2014 Big Reunion Line-up

[Black Dagger]

I know that somebody made a thread with rumours, but I thought I'd make an official, you can merge if you want though :love:

I got excited for All Saints, there is none :sad:

Girl Thing
3T
A1
Damage
Eternal
Supergroup (PMSL) (featuring Adam Rickett, Kenzie, Kavana, Dane Bowers and Gareth Gates)

What a ****e line-up. I don't know half of them. A1 save it.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Ew nobody cares about these late 90s/early 00s groups, only Blue and S club 8 were important

[Me. I Am Salman]

Lmao @ supergroup, I forgot Kenzie (and blazin squad) existed

[Gstar]

I remember when Damage shot one of their videos on my cousins street in Hackney

[Black Dagger]

I waited up for this because the ****ing rumours and hype directed to All Saints and a potential S-Club reunion. Go piss off you bloody waste of spaces.

WHO THE HELL ARE THESE ACTS!!!

[Smithy]

idk who da fuq they are

[Gstar]

Damage and Eternal are the only ones that matter

[Black Dagger]

Erm.

A1 >>>>>>

A1 are a top boyband.

[Black Dagger]

qz57Ucb02yo

Possibly the greatest boyband song of all. Definitely top 10.

[Me. I Am Salman]

idk who da fuq they are

same except for A1 and that's only because of the one who went into CBB

[Me. I Am Salman]

All Rise is the best boyband song of all time

[Gstar]

A1 literally had one song (Take On Me)

[Black Dagger]

All Rise is the best boyband song of all time

I prefer One Love by Blue :'(

[Me. I Am Salman]

I loved one love too :love:

[Jordan.]

umm I didn't know this was gonna become a regular thing with a changing cast http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/public/style_emoticons/default/***********

[Me. I Am Salman]

Can we also just discuss how that All Saints comeback song chick a fila or w/e was really good and doesn't deserve the hate

[Black Dagger]

umm I didn't know this was gonna become a regular thing with a changing cast http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/public/style_emoticons/default/***********

After the line-up confirmation here, I doubt we'll get one in 2015 :laugh:

[Gstar]

Fly By and Guilty >

[Me. I Am Salman]

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[LaLaLand]

Weak lineup to help Eternal slay them all, excellent. Easther Bennett has RETURNED! This is a good day in music.

The supergroup is a bad idea though, would have just preferred Another Level on their own.

Don't really see how Girl Thing warrant a place either with only 1 "hit". See what being married to Kian gets you? ;)

[LaLaLand]

Damage and Eternal are the only ones that matter

Agreed.

[Samm]

Eternal >>>>>>>> the rest

[Firewire]

qz57Ucb02yo

Possibly the greatest boyband song of all. Definitely top 10.

omg i love this song i didn't know it was A1

[Pete.]

What a mess :bored:

[Shaun]

only heard of A1 and Eternal... (plus the members of the supergroup lol)

[LaLaLand]

Did not know Girl Thing originally had "Pure and Simple" before Hear'Say. They'll be singing that then because last year all acts did 3+ songs at the concerts, GT only had 2 singles...

[Amy Jade]

Wow that's a pretty poor line up.

[Z]

A1, Eternal and Damage are pretty good acts to secure; wtf at Tito Jackson's sons getting on the show, do they even have any hits? Girl Thing I had no idea who they were but I looked them up and I do remember Last One Standing... still, they had one hit. They could have got the bloody 411 on, at least they had two hit songs. The supergroup is a cringe worthy idea, to be honest if they couldn't get six decent pop groups to sign up they should have just gone for solo artists from the same era. They'd have had plenty to choose from, called it The Big Comeback and we could have had a decent line up of any of the following who had at least a handful of hits that people would know: Samantha Mumba, Darius, Gareth Gates, Sonique, Craig David, Billie Piper, Daniel Bedingfield, Natasha Bedingfield, Lolly....... I'm sure there are plenty of others who would be just as good as, or better, than any of those.

I find it hard to believe that they could get Kenzie to do it but not some of the other members of Blazin' Squad. I find it hard to believe they could get Dane Bowers but none of the rest of Another Level. Adam Rickett had one hit song. Kavana, I don't even know any of his songs personally, was he even in the same era as the other guys? Gareth Gates is a bigger star than the other four and that's saying something.

