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00:00The clock's ticking in a matter of weeks six of the biggest pop bands of the last 20 years
00:08Will be back on stage for the first time in a decade. I feel sick
00:14We just have to work our butts off basically. Are you guys ready? It's the most talked-about gig this year
00:22This is the big reunion
00:30This is the big reunion
00:32.
00:57Previously on the big reunion,
00:59five of our six bands have already become whole again.
01:05But behind the smiles, the tension is palpable,
01:08as each group have issues to resolve.
01:10In the band, I felt overwhelmed by you guys.
01:13You abandoned us, bitch.
01:16I couldn't be doing with you both,
01:18I just had enough, I just want to keep awake.
01:21I'll make it up to you. I know you will.
01:24I feel overwhelmingly like f***ing Jay's missing, man.
01:28It's a challenge for me, because my confidence has been completely stripped.
01:32Do I want to do this?
01:33Do I actually want to get back into Bewitched?
01:35Getting on the stage, I'm not sure we'll get there.
01:40Rehearsals are booked, and five bands are raring to go.
01:48But one is still to reunite.
01:50Liberty X, the one-time flop stars, put critics in their place
01:53by unleashing eight top ten singles.
01:56The band meets on the eve of the first day of rehearsals,
02:02and for Michelle, the process represents a huge personal fight
02:06due to her recent surgery.
02:08I think it's too early.
02:11I'll have to make it work, I need to make it work.
02:14They were and still are both my closest friends, so I feel like, you know,
02:17they deserve to know how I am physically and whether I'm up for this.
02:23It's funny, because people go, how are you?
02:29I am trying my hardest not to look at your boobs.
02:33I've seen them already, I don't need to.
02:35And they're like, how do they feel?
02:39How do they feel?
02:40Well, they don't feel like mine, because they're numb.
02:43Yeah.
02:44So I have no feeling in them.
02:46I think, for Michelle's sake, maybe we should limit the dance routines
02:50to no jumping around.
02:52Mine were always limited.
02:54I'm scared about learning dance routines again, because I feel like
03:00I always struggled with it the first time around, and it's been a long time.
03:04I'm just going to have to suck it up, and hopefully Kelly can get me in her living room
03:08and whip my arse into shape like she used to do.
03:10Oh, come on, Captain, Kelly.
03:12I hope that you don't feel a lot of pressure on you.
03:16For me, this is exactly what I need.
03:19I need something to look forward to, I can't wait.
03:21You know me, I got on with it.
03:23I just want to get back on stage, I just want to perform again,
03:26and it's kind of made me recover quicker,
03:29because I've got something to work towards.
03:31I'm going to suggest the tools to that,
03:33even though I've got nothing but water left.
03:36Yeah.
03:37Here's to an absolutely amazingly fun time.
03:41It wasn't until tonight that I've really sunk in
03:44that all of these people are there for each other.
03:47It was lovely to see Michelle tonight.
03:49She's a very strong person.
03:51And we're all here for the same reason, to have fun,
03:53and to be a band again, and I can't believe that's so imminent.
03:57As soon as the five of us are in a room together,
03:59we just have a really good laugh, and it just makes me feel like
04:02what are you even scared about, because you'd be fine,
04:05because you've got them.
04:07With Liberty X rallying around Michelle,
04:10it's the day the groups have been anticipating,
04:13as they hit London for the first day of a gruelling training regime,
04:17with singing and dancing high on the agenda.
04:20How am I feeling?
04:25A little odd.
04:26It just feels a little bit like stepping back in time.
04:29It's like your first day at school.
04:31Oh, here comes more.
04:32I've been watching everyone kind of on Twitter,
04:34and they're all going like,
04:35oh, God, I'm nervous, and I'm this, and I'm that,
04:37and I'm like, oh, God.
04:38Nothing, I'm just fine.
04:41Okay.
04:42That's fine.
04:43It's good.
04:44This isn't stressing me out at all!
04:46Rehearsals?
04:47I don't feel quite warmed up.
04:48Nah.
04:49Probably gonna make a fool of myself.
04:50I think that should warm us up.
04:52Maybe break something.
04:53Yeah.
04:54Might be sick.
04:55We need walking sticks.
04:56Might need a bucket.
04:57Because we've literally not done this for years,
05:00individually or ever together,
05:02I think two weeks is quite a big order.
05:04We just have to work our butts off, basically.
05:07I feel a little sick,
05:09but I think that's just nerves.
05:11For me, with the dancing and all that,
05:13you know, there was always a demon there.
05:15I'm just looking forward to meeting him again,
05:17Mr. Demon.
05:18I'm gonna smash him to pieces.
05:20Couldn't sleep last night.
05:23And then I had a dream about five.
05:27Present.
05:31To get them performance ready
05:33will be one of Britain's top choreographers,
05:35rug-cutting expert Paul Domain,
05:37who CB boasts pop legends,
05:39including Tina Turner, Robbie Williams
05:41and big reunion stalwarts Five.
05:44I'm most anxious about the amount of work
05:46that everybody's got to do
05:47in such a short space of time.
05:49And tasked with ensuring
05:51that their voices hit the right notes
05:53is a woman with the likes of Beyonce,
05:55Michael Buble and George Michael on her CV.
05:59World-renowned vocal coach Evie Burnett.
