This deep dive into Popstars from back in the day is a jaw-dropping watch and it’s incredible this stuff ever went out
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There was when a radio station went through the bins in the band’s house and published the contents on their website. pic.twitter.com/XMvQiRu5I4
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 22, 2024
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…and when they came face-to-face with the radio DJ who had looked through said bins, he called Kym “the fat one” (again – she wasn’t fat). pic.twitter.com/3VOCWYwRl1
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 22, 2024
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There was this radio DJ who asked Suzanne Shaw whether she’d had a boob job and then what bra size she was. pic.twitter.com/ANvELKtK4M
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 22, 2024
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But they succeeded. Their debut single went in at #1, sold over 500,000 copies in its first week and was the 3rd fastest selling single in history, only beaten by Band Aid and Candle in the Wind. pic.twitter.com/x3FXqlsQXF
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 22, 2024
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I’ll end this thread with the moment where ‘Nasty Nigel’ (not a singer) welcomed the contestants to Bootcamp with a strange rendition of ‘I Will Survive’.
A programme of its time, never to be repeated. pic.twitter.com/ek8UF8idTG
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 22, 2024
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If this has made you want to revisit Popstars, it has now been uploaded in full to YouTube. I would recommend viewing along with copious amounts of wine. Or Smirnoff Ice if you really want that 2001 feeling. https://t.co/iYKhXcIaEF
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 22, 2024
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One final addition – just done a search for where people are now and came across news that ‘Nasty’ Nigel is facing multiple claims of sexual assault. This thread is in no way an endorsement of Nigel Lythgoe’s behaviour or should act as any form of support towards such behaviour. pic.twitter.com/6mNu9zLrOU
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) May 22, 2024
And just a few of the many comments it prompted.
My favourite part about Popstars is everything looked like it was taking place in a small town church hall/conference centre
— The 2000s Chart Show Podcast (@2000sChartShow) May 22, 2024
Couldn’t get away with that amount of body shaming and sexism now.
Good.— (@Holestar) May 22, 2024
If you’re the right age it doesn’t feel like that long ago, but we’ve come A LONG way since then. Sort of.
— Matt Joy (@Matt_Joy) May 23, 2024
I now have to binge watch this. So much of it would never get on air now.
— James Martin (@JamesMartinTVR) May 22, 2024
Last word to – who else? – @KlassMyleene.
**books therapist** https://t.co/ZL68tVbEDn
— Myleene Klass (@KlassMyleene) May 23, 2024
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