[LaLaLand]

To be fair 3T had 3 top 3 singles (#2, #2 and #3) and one was a duet with MJ and their debut album got to #11 so not too shabby. I recognised/remembered their songs right away on first listen.

Kind of gutted Another Level aren't on it, just Dane... & Big Brovaz were supposedly confirmed months and months ago but no.

Last year nobody remembered Honeyz but they turned out to be the best live acts at the shows (Celena can sing!!!).

SO excited for Eternal though!! Thought this day would never come, they had endless hits worldwide but man they hated each other at the end, despised even.

[Z]

I loved the Honeyz (as Shaun will confirm) - Never Let You Down and End Of The Line were songs I loved for years and then they were on the Big Reunion and nobody remembered them! Shambles.

I'll still watch the tell all episodes, the first series was really great and even though they flogged that horse to death, it was still amazing to see all these people reunite and talk about the pitfalls of fame and see what happens to popstars after the industry's gotten bored of them.

I was hoping for Big Brovaz - I wonder what happened? Eternal and A1 are definitely going to be the highlights for me - the made up band might be exciting too but it's gonna be a bit dull knowing that they'll end up hogging the lime light because they'll be trying to somehow form a group despite the fact the hits they have are for groups or for solo singers etc... it just won't be the same. There was something a bit fascinating and addictive about watching groups trying to remember their lyrics and old choreography.

[LaLaLand]

I loved the Honeyz (as Shaun will confirm) - Never Let You Down and End Of The Line were songs I loved for years and then they were on the Big Reunion and nobody remembered them! Shambles.

I'll still watch the tell all episodes, the first series was really great and even though they flogged that horse to death, it was still amazing to see all these people reunite and talk about the pitfalls of fame and see what happens to popstars after the industry's gotten bored of them.

I was hoping for Big Brovaz - I wonder what happened? Eternal and A1 are definitely going to be the highlights for me - the made up band might be exciting too but it's gonna be a bit dull knowing that they'll end up hogging the lime light because they'll be trying to somehow form a group despite the fact the hits they have are for groups or for solo singers etc... it just won't be the same. There was something a bit fascinating and addictive about watching groups trying to remember their lyrics and old choreography.

I was so annoyed last year that people were like "what the hell are Honeyz?" because I was a big fan too!

I'm happy with the lineup I suppose but I mean, you'd think with the exposure and success last year had that there would be more 'high profile' ones signed up, know what I mean?

Remember also, there might be a "late arrival" like Blue last year so that could be anyone!

[Z]

I was so annoyed last year that people were like "what the hell are Honeyz?" because I was a big fan too!

I'm happy with the lineup I suppose but I mean, you'd think with the exposure and success last year had that there would be more 'high profile' ones signed up, know what I mean?

Remember also, there might be a "late arrival" like Blue last year so that could be anyone!

I think the thing is, there are some pop groups from that era who are too big for it (S Club 7, Spice Girls, Boyzone, Steps, Take That, All Saints) who have either reunited without the show or aren't interested in reuniting at all. Take That set the precedent for a successful reunion; Steps managed to do it too but to nowhere near the same extent; Spice Girls did a one off reunion for the Olympic Games opening ceremony and they'd already done a high profile reunion tour a few years before that... the original Sugababes have relaunched as a new act rather than a reuniting one, so there's that... then you have the first series of the Big Reunion. It was an unexpected success that went on and on and on... so now all these other groups from that era are left with the option to appear on the show if they think they couldn't do it on their own because interest wouldn't be enough; or they think they're better than that and do it on their own.

So, the groups have to be big enough that they had a few top 10s, maybe a number one, but not big enough that they could reunite and sell out a tour on their own... Atomic Kitten, Blue and 5ive were probably the peak of that sort of level of success. Ideally these acts would be at the B*Witched level - short lived but very popular. Honeyz should be the bare minimum level.

