Just been announced today that all the acts from series 1 of The Big Reunion - 5ive, Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, Liberty X, 911 and Honeyz - are teaming up to release a cover of the Wizzard festive classic to be released as a single on 15th December to compete for this year's Christmas number one.

 

Profits from the sale of the single will be donated to ITV's "Text Santa" appeal and there'll be a special one off episode of the show about the making of the single on ITV2 in December.

 

It's like Childliners for the 2010s :)

Edited October 23, 201311 yr by ThePensmith

on 15th December

 

Perfect date to release tbh :smoke: only good things happen on the 15th.

Woo excited to hear this, would be hilarious/amazing if it got to #1 over xfactor (would never happen but I can dream)

Oh no. I am no fan of people covering the best Christmas song in history but I'll give it the benefit of a doubt when it gets released.

Edited October 23, 201311 yr by *Rob*

I thought, that it is a thread about the reunion of pop group AllSTARS*. :(

Id love this to do well for the acts involved and the cause it is for.

I thought, that it is a thread about the reunion of pop group AllSTARS*. :(

 

That happening wouldn't warrant its own mention let alone thread.

I thought, that it is a thread about the reunion of pop group AllSTARS*. :(

 

That happening wouldn't warrant its own mention let alone thread.

Looking forward to this very much.

That happening wouldn't warrant its own mention let alone thread.

District 3 splitting got it's own thread, so anything's possible. :o

Oh my god! That's my favourite Xmas song, it'll be like a modern day Thank ABBA For The Music *.* I can't wait to hear this, competing with Underneath The Tree for my Xmas #1?

 

I have no idea how well this could do, it screams low top 75 flop but then Steps' Ultimate Collection bizarrely went to #1 in the album chart so I never underestimate the power of nostaglia.

I think with the charity backing behind it this could very well be a surprise hit. Top 20 at the very least. You only have to look at the success of the Military Wives' Choir and the JFT96 record last year to see that charity singles have outdone X Factor winners a lot in recent years.

Oh dear!! :rolleyes:

 

I won't pass judgement until I hear the track but I'm not going to get carries away!!

 

There's going to be a TV show to go with the video so I wouldn't be surprised if this went top 5 but I don't see it challenging for the Xmas number 1 but stranger things have happened

All the acts recording the single yesterday (from Michelle Heaton's Twitter):

 

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BXUg9YjIUAATOXU.jpg

 

 

I love it. Nothing groundbreaking but it's really good fun!

Is there a video for this?

The video is in the above post B-)

Rather sub par but it was charity and for fun so it don't matter really. Predict top 25 in the Christmas charts at most.

Thanks, havent seen it on tv no surprise lol

What the hell... where's the production in the iTunes version!? :mellow: Reminds me of that dodgy version of 'Get Like Me' that was released!

It's alright actually.

 

Can't help thinking that Lee Ryan should have sang that final part though- he has a much better voice then Kevin.