It's almost 12 years since Passions, Nadine's allowed to have changed her mind about reality TV participation. :cool:

 

Great post, shadow2009! I'm really proud of Nadine and it's a relief that the public have had a change of heart to her. I've always found her to be a lovely and funny person (and so talented) and I always found it a shame that people seemed to have a bad perception of her. I hope this leads to some good opportunities for her!

Not sure if it will boost her career but it wint have done any harm as she came across very charming and popular aswell in the camp.

What was Passions? And why didn't she do it?

She did amazing, great to see her come 5th when she was towards the bottom of the odds to begin with. Would have loved her to get top 3 but she just didn't quite get enough air time, partly her own fault for not going for the tasks but oh well. She is so likeable and funny though and great to prove people wrong after so many years of Chimola calling her and making her out to be horrible. Hoping that this will spur on talks of a Girls Aloud reunion and hopefully they can put their differences behind them but we shall see.

I love them to do a steps and sort out the differences and reform, there is room in the market for them.

What was Passions? And why didn't she do it?

It was an ITV2 documentary series that aired in March/April 2008. One episode per Girls Aloud member (bar Nadine).

 

Cheryl's passion was to learn to street dance, and she "auditioned" to dance in will.i.am's Heartbreaker video (this always seemed artificial to me, I'm sure her involvement in that song/video was set in stone from the beginning lol). Sarah - to play polo / Kimberley - train & audition for Les Misérables in the West End / Nicola - create her own make-up foundation for fair skinned women.

 

Nadine's episode was supposed to be her learning to conduct an orchestra (so random!), but she wanted to do something else and says she wasn't allowed to, so she pulled out. She explained in an interview in November 2007 why she wasn't going to take part:

 

Even though it's a project co-launched by their label, Nadine has pulled out. 'I wanted to do something with a charity in Bolivia that got kids off the street, but it didn't sit with the programme. Plus I'm not really into doing reality things, or things that aren't to promote Girls Aloud or an album.'

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/...rock.girlsaloud

 

Nadine talks about it here too:

/ Cheryl at 3m19s could be interpreted as a bit of a jibe towards Nadine, hmm.

While the pictures and videos of Nadine reuniting with her daughter are heartwarming and emotional, I am quite uncomfortable with the fact some media outlets haven't bothered to blur her face - especially considering how much of an effort Nadine has put in to keep her away from the public eye. Adele was considerate enough to post a picture of her reuniting with Nadine at the hotel but covered up her daughters face.

 

Also she's already being mobbed by fans at the hotel and being asked silly questions about the rumors Girls Aloud were voting for her to do the trials.

 

Ugh. I bet she misses the jungle peace and quiet already. :lol:

 

She's also jumped up to 303K followers on Instagram after being 148K before launch night.

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Ya get daughters face should be blurred out. I hope something comes of her jungle time and gives her career a boost.

She honestly did so well. All of the social media comments were positive, and that's SUCH a change from the start. She's been able to walk out of the jungle with her head held high and a wave of positivity from the public. So proud of her :heart:

Ya its gone very well for her.

I didn't watch the show (Ant & Dec bring me out in a rash) but I'm so pleased she was received so positively by the GP. My mum and sister have been very complementary of her.

I didn't watch the show (Ant & Dec bring me out in a rash) but I'm so pleased she was received so positively by the GP. My mum and sister have been very complementary of her.

 

This. I'm relieved that she's come out of this way more unscathed than I thought she would be. But then again she's a Derry girl and they're made of strong stuff by their very nature. From the videos I've seen online she was actually more of a team player and a man in there than some others I could mention (*cough*Ian Wright*cough*), so I'm proud of her and hopefully it allows her bigger platforms to do other stuff, even if it's not music related necessarily.

I'm delighted she's been received so warmly by the public. I wasn't aware of a bad perception of her prior to IAC but knew about the issues she had with Chimola. Hopefully her stint has shown those 3 band members that she's likeable and the suggestion of a Steps-esque reunion show/tour/album would be amazing. They ruled the 00's pop landscape so the demand would be there.

There’s a (low quality) video on Instagram of Nadine hair flipping her way into the hotel with the campmates and I am living.

I'm delighted she's been received so warmly by the public. I wasn't aware of a bad perception of her prior to IAC but knew about the issues she had with Chimola. Hopefully her stint has shown those 3 band members that she's likeable and the suggestion of a Steps-esque reunion show/tour/album would be amazing. They ruled the 00's pop landscape so the demand would be there.

 

Her stint will round up speculation to a reform and it would be a great outcome but like so many others before them, they need to iron out the problems before they would move forward and reform.

 

Nadine, if you are seeing this: amazon exclusive summer song and then Christmas song. Get on it!

The question now is, whats next for Nadine?

I'm sure I e final attempt at releasing solo music.

I think she will follow the same route Fleur East did after her sting in the Jungle.

Anyone else feel Kimberley is slightly back tracking on comments she has previously made about Nadine.

I find it a little bit disappointing that Kimberley has changed her views only due to how well Nadine came across on Im a Celebrity.

Nadine and Kimberley were always the 2 members i liked the most in the group but i feel Kimberley isnt what i thought she was.