Eternal, A1 and Damage all fit the criteria. Big Brovaz would have been at the Honeyz level, maybe slightly above it. Blazin' Squad would have been okay. Another Level would have been okay. Hear'Say would have been okay. All Saints would have been the main draw but I think they thought they were above it. They're probably just a little bit too big for the show. S Club 7 were out of the question. Spice Girls were obviously out of the question. Boyzone could have been interesting... obviously no Stephen Gately for obvious reasons but it would have been nice to see them back together for a tour because I don't think it'll ever be the same for them again, with Stephen's unexpected passing away...

[Amy Jade]

They should try and get Alesha Dixon back with Miss-Teeq

[Z]

Oh Mis-teeq would have been great... I think that's another main problem with groups reuniting, so many of them had breakout solo stars who on their own are above doing this kind of thing but they would do it if their solo careers weren't doing so great... Alesha Dixon, Rachel Stevens, Ronan Keating...

[Amy Jade]

Ronan is back with Boyzone though so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for an S Club Reunion asap

[Z]

Due to the throwaway nature of pop back then (to be honest, it's still like that now, it's just that the music isn't as cheesy or camp) it was actually really rare for groups to have any kind of sustainability, like managing to get an album out was a challenge in itself, never mind making it onto a second album or a third. That narrows it down so much - people want to see acts that they remember. People remember acts with at least half a dozen hit songs. Obviously the producers didn't know the show would be such a success. The acts went on to spin it out for as long as possible. They didn't know there would be a series 2, it's a shame they put so many great acts in the one series if we're looking at it from the series 2 lack of stellar names POV...

Hopefully there'll be a decent late addition... not sure there will be though. They should maybe just do a solo artist one after this, I think people would tune in for that if they got some big names signed up. At least they're only really wasting Gareth Gates on this one, and he's not thaaat big a deal really.

[LaLaLand]

Was also kind of hoping for East 17 :(

[Amy Jade]

I think a solo one would be amazing actually, good idea.


omg I wish they could get A*Teens as a late entry

[Z]

East 17 would have been really good actually... I'm trying to find some kind of list of moderately successful pop groups from that 1996-2005 period of music to see who would have been better...

[Z]

The Big Comeback could have been a great idea (still could be) - obviously they aren't reuniting because they're solo artists but it could be the same idea; working towards getting the songs and dance moves ready for a big comeback show. There were plenty of solo artists from that same era who could sell out a tour. Imagine like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Craig David, Daniel Bedingfield, Samantha Mumba, Billie Piper and Darius or something

[Gstar]

'Blue - Fly By' came on today at work :laugh:

[Gstar]

Oh and hopefully the 411 are the late arrivals and will save the show

[Natalie.]

Haven't seen any of big reunion but A1 :worship:

[Natalie.]

Oh and hopefully the 411 are the late arrivals and will save the show

I actually love the 411, love their album

[zakman440]

I can safely say that I have never heard of any of these people.

[LaLaLand]

Safe to say Eternal are definitely going to slay, get them back to pop greatness where they belong. If you're a fan of 90's r&b/soul then download their first album "Always & Forever", instant classic.

Eternal became an international success and achieved fifteen Top 20 hits in the UK, and have sold around 10 million records worldwide.

Always & Forever was a huge success, peaking at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified 4x Platinum by the BPI for sales of over 1.2 million copies. It was 1994's third best-selling album in the UK, spending over 76 weeks in the charts. Always & Forever yielded two Top 5 singles, "Stay" and # "Oh Baby I..." The album broke records for being the first to sell over 1 million copies in the UK by a female group, the only album by a debut act to contain six top 15 hits and the first album by a female group to be nominated for best album at the Brit Awards..

Eternal's Greatest Hits has outsold collections by Destiny's Child, Spice Girls, Bananarama and TLC.

Also "Stay" went Top 20 in the States, wow not bad for a debut song.

[LaLaLand]

To jog people's memories (if needed):

myoXhuYwa4Q

[james130]

'Caught In The Middle' was decent but it's such a rip of 'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia. :idc:
Glad for A1. Eternal's pretty good.
I actually kinda liked Girl Things singles.

Others can suck it.

[LaLaLand]

I liked Girl Things songs but hey ho. Tbh for me I don't care how successful they were/are it's the backstories that do it for me.

I was a major Damage and Eternal fan though (90's r&b - can't beat it) so I'm happy.

Rumour has it that All Saints might be doing a "Blue" this series and joining later on.