06:01I mean, how on earth we put on this big reunion gig
06:05in two weeks, I'm not really sure.
06:07It's a really big challenge.
06:09The problem is, when you've been away for ten years,
06:11you do lose a lot vocally.
06:13And for me, it's a big worry for some of them
06:15who haven't been singing at all.
06:17If I remember rightly,
06:19a lot of them weren't very punctual a few years ago.
06:22And we don't have time for people turning up late.
06:26Kerry is talking on this morning about Dancing On Ice.
06:30So, yeah, we're waiting for her.
06:34Not impressed.
06:36Before lessons begin, it's registration time.
06:40We're Atomic Kitten!
06:42I was in awe of Atomic Kitten when they first came out
06:45because that was what I wanted to do.
06:47Kerry was really upfront and really ballsy
06:49and I remember going, whoa!
06:51Atomic Kitten.
06:53God.
06:55I fight like me da.
06:57I fight like me da.
06:59I fight like me da.
07:01I know that one from the video.
07:03Honey!
07:05Honey's, there's three of them.
07:07I remember they were really hot girls.
07:09They were all very, kind of, diva-ish.
07:11Well, Liberty X, but Kevin's joined the kittens.
07:13Ah, see, now Liberty X is my friend,
07:16but we had more number ones than them.
07:18I do remember thinking they pinched one of our videos.
07:21And then we've got the boys from 9-1-1.
07:24Oh, well, there's history with 9-1-1.
07:26I married Lee.
07:27He's, like, pint-sized.
07:29Like, you could just put him in your handbag and take him home.
07:31A lot of love for 9-1-1.
07:33Last one at least, five.
07:35Oh, five, now we're talking.
07:37A bag of...
07:38Five were hotties.
07:39And there's so much more cute than West's life.
07:41There will always seem to be drama in their dressing room.
07:43And they were mostly rude.
07:45I remember having the biggest crush on Jay ever.
07:48There was either punch-ups or people storming off.
07:51They were, like, gods to us.
07:53Obviously, we have Kerry, who's not here,
07:56but also we have somebody else that's not here.
07:58Yeah, definitely.
07:59Um, Jay, so...
08:00No, Jay.
08:01No, he's not here.
08:02They didn't want to play ball.
08:03Oh.
08:04That's a shame.
08:05Aww.
08:06So that's gonna change it quite a lot, staging-wise, isn't it?
08:09Yeah.
08:10It'll change it staging-wise, but it'll be more fun.
08:12Oh!
08:13Oh!
08:14Oh!
08:15Oh!
08:16Controversial!
08:17You're at trouble, make a...
08:20Finally, Kerry descends.
08:22Hi-yo!
08:23Sorry, I'm just...
08:24I'm sorry I'm late, I was on this line.
08:26I feel a bit overdressed, but, um, it is because I've been at work.
08:36Hitting myself.
08:38I'm just nervous to see how it all pans out, I guess,
08:45and how I'm gonna fit into all this.
08:47It's, um...
08:48Nervous.
08:49Have I said nervous?
08:50Have I?
08:51I'm nervous.
08:52Yeah.
08:53Hey, y'all with Kerry, Lily!
08:55Hey, Lily, Lily!
08:58But some aren't impressed.
09:00She should be on time and punctual and get her arse into gear
09:03because there's people here that have travelled from Australia
09:06and have turned up on time.
09:11I hated the fact that I was the last one in.
09:13He's like, hi, I've arrived!
09:16Oh, God, it's a...
09:17Can't we have Jenny instead?
09:19I'm sure someone said that, you know, I'm sure they did.
09:23Coming up, will Kerry's return as a kitten be up to scratch?
09:26We need to roll for this shit.
09:28I think I've got to work the hardest out of everybody that's here,
09:31out of all the other bands.
09:33And hold the front page as five have some trouble getting down.
09:37Who the f*** move?
09:38He knows the move, he's just being a cock.
09:40He's just being a cock.
09:41Big reunion.
09:42Big disaster.
09:50It's day one of a tight two-week rehearsal schedule
09:53and the bands face a steep relearning curve
09:56as the big reunion mega gig looms.
09:58First up for our pop star clan, it's a trip down memory lane.
10:03So, guys, I thought we'd have a look at some old videos
10:06and remind ourselves of what we were doing a few years ago now
10:09and see what kind of a standard we've got to get to
10:11in the next couple of weeks.
10:13Who are we meant to be taking notes?
10:15That'd be a first.
10:21Oh, nice job, yeah.
10:23Sean disappeared for the video thing.
10:30I don't know, he just said he wanted some space,
10:32wanted to get some air.
10:33I just hate looking at myself in them videos.
10:38I found him on the stairs, contemplating, I guess...
10:43I don't know, he wasn't so much contemplating,
10:45he was more just vacant.
10:47I enjoy doing it now in the present because I know I'm me.
10:50I don't like looking at him, I don't know who that person is,
10:53you know, and it just makes me sad.
10:56911.
10:57Woo-hoo!
10:59You got me shaking to the bone.
11:04You got my secret.
11:07Woo!
11:09No!
11:10He hasn't even hit pubic today.
11:12What?
11:13It's a boy walking, talking at the heart.
11:15No!
11:16No!
11:17He hasn't even hit pubic today!
