‘Popstars: The Rivals’ girl group Girls Aloud have continued to dominate the charts this week topping the list with ‘Sound of the Underground’ while their rival boy band One True Voice dropped to number five with ‘Sacred Trust’. The Cheeky Girls’ Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) single clung to the number two spot for the second week. Read more.

The Sun reports Girls Aloud were devastated last night after learning their tour manager, John McMahon, was killed in a Christmas Day car crash. Their ‘Popstars: The Rivals’ manager Louis Walsh said, “I only found out two hours ago and I am very sad. I only knew John through his work with Girls Aloud but I really liked him. He was a lovely bloke and very professional. We wanted to work on other projects together. The girls all liked him. I’ve just got off the phone to Nadine. She’s totally shocked and upset.” Read more.

Popstars: The Rivals girl group Girls Aloud have spoken to News of the World after the firestorm of controversy that has both bands and their bosses going at each other’s throats. Pete Waterman, boss of the boy band counterparts One True Voice had alleged the Girls Aloud single ‘Sounds Of The Underground’ had actually been performed by session singers. Sarah said, “To spread rumours that we didn’t sing on the record is ludicrous. Just listen to them and you can hear all of us belting out the song.” She added, “I will confess we didn’t know they used backing singers on ‘Sounds Of The Underground’ and ‘Stay Another Day’. But we’re not the first band to use them and we definitely won’t be the last.”

The Sunday People reports Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has fallen for one of the guys who was thrown out of the rival Popstars boy band, Mikey Green. The pair met again at a showbiz party in London and hit it off immediately before going back to a hotel. Schedules have made it tough for the two to stay in touch.