The "supergroup" idea is starting to grow on me, each of the members have had big downfalls and I GUARANTEE they play off the whole both Gareth and Dane have shagged Jordan thing.

So we have:

Girl Thing - being created by Cowell, primised huge things, massive launch and promotion, flopping then being dropped and then Hear'Say taking their single and breaking records with it.

Eternal - The sister's reputation, the Louise thing, Kelle vs. the sisters, Kelle's lupus.

Damage - DRUGS, guns and Jade's marriage to Emma Bunton.

3T- being Jacksons, living in the shadow of MJ, current Jackson family disputes (one of them is now the full-time carer/guardian for MJ's kids).

A1 - the fan's deaths at their gig, Paul's exit.

5th Story:

Adam Rickitt - bulimia, shoplifting, Corrie.

Gareth Gates - losing his "angelic" image, JORDAN.

Dane - Another Level, JORDAN, failing to shake off the "Let me lick you up and down..." thing and be taken as a serious singer/producer.

Kenzie & Kavana - why?

[Braden]

I'm glad that All Saints aren't doing it, they're much better off without it imo.

The Big Reunion is good for cheesy pop groups, which is why it was so successful the first time as most of them had done well in that genre. Some people might disagree but I feel that All Saints shouldn't be categorised as 'cheesy pop'. I took them and their music seriously and I think they are above the show if I'm completely honest.

I can't see the second series doing well either. I wouldn't go see any of those acts even if I didn't have to pay. :laugh:

[Gstar]

ugh @ 3T's story, I hope this Michael Jackson thing doesn't dominate the show.

********.gif @ Gareth Gates's story

[LaLaLand]

I think Eternal will dominate the show, they'll be the 5ive of the series (most popular last time). Really hope they somehow carve a career out of this they deserve it, so talented.

I think Girl Thing's story is quite good though despite them being "unknown" to some and could feature heavily whilst Damage might be the least featured idk, hard to say.

I'm feeling better about the lineup now than I was when I saw it first anyway.

[Samm]

Still sad that S club 7 are not in this :(

[Z]

I'm looking forward to seeing the reveal all episodes :amazed:

[LaLaLand]

Same, getting excited now. Already got an iTunes playlist sorted in preparation! :P

[Z]

Same, getting excited now. Already got an iTunes playlist sorted in preparation! :P

I'm hoping we get Eternal classics like Just A Step From Heaven and Stay :D

[james130]

Still sad that S club 7 are not in this :(

S Club are too big for this.
I never expected them at all.
I think they'll be back together next year but will do something on their own,

[LaLaLand]

They'll prob do their 3/4 biggest/popular hits (that's what last year's did each).

Eternal will do Stay, I Wanna Be The Only One... (no doubt) and probably a ballad like Angel of Mine but I'd love Someday from The Huntchback of Notre Dame soundtrack, cracking.

Hoping they carry on afterwards too and do a mini-tour of smaller venues I'd be front row like a shot!!

[LaLaLand]

UPDATE: the bands had their first rehearsals today and all met for the first time, tomorrow will be the same too.

Pics from Twitter (quite large so put in spoilers)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd3pR77IMAAJvwK.jpg:large
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd22J5PIAAAB6yG.jpg:large

Eternal look exactly the same if not better than they did 13+ years ago.

[Z]

Eternal are looking incredible :o

A1 :amazed:

No pictures of 3T or Damage? Thanks for sharing Jonnii!

[LaLaLand]

There's a pic Dane put on of the studio and 3T can be seen but it's tiny, will post them in there too.

Couple of Damage members added.

[Z]

Maaaan I'm so excited!

[LaLaLand]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd248NxCYAAaD9p.jpg

3T are on the right by the mirror.

[Z]

Girl Thing are all looking really good... I've come around to the idea of hearing about what it's like to have been poised for success and then it all failing

[LaLaLand]

Rumour mill is going rife that All Saints are going to do a Blue (late arrival last year). Last year they came during the rehearsal days so it could have happened today or will be sometime this week and kept secret (or not) I guess.