11:19Have you now?
11:21I do a head spin, I think, in a flip-up here, which is...
11:25What?
11:26Oh, my God.
11:27I want me to do that again.
11:28You did!
11:29You actually did!
11:30Yeah, watch, watch.
11:31I felt quite uncomfortable in a way,
11:33but not because of who was there,
11:35it was just a weird feeling that I haven't had for many years.
11:40Hey, up!
11:41Woo-hoo!
11:42Woo-hoo!
11:43Woo-hoo!
11:44Woo-hoo!
11:45Definitely going the juice tonight.
11:46Ha-ha!
11:47Ha-ha!
11:48Ha-ha!
11:49Ha-ha!
11:50Ha-ha!
11:51Ha-ha!
11:52That was absolutely surreal and amazing at the same time.
11:56And generis.
11:57Yeah.
11:58Yeah.
11:59Ha-ha!
12:00Ha-ha!
12:01This is what we're gonna watch.
12:02Yeah!
12:03It's your favourite!
12:04Woo!
12:05You still have your capsuits!
12:06Ha-ha!
12:07Ha-ha!
12:08Ha-ha!
12:09So, we're gonna use canes again?
12:10Yeah!
12:11Ha-ha!
12:12Yeah.
12:13Ha-ha!
12:14So, we're gonna use canes again?
12:15Yeah.
12:16But what about the PVC?
12:17Yeah?
12:18Ha-ha!
12:19Ha-ha!
12:20Ha-ha!
12:23Ha-ha!
12:24Go on, Gil, all the racing!
12:25I'm tired, looking at it!
12:27Ha-ha, honestly, we always look like we're on speed half the time, the whole club!
12:35Oh, you used to do this?
12:36I did, yeah
12:37Yeah, yeah
12:41I think you should show us I
12:45Was actually mad wasn't it who's mad saying when everyone I'm watching the videos is actually quite nice just remind yourself what everybody else did
12:58Kerry wasn't this this is a time that you left wasn't it
13:07And then you left
13:09No, not sure I'm sure not
13:15You know what I need to know it's I feel like I'm reliving my youth so I feel young again
13:22But I know I do the dancing and I'm gonna feel old
13:26After lunch in the cafe, it's the kittens who are first up for a session with vocal coach Evie
13:31Yeah
13:35Kerry was an original kitten but dramatically self-combusted in 2001 and quit
13:40The question is can the songbird walks back into Natasha and Liz's band 13 years on
13:51Hello
13:53Mm-hmm. Oh scary
13:56We do all again
13:58Yeah, have a go at it. Just so we've sung it through
14:02Looking back on where we first met
14:04I cannot escape
14:06And I cannot forget
14:08So it's a comment you've always danced great
14:10What's going to be doing?
14:12Maybe you're the one
14:14You still turn me on
14:16If you're getting down
14:18While the kittens are catawalling Jay's absence means dance routines have to be reworked so it's time to get down with choreographer Paul
14:26If you're getting down close
14:28We're not
14:30We're not
14:32Sean just give it a go
14:34Give it a chance
14:36I'm telling you what it looks like
14:37Give it a chance
14:38We've just done the first move after 30 years
14:40You haven't even done it? No he didn't even do the first move
14:42Do the fucking move
14:44Well, I'm just saying it's ridiculous
14:46Do the move
14:47All right
14:50Sean wanted to defeat himself before he even tried
14:53So therefore he'd already decided that he wasn't gonna like it
14:56Once he got his head around that
14:58He knows the moves, he's just being a cock
15:00Should I just sing the tune, Kerry?
15:02Yeah
15:04Getting back into singing was tough because we couldn't remember the harmonies
15:07They were like, what did you do? What did I do?
15:09So figuring that out took a while
15:15So now I'll have to wait
15:17But baby if you change your mind
15:19Don't be too late
15:21Cos I just can't go on
15:23It's already been too long
15:25It's already been too long
15:27But you can make me hold it
15:29I've got a lot catching up to them
15:31I think I've got to work the hardest out of everybody that's here
15:35Out of all the other bands
15:37I've got the hardest job
15:51I kind of had moments where the new Sean
15:53Was meeting up with the old Sean
15:55So I'd have to go in the corner of the room
15:57And they were having a chat
15:59And the new Sean would be like, sort it out
16:01It's music, have a dance, perform for people
16:03The old Sean was going
16:05You look like a dick
16:07And they were having a row
16:09So I'd go off in the corner of the room
16:11Have a little chat
16:12And then come back
16:17Doggy, doggy, you're winding us up
16:18Just give us the new routine
16:20I'm not winding you up
16:211997
16:232013
16:24We've just had 2012 Olympics
16:26Got to grip
16:27That's what the mirror's for
16:29Reality
16:30Have a look
16:32You're so fucking normal
16:36Where people might misunderstand us is
16:38When we're arguing and having banter
16:40Sometimes people, you know
16:42They think there's loads of problems
16:43But you have to be close
16:45To have that banter
16:47What's the point in anything?
