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Originally created by the TalentShow ''Popstars: The Rivals'' which debuted in November 2002 in the sense that members were actually voted for by the viewing public, Girls Aloud long outlasted the male group also created and have 20 UK Top 10 singles to their name, including four UK Number Ones. They also appeared as the school band at the end of the 2007 ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'' movie.

Formerly on hiatus (for what was intended to be one year but ultimately became three-and-a-half), it was announced in May 2012 that the girls were recording new material with their longtime collaborators Xenomania. After months of speculation, it was finally confirmed that the fivesome would reunite to release a new single for Series/ChildrenInNeed 2012, as well as embark on the Ten: The Hits Tour, their first in almost four years.

On March 20 2013, the band officially announced their disbandment, following the final date of their Ten: The Hits Tour. Former member Sarah Harding passed away from cancer on the 5th September 2021.

The pop group consists of five members:
* Kimberley Walsh
* Music/CherylCole (nee Tweedy)
* Sarah Harding (died 2021)
* Nicola Roberts
* Nadine Coyle

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Originally created by Girls Aloud is an English-Irish {{girl group}}.

They were originally formed on
the TalentShow {{talent show}} ''Popstars: The Rivals'' which debuted in November 2002 in 2002, wherein the sense that British public voted weekly to whittle down potential members were actually voted for by of two pop groups —one consisting of girls and the viewing public, other [[BoyBand boys]]— until five remained on each side, [[GirlsVsBoysPlot who then faced off]] in a battle to score a #1 hit with their debut single. [[DarkHorseVictory To everybody's surprise]], Girls Aloud long outlasted trounced the male group also created competition, One True Voice, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Wv4SCBiTE "Sound of the Underground"]] and have 20 UK Top 10 went on to release twenty top ten singles to their name, in the UK, including four UK Number Ones. They also appeared as #1s. This them the school band at most successful British pop act of [[TurnOfTheMillennium the end of the 2007 ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'' movie.

Formerly on hiatus (for what was intended
Noughties]], especially in relation to be one year but ultimately became three-and-a-half), it was announced in May 2012 that the girls were recording new material with their longtime collaborators Xenomania. After months of speculation, it was finally confirmed that the fivesome would reunite to release a new single for Series/ChildrenInNeed 2012, as well as embark contemporaries who came up on the Ten: The Hits Tour, their first in almost four years.similar talent shows.

On March 20 2013, Consisting of members Nadine Coyle, Music/{{Cheryl}}[[note]]formerly Tweedy, then Cole, then Fernandez-Versini, and presently [[OnlyOneName no surname at all]][[/note]], Sarah Harding[[note]]died in 2021[[/note]], Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, Girls Aloud quickly gained a reputation for their eclectic musical persona (largely thanks to the band production team known as Xenomania), often playing around with different genres and sounds to point where they were often described as a pop act for people who didn't like pop music.

Girls Aloud released a total of five studio albums (and one GreatestHitsAlbum, plus a cameo appearance in ''[[Film/StTrinians2007 St Trinians]]'') until their first hiatus in 2009, originally intended to be one year but ultimately becoming nearly four following Cheryl's [[BreakupBreakout solo success]]. They reunited for a second greatest hits compilation and respective tour in 2012, but
officially announced their disbandment, following the final date of their Ten: The Hits Tour. Former member Sarah Harding passed away dissolved soon thereafter.

After Harding's untimely death
from cancer on in 2021, however, rumors began spreading about a potential second reunion, which ultimately materialized in late 2023 with the 5th September 2021.

The pop group consists
announcement of five members:
* Kimberley Walsh
* Music/CherylCole (nee Tweedy)
* Sarah
a new tour for the following year. (Plans to regroup sooner were in the works for their twentieth anniversary but put off by Harding's illness and eventual passing.) No new music is planned for this era of the group, but the show will pay tribute to Harding (died 2021)
* Nicola Roberts
* Nadine Coyle
and apparently even feature her studio vocals instead of reassigning them to the other members.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Nadine famously tried to pull this for her audition for the Irish version of Popstars. The lower age limit was 18 for fairly obvious reasons, and she entered as a 16 year old, and tried to lie about her birthday, but messed up and subtracted 2 years from it instead. Somehow she still actually got to the point of being picked as a member of the band Six before she was found out though.
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Originally created by the TalentShow ''Popstars: The Rivals'' which debuted in November 2002 in the sense that members were actually voted for by the viewing public, Music/GirlsAloud long outlasted the male group also created and have 20 UK Top 10 singles to their name, including four UK Number Ones. They also appeared as the school band at the end of the 2007 ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'' movie.

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Originally created by the TalentShow ''Popstars: The Rivals'' which debuted in November 2002 in the sense that members were actually voted for by the viewing public, Music/GirlsAloud Girls Aloud long outlasted the male group also created and have 20 UK Top 10 singles to their name, including four UK Number Ones. They also appeared as the school band at the end of the 2007 ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'' movie.
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* [[FiveManBand Five-Woman Band]]:
** TheLeader: Cheryl, the most vocal member and the center of much of the band's media attention, undeniably the group's overall [[BreakoutCharacter Breakout Star]].
** TheLancer: Nadine, while essentially the musical FaceOfTheBand as the main vocalist on most the group's songs, she generally had a quieter media personality & tended to stay out of the limelight in comparison to Cheryl.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Nicola, while often seemingly playing the role of the ShrinkingViolet through much of the band's run she later showed to have the most hidden talents of any member, especially as a [[TheFashionista fashionista]] and songwriter.
** TheBigGuy: Sarah, thanks to a bit of an edgier, TanktopTomboy reputation, though perhaps more fitting as "The Wild One".
** TheHeart: Kimberley, thanks to her TeamMom and OnlySaneWoman traits.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Considered this to the Music/SpiceGirls as Geri Halliwell had a hand in selecting them since she was a judge on the show that formed them. They've since outgrown that label.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners[=/=]LesYay: Kimberley and Cheryl are very close, to the point that the band's fanbase enjoy reading into this, nicknaming them "Chim".

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* HeterosexualLifePartners[=/=]LesYay: HeterosexualLifePartners: Kimberley and Cheryl are very close, to the point that the band's fanbase enjoy reading into this, nicknaming them "Chim".

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* LegFocus: The girls have flat out said that when it came to styling them, Nadine was always the one in the mini-skirt.



* ShesGotLegs: All of them, but Nadine is the standout case as she favors miniskirts and short dresses that show off her legs. The girls have flat out said that when it came to styling them, Nadine was always the one in the mini-skirt.
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[[caption-width-right:320:They're gift-wrapped kitty cats.]]

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[[caption-width-right:320:They're gift-wrapped kitty cats. From left to right: Nadine, Sarah, Nicola, Kimberley and Cheryl.]]

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