Popstars: The Rivals

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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 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...

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