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Pop Idol


ITV, 2002 - 2003

Show that launched the careers of Will Young, Michelle McManus and Gareth Gates

Popstars


ITV, 2001 - 2002

Pop group-forming show that spawned Hear'Say, Liberty X, One True Voice, Phixx and Girls Aloud

Celebrity Fame Academy


BBC, 2003 - 2005

Celebrity version of the talent contest in aid of Comic Relief, won by Will Mellor in 2003 and Edith Bowman in 2005

Back To Reality


Five, 2004

Short-lived show, billed as the "ultimate" reality series, that reunited some of the genre's most famous alumni