Last week Shaz and Natalie joined Twitter, the exec producer (I think, the guy in charge of the acts anyway) of TBR started following all five of the Saints and tweeted Nicole Appleton asking her to follow him so he can DM her. I really hope so!!

michael kelpie ‏@thekelpie 11 Jan
@Nicole_Appleton Nic will you follow me so I can DM

[LaLaLand]

CONFIRMED : Thursday February 6th on ITV2 start.

Eternal Fansite ‏@eternalfansite 30m
Big Reunion Starts Thursday 6th February on ITV2. Confirmed by @kevinlane600.

#Excited #EternalReunion #BigReunion

[HD]

CONFIRMED : Thursday February 6th on ITV2 start.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manz3kI1081r4571ho2_250.gif

[LaLaLand]

Oh my Gosh my "when I was 8 years old" crushes are flooding back to me! WOW!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd44BSbIQAAwv_-.jpg:large

[LaLaLand]

Teaser trailer released, starts 3 weeks today:

0RR-eVMtKOM

[Black Dagger]

If All Saints turn up mid series I will die, I must get tickets. A1 and All Saints :love:

[LaLaLand]

Same here! Although more rumours about Boyzone joining are starting to come about.

Easther from Eternal used to be married to Shane Lynch and they divorced because he was "possessed by evil spirits" and she's a devout Christian, didn't end well.

I'd obviously prefer All Saints though.

[Braden]

That trailer genuinely looks like a piss-take.

'I remember being curled up in a ball...[sob]'. That must have been so traumatising for her.

[Z]

I can't wait for this!

[LaLaLand]

Although the bands aren't as "mainstream" (apart from Eternal, A1 and to an extent Damage) as series 1 this has so much potential.

[HD]

It was never gonna top S1, I'm only here for A1 + Eternal.

I'd be VERY surprised if they got an arena tour out of this lot :laugh:

[Samm]

Eternal >

[Z]

MsTeL8-ornA

[LaLaLand]

83bEXkmu-hk

EBoX-wYhs-U

<3

[HD]

MsTeL8-ornA

:worship:

[LaLaLand]

MsTeL8-ornA

Such a damn TUNE! One of the defining songs of the 90's for me!

[Z]

Eternal look younger now than they did in that music video

[LaLaLand]

So true Zee! Can't get over Vernie's transformation either. Always overlooked her in the band but she is stunning, always thought her hair never suited her in the group or that she "looked older", don't know why!

[LaLaLand]

JAMES INGHAM ‏@JAMESINREHAB 3h

Rumours are rife All Saints will join ITV2's Big Reunion as late comers like Blue did last year. Being denied by ITV2 but watch this space..

^^ He does the showbiz column "Rehab" for the Daily Star.

*Prays*, I should think tomorrow will be the day we'd know being the start of the second week (and final official week) of group rehearsals for the Hammersmith gig.

Plus Saints would have already been rehearsing as they're supporting Backstreet Boys aren't they. I think it's a strong possibility.

[Black Dagger]

omfg omfg omfg omfg -gets ticket prices ready-

[james130]

Yeah, seriously doubt they'll get an Arena tour for these guys.
Definitely not a Second-leg for Xmas.

[LaLaLand]

Press release for Episode 1 released, 2 WEEKS TODAY!

Episode 1 - Damage & Girl Thing
Episode 2 - Eternal & A1
Episode 3 - 3T & 5th Story

http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week6/big-reunion-2014#.UuFUMxDFLIU

Also, confirmed songs to be performed at show(s) so far:

Girl Thing - Last One Standing, Girls on Top, Pure & Simple (yes, that one).
Damage - Love II Love, Wonderful Tonight, Ghetto Romance.
----
Eternal - I Wanna Be The Only One, Power of a Woman, Someday.
A1 - Take On Me, ?, ?
----
3T - ?, ?, ?
5th Story - Breathe Again (Rickitt), ?, ?, ?, ? (doing 5 songs - one song made famous by each member).

I assume with 5th Story though we'll see "Crossroads" (Kenzie), "Freak Me" (Bowers), "I Can Make You Feel Good" (Kavana), "Anyone Of Us" (Gates).

[LaLaLand]

Eternal are on Lorraine/Daybreak Monday morning! First interview since like 1998. Excited!

