Nadine Coyle - Biography

In a nutshell

When the first reality TV shows found their way onto our screens, Nadine was at the perfect age to take full advantage and apply to take part.

You'll remember 'Popstars' on ITV finding us the gem that was 'Hear Say', and over in Ireland they had their very own version of the show called, funnily enough, 'Popstars'. In typical reality show drama, it was discovered that Nadine ? who was progressing in the show and may well have succeeded in joining the band ? was actually below the minimum age limit to take part. So, unceremoniously, was booted off. It's actually just as well; the band created from the show ? 'Six' ? didn't last long.

Nadine recorded her own demo CD and distributed it to family and friends, as well as manager Louis Walsh and a couple of Irish TV shows. But when she heard that the UK was going to have their own follow-up to 'Popstars' called ? sigh ? 'Popstars The Rivals', she jumped at the chance to take part.

A lot of popstars can't actually sing very well. That's we call 'fact'. But it turned out that Nadine is actually a very good singer indeed, as the nation found out week by week as we followed her progress in Rivals. She easily made the final line up, and the five girls became one of the nation's best assets, Girls Aloud.

It's been pretty much non-stop for Nadine (and the rest of the group) since they had their first number one single, 'Sound of the Underground' way back in 2002.

It hasn't gone unnoticed that Nadine is a pretty, pretty lady. As well as the probably unwanted attention of thousands of British slobs, Nadine caught the eye of 'Desperate Housewives' hunk, Jesse Metcalf. And lets be honest, who'd say no? They dated for a few months but apparently decided to call it a day. Metcalf was later pictured with another woman. Pah! Is he mad?

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