16:48Let's just go home
16:50Look guys, look guys
16:51It's a big reunion
16:52Big disaster
16:53I hope that's not misinterpreted by people
16:56When we have a little barney
16:57Or we're messing about
16:58Or whatever
16:59Off you shirt
17:01Dickhead
17:03Do it to me right now
17:07Do it to me right now
17:11I don't know the words
17:13I don't know this one
17:15It's three more
17:18Rehearsal wise
17:19I am shocking at rehearsals
17:20And then it comes to like
17:21The last week or something
17:22And everyone goes
17:23Oh, she's got it, yay
17:24Just that first day for me is shocking
17:26Whereas I think
17:27Kerry's doing really well
17:28Good first day
17:30I'm happy with that
17:31I'm really happy with that
17:32Can I be in a high five too?
17:33There we go
17:34Woo!
17:35Being unaware of a new version
17:36Right now
17:37Because I wasn't in the band
17:38When they recorded the new version
17:39It's fine
17:40I'm not bitter
17:41Talk to management
17:42That's not our problem
17:43Yeah
17:44Triangle
17:49The main thing is for us all
17:50To look out for each other
17:51And just help each other along
17:52Of course, yeah
17:53Come in here
17:54Do you want it?
17:55Pick a verse
17:56Get yourself in
17:57Yeah
18:06Natasha just ran in
18:07And I think the music just took her
18:09And I mean them five vibes
18:11Grab you man
18:12Sweep you off your feet
18:13And you start acting like a fool
18:22Natasha's a very strong candidate
18:24For the fifth member
18:25I thought
18:26She knew it better than us
18:27Because we'd just started it
18:28And she was like straight in there
18:29I was like
18:30I didn't even remember
18:31That was the first move
18:32It's a bad start for the kittens
18:33As Liz has been struck down with a throat problem
18:45And seeks urgent medical advice
18:47Kerry and Tash have to start rehearsals without her
18:49I'm ready to dance
18:50I'm ready to dance
18:51I'm ready to dance
18:52Okay, so should we stop the time?
18:54Yeah, but I don't know any of this
18:55What?
18:56You've heard it
18:57Yeah, Kerry doesn't know any of this routine
19:00Everyone's really aware that there's a song in there
19:03That wasn't even my song
19:04I, you know, I don't know the harmonies
19:06I don't know the dance routine
19:07You okay?
19:08What did they say?
19:09Tonsillitis
19:10Tonsillitis?
19:11Yes
19:12The funny thing is you've got Liz and Tash
19:13Who know these routines
19:15And you know, no
19:16And they're going
19:17No, it's this, it's that
19:18It's this, it's that
19:19And they're talking amongst themselves
19:20Hello
19:27While Kerry grapples with the new moves
19:31Abz experiences total recall
19:33Yeah
19:34Yeah
19:35Yeah
19:36Yeah
19:37Yeah
19:38Yeah
19:39Yeah
19:40Yeah
19:41Yeah
19:42Yeah
19:44Yeah
19:45Yeah
19:46Yeah
19:47Yeah
19:48Yeah
19:49Yeah
19:50Yeah
19:51Yeah
19:54Yeah
19:55Ag is obviously a brilliant rapper
19:57I mean he's always been the best rapper in the band anyway
20:00Um he adds a freshness to what Jay done before
20:03It ain't a problem that we can't fix
20:05We could do it in the mix
20:07Now if you man gives you trouble
20:08We'll be in there on the double
20:10Guarantee you we'll be here for six
20:11I feel like Scott sings really well
20:14And I think he should just stick to singing
20:16Ooh
20:17Oh my word that was amazing
20:18That was just great
20:19Let's do that one more time, we have fun.
20:21Energy!
20:22I wanna be your number one
20:26Obviously Liz isn't well, so I've been checking if she's OK,
20:32and Kerry is playing catch-up, which is tough.
20:36So I'm just kind of in the middle, trying to bring everyone together, really.
20:40Every girl wants you to be...
20:43No. No.
20:45Oh, fuck off.
20:47I think with me and the girls, yeah, we're all really straight and say it as it is,
20:52it's our sense of humour as well, we're all a bit sick.
20:55Just go up, up, up.
20:58Ow!
20:59Don't go.
21:00Whiplash! Claim!
21:01We've said from day one, look, let's just communicate, let's be on the same page,
21:05let's walk away from this with a big smile on our face,
21:08and loving every minute of it.
21:10I'm getting too old for this shit.
21:12My first one.
21:14We...
21:15Yes!
21:16Wow!
21:17She's got it!
21:19What are you not sure about?
21:20He didn't like it.
21:21I didn't like Scott's rapping.
21:22I'd rather Abs do it.
21:23I'll try it, but he doesn't like it, so I won't do it.
21:25Doesn't matter.
21:26I like the fact you lot are quite kind of honest with each other.
21:29And you don't really take it personally.
21:31You have to be.
21:32There'd have been an argument about it years ago and, you know, it might have been a fight.
21:35When I listen to Abs, and I really listen to how good he is, there's absolutely no problem
21:41with his flow, there's no problem with anything, you know, there's nothing to be fixed.
21:46We'll do it in the mix.
21:48I've got no qualms about whether I'm doing this, that or the other.
21:53I'm just happy that it's all working.
21:55After a gruelling first day of rehearsals, all six fans indulge in some intense bonding
22:08and drinking on a high-spirited night out.
22:11One of them's just filthy.
22:13Really?
22:14In a really hilarious way.
22:16Which one?