[Z]

Colour me excited

[HD]

Breathe Again (Rickitt)

I absolutely love that song.......................
Don't judge me :joker:

[LaLaLand]

I aint judging HD, one of the greats :P

[Z]

Breathe Again is one of the best one hit wonder songs of all time

[HD]

:worship:

[LaLaLand]

Just in - Eternal's ballad for the show is "Someday", the track they did for The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Excellent choice imo, awesome song.

So that's I Wanna Be The Only One, Power of a Woman & Someday.

U-04uPm9i4k

[Z]

:worship: Brilliant song!

[LaLaLand]

It really is, one of my favourite Disney songs ever. Imagine it closing the show? Just epic, that big note at the very end. Wow!

[Z]

Eternal really were MASSIVE weren't they? I mean they were on a Disney soundtrack!

[LaLaLand]

They were THE original record-breaking girl group, huge. It's annoying me though how quite a lot of people tweeting are saying "How can you have Eternal without Louise? They were rubbish after she left" ummmmmmmm no. They had their number 1 after Louise went and their "defining" songs also.

As much as I love their first album I prefer trio Eternal anyway.

I really can't wait for the show now! They all performed in front of each other today for the first time.

[Z]

Louise was better off without them and they were better off without her. A reunion with her would purely be for the nostalgia and it seems a bit pointless seeing as they went on to be highly successful without her and she was only ever in the background with them and had a successful solo career, it worked out best for everyone that she wasn't in the group.

[LaLaLand]

Exactly Zee! I just think it's a shame that people think of Eternal as "that band Louise left", they really are/were brilliant.

[Shaun]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfC7RI-CQAAl6Fd.jpg

who the hell is the one that looks like Stephen Baldwin

[Shaun]

i hope their bandname is the Foreheads

[HD]

:laugh2:

[LaLaLand]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfC7RI-CQAAl6Fd.jpg

who the hell is the one that looks like Stephen Baldwin

That would be Kavana, the 90's sensation...... :/ ha.

[Headie]

That would be Kavana, the 90's sensation...... :/ ha.

Is he the one that went on the Voice and no one turned around for him? :joker:

[Headie]

I thought Big Brovaz were getting re-united? And Blue?

[Z]

Blue were already on the last series

[LaLaLand]

Is he the one that went on the Voice and no one turned around for him? :joker:

That's him.

Had some hits years ago, Smash Hits regular, "I Can Make You Feel Good" and "MFEO" being highest charting. Also came runner up in "Grease is the Word" on ITV where they were trying to find the new Danny and Sandy for the West End.

Big Brovaz could only get one girl (Nadia) to sign up so they didn't bother, feeling that with two vital members down it just wouldn't be right.

Also, Another Level were all for signing up (sans Wayne) but Alan Sugar wouldn't give Mark (his son-in-law) time off for a TV show. Hence why Dane joined 5th Story.

[LaLaLand]

Episode 1 video preview (http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/big-reunion-2014-ep1-video#.UuvH4fl_se1)

Looks good, can't wait!

[Z]

That's him.

Had some hits years ago, Smash Hits regular, "I Can Make You Feel Good" and "MFEO" being highest charting. Also came runner up in "Grease is the Word" on ITV where they were trying to find the new Danny and Sandy for the West End.

Big Brovaz could only get one girl (Nadia) to sign up so they didn't bother, feeling that with two vital members down it just wouldn't be right.

Also, Another Level were all for signing up (sans Wayne) but Alan Sugar wouldn't give Mark (his son-in-law) time off for a TV show. Hence why Dane joined 5th Story.

Bizarre that Nadia would agree to doing Big Brovaz but Cherise wouldn't; have Booty Luv split up or something?!

[Jake.]

i hope their bandname is the Foreheads

me and Zee will stan

[HD]

Who the **** is narrating that clip?

[Z]

me and Zee will stan

We're the understudies in case any of them collapse under the weight of their foreheads and can't take part

[Jake.]

We're the understudies in case any of them collapse under the weight of their foreheads and can't take part

:laugh2:

[LaLaLand]

Bizarre that Nadia would agree to doing Big Brovaz but Cherise wouldn't; have Booty Luv split up or something?!

No idea, but even when Big Brovaz performed on BOTS it was JUST Nadia and the blokes. Odd.

