Popstars - 2000/2001

 

Hear'say - Pure and Simple

 

http://www.theofficialcharts.com/uploadedimages/packshot_hearsay_pure.jpg

 

Charted: 24 March 2001

Sales: 1.1million

 

Chart run: 1-1-1-3-5-12-20-24-26-28-35-38-41-44-48-53-50-52-42-36-36-49-64-66-67->25

 

 

 

Not tooo bad a single for the debut - it sold 500k+ in its first week :o The only problem is the video which sees Shrek lighting his farts :(

Pop Idol - 2001/2002

 

Will Young - Anything Is Possible/Evergreen

 

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006309S.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

 

Charted: 9 March 2002

Sales: 1,787,000

 

Chart run: 1-1-1-2-4-8-12-19-20-21-32-42-40-49-54-61->16

 

 

Probably the most successful winner of a modern day reality show to date (with Girls Aloud), Anything Is Possible is a decent enough song considering, but Evergreen, a Westlife cover (how ironic) is terrible. Luckily, Will went down his own path and ignored the blandness imposed on him by Simon Cowell.

 

 

Popstars: The Rivals 2002

 

Girls Aloud - Sound of The Underground

 

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Charted: 28 December 2002

Sales: 560,000

 

Chart run: 1-1-1-1-3-5-9-15-19-19-22-27-38-42-57-56-71-67-56-71-73->21

 

 

Pitted against One True Voice, it was obvious from the start that Girls Aloud were far superior. First week sales of 213,000 were a taster of how successful they would become with an unbroken run of 17 Top 10 singles to date, including 3 Number 1s.

Pop Idol 2 2003/2004

 

Michelle McManus - All This Time

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/All_This_Time.jpg/200px-All_This_Time.jpg

 

Charted: 17 January 2004

Sales: 350,000

 

Chart run: 1-1-1-3-4-8-11-20-31-44-56->11

 

 

 

Poor Michelle - given a pants song and then a pants album. She had a good voice and with the right songs she could have been more successful. Still, her fame earned her a You Are What You Eat special last year ^_^

X Factor 2004

 

Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds

 

http://www.xfactorwatch.co.uk/Images/Amazon/Contestants/SteveBrookstein/AgainstAllOdds/B0006ZRVMO.02.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

 

Charted: 1 January 2005

Sales: 200,000+

 

Chart run: 2-1-2-4-12-27-33-38-44-64->10

 

 

Eurgh - what a terrible winner. Quite righly consigned to the bargain bin very quickly. Manged to worm to the top of the charts in the post christmas slump.

 

 

X Factor 2 2005

 

Shayne Ward - That's My Goal

 

http://www.legalsounds.com/legalsounds/upload/Album/16298-170x170.jpeg

 

Charted: 31 December 2005

Sales: 1.1 million

 

Chart run: 1-1-1-1-5-6-7-10-12-22-33-42-57-44-62-67-36-34-49-62-75->21

 

 

This song is utter c**p as well, but Shayne manages to pull it off. Has managed to shock almost everyone by returning this year with a successful single and album!

X Factor 3 2006

 

Leona Lewis - A Moment Like This

 

http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697050872.JPG

 

 

Charted: 30 December 2006

Sales: 817,337

 

Chart run: 1-1-1-1-6-12-18-33-32-49-66-55R(34)-71-74R(2)->14

 

 

 

Mariah/Whitney-esque Leona was the clear winner of X Factor 3 with first week sales of A Moment Like This totalling 571,000. Has also managed to have the biggest sellling single of 2007 with Bleeding Love and her debut album Spirit has already shfted 1.1 million copies in less than 6 weeks! Go Leona!

X Factor 4 2007

 

Leon Jackson - When You Believe

 

http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/88697220162.JPG

 

Charted: Not yet

Sales: projected at 350,000

 

Chart run: 1 (midweeks)

 

 

 

<_ terrible song undeserving winner i could go on but won :d>

 

 

Michelle actually wasn't as bad as I remember her to be. :o

 

I think Leon and Steve are the only winners that are actually bad.

 

Shouldn't One True Voice be listed here too? I mean they were joint winners of the show really it was only Girls Aloud vs One True Voice in the chart battle, not the actual show.

Shouldn't One True Voice be listed here too? I mean they were joint winners of the show really it was only Girls Aloud vs One True Voice in the chart battle, not the actual show.

 

Technically the Girls were the overall winners who won the race to the top spot - the main aim of the show ^_^ (as well as establishing a boy and girl band).

Edited December 20, 200717 yr by JammerD

Technically the Girls were the overall winners who won the race to the top spot - the main aim of the show ^_^ (as well as establishing a boy and girl band).

Yep, the true winners of the show were the act that charted highest - which was Girls Aloud.

They're all pretty bad except Girls Aloud IMO. Although I liked Hear'Say at the time I was only 9 years old so my music taste was pretty awful then. :lol: I love Leona but I don't really like 'A Moment Like This'.

 

And all of them bar GA and Hear'Say are so corny and cliche about how they're 'achieved their dream'. :puke2:

Will Youngs was the best :P

Obviously Leon is the worst -_-

Leon's is blates the best one there.

Here are some of the biggest 1st singles of real tv winners in France :

 

The Top3 of reality tv Winners debut singles :

 

1. L5 (Popstars 1) (Girls Aloud lookalike lol)

 

2. Nolwenn Leroy (Star Academy 2) (Leona lookalike :P)

 

3. Jenifer (Star Academy 1)

 

 

The otherdebut singles :

 

Myriam Abel (Pop Idol 3)

 

Whatfor (Popstars 2)

 

Linkup (Popstars 3)

 

Steeve Estatof (Pop Idol 2)

 

Christophe Willem (Pop Idol 4)

 

Julien Doré (Pop Idol 5)

 

Magalie Vaé (Star Academy 5)

 

Elodie Frégé (Star Academy 3)

 

Grégory Lemarchal (Star Academy 4)

 

Sheryfa Luna (Popstars 4)

Edited December 20, 200717 yr by Xmas Bertie

They could all actually eb something decent if they weren't placed under Simon Cowell's thumb.

 

I mean Will's first album and singles were disgusting - but Friday's Child and everything after is brilliant imo. ^_^

I really like Will's first album. There are some great songs on it - Over You, Fine Line, From Now On - I still play it from time to time. I agree, though, his second and third albums are better. Can't wait for the 4th - roll on 2008!

 

Thanks for the info jester - interesting stats!

Fame academy 1

David Sneddon

1-1-3-8-10-20-26-30-35-46-54-52-56-48-36-58-68-74->18

 

 

at least he writes his own songs.

 

 

 

Fame Academy 2

Alex Parks

3-6-15-31-42-43-49-60-64

 

 

Underated, a lot better than the FA reputation would indicate. again, a self penned song.

 

 

 

 

IMO the only good ones were Hear'say, Girls Aloud & Leona.

 

All the other winners to me were bad

 

Leona is the only one that is gonna make it big outside UK & Ireland.

Bleeding Love is currently Number 3 in Denmark.

 

Will Young had 1 minor hit in Holland & Italy. Girls Aloud have had 2 minor hits and 1 midchart hit in Europe.