22:17Spice Cat.
22:19Oh, yeah.
22:20If you want.
22:25When we're on tour.
22:26Yeah.
22:27You grasped me up for shagging one of the dancers, didn't you, to me bird-back-o?
22:32Oh, God.
22:33You did that.
22:34You did that.
22:35You did that.
22:36You did that.
22:37You did that.
22:38You did that.
22:39You did that.
22:40I got a lot of shagging.
22:41Who is she shagging?
22:42Which one's the one who gives us a new birthday?
22:44Pretty cute.
22:45He's called Spice for a reason, mate.
22:50Here's a question for you, mate.
22:52Yeah, they're not your boy.
22:54Yes, they're not your boy.
22:55Yes, they're not your boy.
22:56We split last year.
22:57Last year?
22:58Yeah, so I've moved out on underline.
22:59Oh, shit.
23:00This one's fresh.
23:01Shit, it's fresh.
23:02It's quite weird, mate.
23:03Oh, you okay?
23:04We'd have dancers with us on tour.
23:06You go and knock on one of the dancers' door, and one of these will already be in the room.
23:10You're like, bastard.
23:11Did you never go to the Isle of the Bliss, boss?
23:14Any chance of a...
23:15Harry wants to take a bet?
23:16I don't think so.
23:17I've got any chance.
23:18I've got any chance.
23:19Anybody wants a lychee shop?
23:22Yay!
23:23I'm very drunk.
23:24You need to go home.
23:25Coming up, as rehearsals continue, the cracks begin to show.
23:39Don't get emotional.
23:40Get strong by it.
23:41Initially, I wanted to go, shrink!
23:42The other three just don't, as yet, have it.
23:44And five reach boiling point.
23:45I've fucking had enough.
23:46I've had enough.
23:47I've had enough.
23:48We're talking shit.
23:49Calm down.
23:50No, because I'm getting fucking angry.
23:51I've had enough.
23:52In the run-up to their biggest gig ever, all the groups are being put through their paces.
24:07So far, Five and Atomic Kitten have sung their hearts out and danced their socks off.
24:14Fuck!
24:16And over the week, the other bands will be at the mercy of choreographer Paul and vocal coach
24:21Evie.
24:22First in with Evie, it's 9-1-1.
24:25Come on in, you lot.
24:28Get in here.
24:29Let's do some work.
24:30Oh, yeah.
24:31Let's do it.
24:32The fresh-faced body shakers conquered pop, but dramatically split in 2000.
24:40For Lee, these two weeks are not just throwing him back with his ex-bandmates, but also his
24:45estranged wife, Lindsay, from Bewitched.
24:48After over a decade together, they recently separated.
24:54When you think I've loved you all I can, I'm gonna love you a little bit more.
25:04Right, can we stop and do that again?
25:06Right, it's just a bit more conviction with you.
25:08I hadn't realised that even they were together, Lee and Lindsay, which is pretty stupid, but
25:15I hadn't.
25:16So, I think maybe that's why he's having trouble kind of relating to these words in the
25:23ballad, because he knows if he goes there, he'll be upset.
25:26I'm probably not feeling it as much as I should do, but I'm gonna work on that.
25:29Whoever I'm gonna sing it to, I've got a picture of something in my mind, I guess, yeah?
25:33Why not be Lindsay?
25:34Why not?
25:35Gonna love you a little bit more.
25:39Yeah.
25:42While vocals are a big struggle for 9-1-1, Liberty X slipped back into the old dance routines.
25:48I think they've all done well today.
25:55I think Michelle did great.
25:56I mean, she's obviously been through a lot in recent weeks, but, you know, she was full
26:00of energy, up for her learning anything.
26:03Yeah.
26:04Woo!
26:05Yeah.
26:06Yeah, that's right.
26:07Next in with Evie, the Bewitched girls are sharing out their vocal duties.
26:11Hello.
26:12We're ready for you.
26:15After seeing their first four singles all go straight to number one, it was all downhill
26:20for Bewitched until their demise in 2002, and the power struggle between Adele and the
26:25other three girls hasn't gone away.
26:28In order to rehearse, we need to know who's singing what, and I at the moment have not
26:33got a clue.
26:34Yeah.
26:35Is it a kind of like you do 50% and you split 50% or is it kind of four-way?
26:40Yeah.
26:41It kind of ends up like that.
26:42Yeah.
26:43I felt a little bit of pressure coming in because I've made a deal about it and I've
26:46been saying I want to do some lead, and obviously coming in today, I felt in some ways like I
26:53had something to prove to the girls.
26:56Even though in theory I said, okay, fine, that's the compromise.
27:08Now I'm giving it away.
27:09I'm like, I want it all back.
27:10I love singing.
27:11So I want you to take it off her.
27:12Yeah.
27:13Because right now, I almost would be saying...
27:16Leave the white one.
27:17Not because it was bad, but just because you weren't convincing me.
27:19I think it's because it was the first time it was sang and technically they are asking
27:22the question while they're singing, they're going, can I have that?
27:24Yeah.
27:25Yes, you can.
27:26Have it.
27:27You can.
27:28Yeah.
27:29But you haven't...
27:30I had to have a little word with myself inside my head.
27:31When we sang for the first time and her response was, you're not a lead singer.