[LaLaLand]

3 days to go! :D

[Tomise]

The line-up is absolutely pathetic

[Black Dagger]

Meh. They could be entertaining television. I'm ready

A1 <3.

[Kate!]

Looking forward to this, I know it's not the best line up, but still :amazed:

[LaLaLand]

Seems like the least-known band, Girl Thing, has the best back story from what ITV people are saying.

Can't wait! Looking forward to Damage too, really good band.

[Black Dagger]

Ooh it's like CBB again, the least known about to be the stars of the show :love:

[LaLaLand]

It's not looking promising...

Last year's first episode got over a million viewers, this time got 572, 000.

And last year the tickets for the Hammersmith gig went on sale after the episode and sold out in 5 minutes...

This year's went on sale straight after... tickets still available...

WHY did they debut with Girl Thing?!?

Nevertheless, I enjoyed the ep. I think next week will have much better viewing figures with A1 and Eternal.

[Z]

Gonna catch up with it tomorrow, been so busy today and yesterday!

[HD]

They should have opened with A1 and Girl Thing or Eternal and Damage.

Flop.

[LaLaLand]

They should have opened with A1 and Girl Thing or Eternal and Damage.

Flop.

Exactly! What were they thinking?! They've only got themselves to blame if this goes tits up, don't care if people are like "who?", most people didn't know Honeyz last year but they ended up being probably the most interesting story-wise but at least START with people who most know, even if their story is pure lies for the most part (A1). Mind you Damage were well known back then but they didn't quite stay in people's memories.

Full episode for those who want to see (Zee):

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[Harry!]

I got tickets to the Hammersmith concert, can't wait!

[HD]

It's still on sale isn't it? :laugh:

[LaLaLand]

Looks like there's still tickets on sale yeah, bit of a come-down from the 5 minute sellout of last year... :(

ETERNAL though. They slay all of Series 1's acts.

[HD]

Looks like there's still tickets on sale yeah, bit of a come-down from the 5 minute sellout of last year... :(

ETERNAL though. They slay all of Series 1's acts.

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I can't

[LaLaLand]

Best girl band to come out of the UK ever, just full of big-headed, cold ass bitches.

[HD]

I can only remember one of their songs :laugh:

[LaLaLand]

Seriously HD download their Greatest Hits, think it was one time the best selling GH for a looong time, surpassed the Spice Girls too I believe.

It's climbing back up the charts again since last night, was at #88 around midnight on iTunes. Not bad considering it was released in 1997!

EDIT: yes, Eternal's GH sold 900, 000 whereas Spice's sold 300, 000, UK that is. Impressive!

Also, their GH is #1 on iTunes Hip-Hop chart!!!!!

http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10hiphopalbums.html

[HD]

That is impressive, I'll give it a whirl tomorrow :D

[Z]

First episode was interesting, can't wait for Eternal's story and A1's story!

[LaLaLand]

Episode 2 preview (http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/big-reunion-2014-ep2-video-clip#.UvpI2Pl_se2)

Looks brilliant, these two are obviously the "big acts" this year so should be a great show.

BTW All Saints (late comers, this year's Blue) should be announced next week, week before Hammersmith gig, according to journo's.

[LaLaLand]

ALSO, 5th Story member Kavana came out as gay today.

Link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2556761/Former-pop-heartthrob-Kavana-comes-gay-age-36.html)

[HD]

ALSO, 5th Story member Kavana came out as gay today.

Link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2556761/Former-pop-heartthrob-Kavana-comes-gay-age-36.html)

:sleep:
He didn't need to really, fairly obvious :laugh:

[Z]

Ben Adams is still a 10/10

[LaLaLand]

:sleep:
He didn't need to really, fairly obvious :laugh:

Do you think so? I was quite shocked, always thought he came across as a bit of a ladies man LOL

[HD]

Do you think so? I was quite shocked, always thought he came across as a bit of a ladies man LOL

:joker:

btw I gave Eternal's GH a whirl, well worth it :D

& @ Zee, yes! He is better now.

[LaLaLand]

Glad to hear it HD! Their episode will be great, they ALL hated each other's guts :P

If you like 90's R&B/"jack the lad swing" then their debut album "Always & Forever" is a must!

