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Hear'Say
Hear'Say were a British pop group. They were created through the ITV reality TV show '' Popstars'' in February 2001, the first UK series of the international '' Popstars'' franchise. The group, who were signed to Polydor Records, originally consisted of Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan. Hear'Say achieved instant fame, breaking chart records with their debut single " Pure and Simple" and the album '' Popstars''. However, their second album failed to match this success. In January 2002, Marsh left Hear'Say due to conflicts with Klass and Sullivan. She was replaced by former Boom! member Johnny Shentall a month later. During a summer promotional tour, Hear'Say were constantly harassed by members of the public. "Lovin' Is Easy", the group's only single to be released with Shentall, failed to make a commercial impact. Hear'Say announced their split in October 2002, twenty months after their formation, citing "abuse from the public" as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure And Simple (song)
"Pure and Simple" is a song by British pop group Hear'Say, the winners of the UK version of '' Popstars''. It was a cover of the original version recorded three years earlier by English-Dutch girl group Girl Thing, who were dropped from BMG before the song was given to Hear'Say. It was written by Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes, and Betty Boo (under her real name, Alison Clarkson). The song was released on 12 March 2001 as the lead single from Hear'Say's debut studio album, '' Popstars'' (2001). The B-side is a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's " Bridge over Troubled Water". "Pure and Simple" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart after selling 550,000 copies in its first week, which, at the time, made it the fastest-selling debut single of all time in the United Kingdom. It spent a total of three weeks at the top and has sold over 1.08 million copies in the UK. As of 2012, it is the seventh biggest-selling debut single of the 21st century in that country. The song also topped the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popstars (Hear'Say Album)
''Popstars'' is the debut album by British pop group Hear'Say, formed through the ITV television show ''Popstars''. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2001. Hear'Say worked with a number of British and Scandinavian producers, including Stargate, and Quiz & Larossi. The album drew comparisons to similarly co-ed pop groups such as S Club 7 and Steps. The album received generally negative reviews from contemporary music critics, who commented on the artificiality and genericness of both Hear'Say and their music. However, ''Popstars'' was a commercial success, charting at number one in the United Kingdom. It was the fastest-selling debut album in UK chart history at the time of release, selling over 300,000 copies in its first week. ''Popstars'' yielded two number one singles, " Pure and Simple" and " The Way to Your Love". Background Hear'Say were created by the ITV reality television programme ''Popstars'' in 2001. Nigel Lythgoe, Paul Adam, and Nicki Chapman s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Shaw
Suzanne Christine Crowshaw (born 29 September 1981), known as Suzanne Shaw, is an English actress, singer and television personality, who rose to fame after winning the talent contest ''Popstars'' and subsequently being a member of the band Hear'Say. Shaw is now an established musical theatre and West End performer, actress, model and television presenter in her own right. She won the third series of the ITV skating show ''Dancing on Ice'' in 2008 and participated in the 'All Stars' series in 2014. Shaw played the character of Eve Jenson in the soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Early life At the age of two, Shaw started ballet and tap classes at the Janet Lomas School of Dancing in Bury. While training at the school, she took exams in ballet, tap and modern. She also performed in annual shows and competed successfully in dance festivals and competitions across the North West. At five years of age, Shaw performed in her first amateur dramatics show, '' Annie''. Shaw developed a love fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myleene Klass
Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is a British musician, singer, presenter, model and businesswoman. She was a member of the pop group Hear'Say, and later released two solo classical crossover albums in 2003 and 2007. More recently, Klass has been a television and radio presenter. She has hosted television series including '' Popstar to Operastar'' (2010–2011) and '' BBQ Champ'' (2015) on ITV and ''The One Show'' (2007) on BBC One. She was briefly a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show ''Loose Women'' in 2014. Early life and career Klass was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. She attended Notre Dame High School, Norwich, but transferred to the closer Cliff Park Ormiston Academy in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth, to complete her secondary education. While at school, she spent her Saturdays studying singing at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She spent two years studyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kym Marsh
Kimberley Gail Ratcliff (''née'' Marsh, previously Ryder and Lomas; born 13 June 1976) is an English actress, television presenter and singer. In 2001, she won a place in the band Hear'Say as a result of appearing on the reality television series '' Popstars''. Hear'Say enjoyed brief success, achieving two UK number one singles and a UK number one album, but Marsh left the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career. She released an album titled '' Standing Tall'' in 2003, which peaked at number nine in the UK and spawned two UK top ten singles. From 2006 to 2019, she portrayed Michelle Connor on the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She won the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer at the 2007 British Soap Awards, as well as winning the Newcomer category at the 2007 National Television Awards and being nominated for Best Female Dramatic Performance at the 2017 British Soap Awards. In 2010, she finished in fourth place on '' Popstar to Operastar'', a reality show featuring wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popstars (British TV Series)