27:35I was like, ooh, catapult all the way back to 1998.
27:39I found it hard not to get emotional.
27:41But what you said, I was like, don't get emotional, get strong by it.
27:44But initially I wanted to go shrink.
27:46Because that's what I did in the band.
27:47I can agree.
27:48I do still think that they all think of Adele as the lead singer, but yet they all want
27:53to come up to that.
27:54But if they want to come up to her level and be lead singers with her, then they need
27:59a little bit of her attitude because the other three just don't as yet have it.
28:04Have a hug.
28:05Because she did really well with her.
28:06I know I was being tough.
28:07I know I was.
28:09But I honestly think you can do it.
28:10I really do.
28:11Check this out.
28:12Just on cue.
28:13Look at that.
28:14Yeah, the bewitched girls came in to say hello.
28:27Told us a bit of a jig.
28:28Five, six, seven, eight.
28:29Little, little, little, little, little.
28:30All that moves.
28:31And then we showed them how to do it.
28:32What's it called?
28:33A suicide, I think it's called.
28:34There.
28:35There.
28:36There.
28:37There.
28:38There.
28:39There was a gymnast.
28:40Was it?
28:41Yeah.
28:42She was.
28:43I didn't die, though.
28:44See you later.
28:45Thank you, ladies.
28:46Next to face the challenge of rehearsals is the all-new 2013 line-up of Honeys.
29:03So you've never really sung together?
29:07No.
29:08It's been hard to get.
29:09So this is like the birth of the new Honeys in this room.
29:12That's quite exciting, really.
29:13First time.
29:14We are really excited and it's going to be interesting because we haven't even attempted
29:18it before.
29:19I'd like to just hear what you sound like.
29:21This is the first time we've actually sang this song together ever.
29:24This love feels the way that love should be.
29:28Look in my eyes and realise there's no disguise.
29:32I'm not doing...
29:33Just realise...
29:34Are you going...
29:35Look in my eyes and realise...
29:37What are you doing?
29:38Just in my eyes...
29:39Just in my eyes...
29:40OK.
29:41You've been constant.
29:42Yeah.
29:43So you've always been Honeys and you two would have done each other's part?
29:47Yeah.
29:48I started out in the Honeys and then I left.
29:51Mariama came in and then when Mariama left, I went back in.
29:56Finally found what I've been looking for.
29:59Can we just stop a moment then?
30:01That was great.
30:02Already better, you know, because I could just really believe you.
30:05And just I think for you two there when you're harmonising, just to really listen to each other.
30:10What we're excited about is this time we know for sure, definitely, 100% we can do a free and part harmony.
30:17When we were out, people would put people in bands just because of how they looked to make up the numbers.
30:22And maybe they couldn't sing, fine, you know, that's their part.
30:25But these girls can sing.
30:26Do you think that had happened in the Honeys ever?
30:28What?
30:29Had it happened?
30:30Yeah, it definitely happened.
30:31It happened before.
30:32Yeah.
30:33Yeah.
30:34Finally found what I've been looking for.
30:37Now you know I'm gonna love you and love you more.
30:40Hold me tight cause it's always been you.
30:44It's always been you.
30:46I think that the Honeys are lovely, lovely girls and their songs are lovely, lovely songs and everything's nice, everything's lovely.
30:53But I'm just missing a little bit of attitude, a little bit of showing off and sassiness and I am a star.
31:01Five may have started rehearsals as a four piece, but across town their management has been busting a gut to find someone to replace the absent J.
31:16And they think they found the perfect candidate in rapper Lee Roots.
31:21They do.
31:22They do.
31:23It's nice to meet, mate.
31:24It's the remix.
31:25I need you tonight.
31:28This ain't so stereotypical, man.
31:30Not for the stereotypical man.
31:32It should be me that wants to get rid of you.
31:35Instead it's you that don't give a damn.
31:37I need you tonight.
31:38Peace!
31:39Thank you, mate.
31:42With the final audition over, the boys have a lot to discuss.
31:48He's going to make a great solo artist on his own.
31:57That's what he is.
31:58He's not a boyfriend member.
31:59And that's it.
32:00He doesn't belong in the solo five.
32:02He's got great talent, but he don't belong to five.
32:05For me, personally, it's always been is it J or no one.
32:08Because it's just natural.
32:11That's the element.
32:12Five is what it is.
32:13And I spoke to him last night as well, funnily enough.
32:16But I didn't bring up anything about anything.
32:18You know what I'm saying?
32:19Because I don't even know what's going on myself.
32:22So today's just confirmed that I still have no idea what I'm doing.
32:25I'm fucking up to here with this new membership.
32:27How's that?
32:28I've had enough passion, isn't it?
32:31This is my life.
32:32You know, everything I've got in my life has come from five.
32:35You can't put someone in who's gonna, you know, who's the mirror image of J.
32:40And equally, you can't put someone in who does the job that each one of you do.
32:44It has to be someone else who's another character again.
32:47And I think he's another character.
32:48I've fucking had enough.
32:49I've had enough.
32:50We're talking shit.
32:51Calm down.
32:52No, because I'm getting fucking angry.
32:53I've had enough.
32:54Honestly, I've fucking had enough.
32:57It's bollocks.
32:58When we'd done our first thing Monday, I'd never come out of rehearsal or a day doing a photo shoot or a day doing a singing thing happy.