Bring on Thursday.

[Z]

The Eternal/A1 episode is clearly going to be the highlight of the series, the two best acts IMO. 3T are gonna be boring. 5th Story will be good but it won't feel the same because it's not about reuniting... it's five solo artists...

[LaLaLand]

I've actually been really surprised at the amount of 3T love there is on Twitter for this series yano, every other tweet is 3T on #bigreunion usually.

I'm praying for All Saints to show up though now, literally ha.

[LaLaLand]

Eternal and A1 TONIGHT! 9pm itv2 :)

Should be brilliant.

[Black Dagger]

Really looking forward to tonight's episode <3.

Oh and yes Zee, Ben is wonderful :laugh:

I took him for granted in CBB because I was loving Coolio piss off Tina too much </3

[Z]

Gonna have to catch up with this on Saturday, gotta go to bed early tonight and busy all day tomorrow!

[LaLaLand]

Well that was much better than episode 1. Should have started the series with it.

God knows why A1 are completely not mentioning their recent albums? Same with Damage not saying that they've been on the Butlins circuit for a few years....

[LaLaLand]

Mad, Eternal's GH has shot up iTunes chart to #34 after tonight's episode, wow.

[LaLaLand]

Ffs, viewers down 100K on week 1. ITV2 have ruined it putting bloody Girl Thing on the premiere!

#goodbyetour

Hammersmith still hasn't sold out, it's a week tonight...

BUT Eternal's GH is now #27 so you win some you lose some...

[Z]

I think it was inevitable that this series would fail to live up to the success of the last one. If you'd put the Honeyz in this series, they would have been one of the bigger acts. Eternal, A1 or Damage could have easily slotted into the first series (especially A1) and it wouldn't have seemed out of place. They kind of wasted all the big names from the 90s-00s on the first series, though obviously they didn't know it would be such a success.

[Z]

Finally saw the A1 and Eternal episode. Wow :o I think of all the stories we've heard over the two series, these two are the most explosive and yet it was weirdly underwhelming at the same time? I reckon it'll be interesting to see Eternal back in the same room. Easther, Vernie and Kelle all seem as bad as each other. Then on the other hand you have A1 who seem united in their hate for Paul, particularly Ben, such a clear cut case of conflicting egos and yet they don't seem to really acknowledge that Paul had his nose put out of joint by Ben's selfish limelight hogging... very interesting episode overall but didn't seem as good as I thought it would be...

[LaLaLand]

Tonight's ep is ALL 5th Story... interesting to see if this concept has legs, won't hold my breath.

Hammersmith Gig tomorrow night.

[Z]

Apparently they're now giving out tickets to it for free to try and fill the place up :umm2:

[LaLaLand]

Yeah it sold out of all the tickets so they released another batch and NOBODY bought them.

IF there's a tour I wouldn't be surprised to see Series 1 acts brought back, I think people would pay to see a combo.

Tonight's ep pleasantly surprised me, felt really bad for Adam and Kavana, especially Kavana.

[LaLaLand]

Gig tonight, matter of hours. Stage is great, pics from various Twitter accounts:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg_7XszIEAAQFme.jpg:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhA8WadIEAANv0L.jpg:large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhAVhwAIIAAZxNs.jpg:large

[HD]

Stage is miles better than 2013

[LaLaLand]

Twitter's been full of pics, vines and clips of show. Packed house, all top-notch vocals...

5th Story were surprisingly brilliant! AND Bebe Winans joined Eternal for IWBTOO, epic.

Praying for a tour!

[LaLaLand]

Some clips from last night courtesy of YouTube, each band did 3/4 songs each (Eternal friggin' SLAYED)

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[Z]

Looking forward to seeing the full concert!

[Harry!]

I went to the Hammersmith concert and it was a great show, some surprises and shocks.

[Z]

Surprises and shocks eh... intriguing

[LaLaLand]

Uk tour has been announced - dates/venues info at end of tomorrow night's show!!

SO pleased, don't care if it's not arenas, o2 Empires will suffice! ;)

[LaLaLand]

UGH according to The Sun, the tour is just boybands.

911, 5ive, 5th Story, 3T, Blue, Damage and A1.

Not happy #WeWantEternal