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.