33:08Because there was always something gone wrong.
33:10Someone had kicked off.
33:11It was normally J and then I decided to defend himself.
33:14And I'm not trying to slag him off.
33:15But it was hard work.
33:16There was some kind of energy.
33:17There was an energy there.
33:18It was a negative energy pulling to the left, pulling to the right.
33:21Did you say how it is?
33:22And it weren't right.
33:23So you're saying if J walked in, we wouldn't have him in the band?
33:26Is that what we're saying?
33:27If he was still the angry man he used to be, then I'd...
33:30Well, no.
33:31It does need to be spoken about.
33:32Fucking hell, we've got great songs.
33:34That's all it's about.
33:36Making people sing, dance.
33:38What's all this shit?
33:40What are we talking about?
33:42Just kind of got a little bit heated.
33:44We're kind of just getting a little bit sort of stressed out with the process of finding somebody else that will never be right.
33:51Fuck it.
33:52I'm having a break.
33:53Fuck this shit.
33:54Get out of my way.
33:55Get out of my way.
33:56I want something here.
33:57Yeah, I think we did a good job of arguing amongst ourselves on the same point.
34:02I think it's because it's been such a contentious and big issue.
34:06It's sort of been like the elephant in the room kind of thing.
34:10That's never boring, is it?
34:11Oh, no.
34:12Well, it's always going to be...
34:14No, but it's all the fucking work.
34:17Coming up, the pressure's on as all six bands watch each other perform live for the first time.
34:24It's never boring!
34:27Dancer's pulled his back, thank God.
34:28I know.
34:29Oh, he wouldn't took me head off.
34:32We made Liz cry.
34:34Was it really that bad?
34:36I'm only talking.
34:37We all know very well I'm good at talking.
34:54The clock's ticking on the big reunion.
34:56And after the first phase of rehearsals, the time has come for all six bands to strut their stuff in front of each other.
35:09Today's the big day and it's kind of like show and tell.
35:12So we've got to show everybody what we've been doing, what we've been learning.
35:16I'm going to get everything wrong.
35:18Yeah.
35:19I've just resigned myself to the fact that that is going to happen.
35:21I can't remember the dance routines.
35:23I've got a clue what I'm doing.
35:24Yeah, I'm bricking it.
35:26If someone gets up before us and has it down, then I will crumble.
35:30If this was scratching Smith's TV, you'd be able to smell me.
35:41I always like to bring a bit of class.
35:44I'm petrified.
35:47This whole process is a lot harder than I thought it would be.
35:50But I'm still holding myself together.
35:52I'm like a swan.
35:53Like when you see a swan going in the world, it's like gliding.
35:56But underneath, the legs are going like that.
36:00I hate the fact that everyone else is going to be watching.
36:02I really hate it.
36:04Really, really, really hate it.
36:05I'm excited to watch everyone else.
36:07I hate that movie.
36:08I hate that movie.
36:10Letting the groups know just what they're in for are industry gurus Evie and Paul.
36:15So today what we're going to try and do is run all the numbers.
36:18We do have a running order, but it's certainly not a definitive running order for the show.
36:23Obviously, it's the first time we're going to get to do vocals and choreography together.
36:27No pressure, but really, you know, the running order will be kind of dependent on how it goes.
36:34We're going to do them, mix it up, but there are some that are back to back.
36:37So there's some that are doing two numbers back to back.
36:40So that's the stamina thing we need to work out and whether actually people still can handle that.
36:45So first one up are five.
36:48We'll have one more play!
36:51We'll have one more play!
36:52We'll have one more play!
36:54What's up, one more play!
36:56How about a little something get you in the mood
37:07Know what I mean?
