations Sweetheart.
@Dallas K.willows Aww prettier than you is she ??
Didn't the Nation's Sweetheart punch a girl in her face?
1:53 the newcastle almost jumped out for a few secs she almost punched Geri lool
People say Cheryl got in by her looks, but she was the first UK female artists to get 5 number one singles, beating Geri, who was a judge.
So? She’s not a good singer, but she has a nice tone.
@@Dk-ns3ge well would people but singles just based on people's looks? Because I don't? Calenders Yes but music No.
Bobby W Image is an important factor of being a pop star. If she was ugly and had the same voice, she wouldn’t be where she is today. As I said, she has a nice tone.
Was Cheryl in the bottom 2 a lot?
E T The Girl can’t sing!!
Not many people voted for her lol
SO GLAD KIMBERLEY GOT THROUGH! SHE'S THE BEST ONE!♥
Lol