''Popstars'' was a short-lived reality music talent show that was broadcast on ITV in early 2001. It was the first UK series of the international ''Popstars'' franchise, and was billed as a documentary on the formation of a modern pop group. The programme began with audition rounds of aspiring singers performing covers of classic songs before a panel of judges. The best performers were selected to come to London for further rounds of auditions. Over the weeks, the judges eliminated various singers from the auditions until just a few singers were left in contention. In the final weeks, five contestants were chosen by the judges to form the new pop group Hear'Say. The programme then showed the group recording and promoting their first single, documenting their first ventures into the music industry. The first series of ''Popstars'' proved popular with audiences, and a second series (named '' Popstars: The Rivals'') followed in late 2002, but used a vastly different format, heavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty X
Liberty X (originally called Liberty) are a British-Irish group originally consisting of Michelle Heaton, Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Jessica Taylor and Kelli Young. The group was formed by the five finalists of the 2001 ITV talent show '' Popstars'' who failed to make it into the winning group Hear'Say. In 2013 Liberty X's full members returned for the ITV2 documentary series '' The Big Reunion'' and toured until 2014. Since 2017, Heaton, Taylor and Young have performed as a girls trio. The group released their debut album, '' Thinking It Over'', on 27 May 2002 which featured their biggest single " Just a Little", which gave them international success. They released their second studio album ''Being Somebody'' a year later on 3 November 2003, although not matching the success of their debut. Following disappointing sales, the group were dropped and later signed with Virgin, released a final studio album '' X'' on 10 October 2005 and disbanded in 2007. Liberty X went on to achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Shentall
Johnny Shentall (born John George Shentall; 3 September 1978) is a British pop singer. He was first a member of the pop group Boom! (group), Boom! before joining another pop group, Hear'Say in 2002. He is married to Steps (pop group), Steps band member Lisa Scott-Lee. Career Shentall first became a member of short-lived pop group Boom! (group), Boom! in 2000. They scored one hit single with "Falling (Boom! song), Falling" in January 2001. In early 2002, Shentall then joined another pop group, Hear'Say, after winning the auditions as a replacement for Kym Marsh who had left the group. Hear'Say broke up later that year. Musicals Shentall has worked extensively in musical theatre, including performing in 2006 as Chuck Cranston in ''Footloose (musical), Footloose'' at the Novello Theatre in London's West End, as well as Hip Hopper and understudy Greaseball in ''Starlight Express''. Television He was one of the celebrities that took part in ITV2's ''CelebAir''. His wife, Lisa Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Sullivan
Noel Sullivan (born 28 July 1980 as Noel John Hayes) is a Welsh singer and actor. He was a member of the British pop group Hear'Say. Like the other members of the group, he won his part through the talent show '' Popstars''. Early life Sullivan grew up in Cardiff in a musical family with a strong choral background. He trained as a chorister, understudied for Welsh National Opera and performed in choirs. Aged 18, Sullivan toured the United States with The Black Mountain Male Chorus of Wales as a musical theatre soloist. Career 2001-2002: Hear'say Sullivan first rose to fame in 2001, when he appeared as an aspiring pop singer in the first series of the reality television documentary '' Popstars'', which aired on the UK television channel ITV1. He impressed the show's expert judges (who included Nigel Lythgoe and Nicki Chapman) enough to win selection as a founder member of the pop group Hear'say, alongside Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh and Suzanne Shaw. After the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popstars
''Popstars'' is an international reality television franchise aimed to find new singing talent. Serving as a precursor to the ''Idol'' franchise, '' Popstars'' first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the girl group TrueBliss. Despite all shows in the ''Popstars'' franchise having been off air in recent years, it remains one of the most successful TV show formats of all time with the format being sold to more than 50 countries, and producing groups such as Girls Aloud that had success on the UK charts for the next ten years after winning. The show was the inspiration for Simon Fuller's ''Idols'' franchise. History The series originated in New Zealand, broadcast on TV2 in 1999, where producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss. Dowling then licensed the concept to production company Screentime in Australia, who then on sold it to TresorTV in Germany before taking it worldwide. Despite all versions now being cancel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Foster (musician)
Danny Foster (born 3 May 1979) is an English pop/soul singer and television personality, who appeared in the inaugural series of the British television talent-show '' Popstars'', going on to become a founder member of the pop group Hear'say. Early life and career Born to a black Barbadian father and white mother, Foster attended the Central Foundation Boys' School. Before his appearance in the '' Popstars'' television series, he had worked as a cleaner and trained as a youth worker. Foster first came to public attention in 2001, after his appearance as an aspiring pop singer in the first series of the television talent series ''Popstars'', which aired on ITV1. Impressing the judges of the series (which included Nigel Lythgoe and Nicki Chapman), Foster was selected as a founder member of the pop group Hear'say, alongside Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw and Noel Sullivan. After the formation of the group, Hear'say went on to enjoy international success, selling nearly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom! (group)
Boom! were an English pop group which consisted of members Johnny Shentall, Rachael Carr, Shakti Edwards, Vicky Palmer, Nick Donaghy and Shaun Angel. Biography Their garage- pop debut single " Falling" was released in late 2000 and reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2001. ''Can't Stop the Pop'' described the song as "an incredibly clean-sounding track; it's slick and light on its feet, which is perfectly in-line with the sort of material being peddled by Artful Dodger, but perhaps a little throwaway by pop – and debut single – standards." They then went on to say: "Perhaps more than was evident at the time, since their brand of garage- pop was not a million miles from that of Liberty X, who would launch later that year. Perhaps, however, in early-2001, there just wasn't enough to convince London Records that garage wasn't a passing fad. Nonetheless, 'Falling' is a quality track and – even if we didn't know it at the time – an incredibly accurate indicati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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