Girls Aloud emerged triumphant from the 2002 reality TV talent show Popstars:
The Rivals to confound the expectations of a brief shelf life normally
surrounding this path to fame, to become one of the most successful British girl
groups of all time. The show set them up against boy band One True Voice to
compete for the Christmas number one spot, resulting in a resounding victory for
Girls Aloud with "Sound of the Underground" in 2002. They followed it with a
string of further hits–including 2003's cover version of the Pointer Sisters'
1983 dance hit "Jump," which took the number...