37:08Watch your back
37:08We got queen on its track
37:10Bring the feedback and let it drop
37:12As long as fire
37:13Bring the funk ring
37:14Bring the rock
37:14And it don't stop
37:15Buddy, you're a young
37:16Think that back shit
37:18The way
37:19Tell me you got blood on your face
37:22Abs, cool as a cucumber
37:24Rapped away, came to do my verse
37:27Breathed in and just had a complete mental break
37:30It was just like, no, there's absolutely no words there
37:32Everybody get up, sing it
37:48One, two, three, four, five
37:50Five step up to do their first track
37:53The first act to get up
37:54Straight away, everyone was like supporting them and stuff
37:57Which I think that made it easier to do it
37:59Everybody get up, sing it
38:01Come on here
38:02Ha
38:03Five will make you get down now
38:06Get on down
38:07We didn't nail it
38:0980%, 70%
38:11For the first rehearsal
38:12I'm happy
38:14Quietly confident
38:18Still feel like we're going to steal the show
38:19No matter what, where we are
38:21Next up, a confident bewitched
38:23I felt a bit nervous performing in front of all the other bands
38:31Yeah
38:32Yeah
38:32Mucked up me Irish dancing
38:33So did I
38:34That really annoyed me
38:35Yeah, me too
38:35I was, then everybody went
38:36Woohoo
38:37I was like, no, the pressure's on
38:39They're going to stop
38:40Now, some don't try this at home moves from 9-1-1
39:02You know that move to body shaking
39:06It's ridiculous
39:08It's ridiculous
39:09It's ridiculous
39:10He looks like a rabid little monkey is what he looks like, man
39:13Those routines are insane
39:22Really impressed with those lads
39:23I thought it went really well
39:29Apart from me and Spike nearly smashing into each other when we got a boost each
39:33I thought I would have gone
39:34He kind of kicked my shoulder
39:39Then just bounced onto, like, the side of my eye
39:42And it was
39:42Dancers pulled his back, thank God
39:44I know
39:44Oh, he would have took my head off
39:45There are slightly fewer backflips from Honey's
39:48I wanted to go first
39:53Because I wanted to just get it out of the way
39:55Yeah
39:55And then the longer you sat there
39:56The more nervous you got
39:58Just waiting to go on and do what you had to do
40:00And, oh, God
40:01Just the nerves that were going through me at the time
40:03I don't know how you guys felt
40:04How did you feel when they said, honey's
40:05Sick
40:18We made Liz cry
40:27Yeah, end of the line made Liz cry
40:29When the Honey sang the end of the line, I was just absolutely in tears
40:32Because I kept turning around to Kerry and going, I love this song, I love this song
40:35And then my eyes just started
40:36I look proud and she's probably, like, crying
40:38But they started stinging and you're like, no, I mean, okay, I'm feeling a bit emotional
40:42But I'm not going to cry
40:43And then she just went, whooom
40:44You made Elizabeth cry
40:47I think we keep making people cry every time we sing that song
40:51I hope it's in a good way
40:52It's good
40:53It's in touch with people's emotions
40:55It's a good thing
40:55And Liberty X cane it
40:59It just makes you want to raise your game
41:12When you see everybody going full out like that
41:15Singing brilliantly
41:17Doing full out dance routines and still sounding really good
41:20It just made me go, right, I really need to, like, pull this one out of the bag
41:23I want you to work it a little, I get hot, just a little, me, me, and a little, I don't just a little
41:32Kevin from Liberty X, his voice is amazing
41:34Oh, yeah, great voice
41:36Which I didn't appreciate it before
41:36It's so exciting, the way you're inviting me
41:42I love you when you're doing like that
41:45Kevin from Liberty X, I was like, oh, it's really gritty and I really liked his voice and then Natasha just blew
41:51Oh my God, she blew the house down, she's just got some set of lungs on it
41:55We're still not sure what we're doing
42:05Routine-wise
42:06Yeah, I mean, it's very simple
42:08Swaying, yes, we know, swaying can become difficult
42:11Sometimes the smallest things are the hardest
42:13But now I'll have to wait
42:16But baby, if you change your mind
42:19Don't be too late
42:21Cause I just can't go on
42:24It's already been too long
42:27But you can make me whole again
42:29Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
42:33I'm looking back on
42:35Oh, Carrie, get to Carrie's bed
42:37I've got a voice on the track
42:39I've gone really, what's that bad?
42:41Was it really that bad?
42:42I'm only talking
42:44We all know very well I'm good at talking
42:47Okay
42:48No time to see it
42:49Go for it
42:50Go louder
42:54I cannot escape and I cannot forget
42:58Louder
42:59Baby, you're the one
43:01What?
43:02You still turn me on
43:03What?
43:04You can make me whole
43:06Beautiful, beautiful
43:07Oh, oh
43:09So now they've weighed each other up
43:15What's the verdict?
43:17Everybody stepped up to the plate, actually
43:19For me, five kind of stood out
43:22No one was shit
43:24No one was shit
43:26I've got to say five was my favourite
43:30Just their tunes
43:32And I know a little bit of the actions there
43:34Yeah
43:35So, yeah, they were my definite favourite
43:36It just shows like
43:40It's going to be a hell of a show
43:41I think one hell of a show
43:42So many number ones, innit?
43:51We are going to be part of the best show ever
43:54I feel quite, I was honoured
43:57I was really honoured
43:58I felt like a massive fan
44:00Oh my god, I love this fan
44:01Oh my god
44:01It's just back to back
44:03Tunes
44:04Next time on the big reunion
44:14The rehearsal schedule begins to take its toll
44:17When, like, the pressure mounts
44:19This is difficult
44:22I'm not a pleasure
44:22Oh no, don't
44:24Don't use that
44:25There's a nuclear fallout in Camp Five
44:29Guys, let's just crack our
44:31Bang
44:32Nobody wanted that
44:33They're like, children
44:35Don't try to palm it off on me
44:36Trying to get a producer cut
44:38You know what I'm saying
44:39And there's a shock
44:43As four later rivals
44:44Crash the big reunion family
44:45But with our bands all rise for blue
44:48I just think that a couple of them
44:50Are going to be pissed
44:50If I'm honest
44:51Directly
44:51Yeah, definitely
44:52I don't think we need them
44:54Yeah, it's mad that they've joined the show
44:56The atmosphere is a little bit negative
44:58If I'm honest with you
44:59You really don't want to bow down
45:00To the altar of blue
45:02I'm not a set
45:03You don't really want to go on after us
45:06We'll be right back to next month
45:08We'll be right back at best and put up my tracks with you
45:09That's why we came to catch you
45:09Tim Ferriss
45:10We'll be right back with you
45:11And then we'll be right back at best
45:12We'll be right back to you
45:13That's what I think this
45:14is just beer
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