S Club 8

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S Club 8, previously known as S Club Juniors, were a spin-off of the highly popular UK pop music band S Club (7). The group's members, Jay Asforis, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Frankie Sandford, Rochelle Wiseman, Hannah Richings, Daisy Evans and Calvin Goldspink, were all in their early teens or younger when they were chosen from thousands of hopefuls on the S Club Search (2001) television series. The group were originally intended only as a support act on S Club (7)'s S Club Carnival Tour. However, they soon released a single of their own, 2002's "One Step Closer".

After three albums, eight singles, a children's television programme, and two name changes, the group disbanded in 2004.

1 S Club Juniors
2 S Club 8
3 I Dream
4 Split
5 Discography
- 5.1 Albums
- 5.2 Singles
6 External links

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S Club Juniors

Following the success of debut single "One Step Closer", S Club Juniors released the album Together and a further three top 10 singles. The band also recorded a DVD, Dance The S Club Way in which they demonstrated S Club (7) dance routines.

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S Club 8

After S Club (7) announced their split in 2003, S Club Juniors became the figureheads of the S Club brand and were renamed as S Club 8. Their comeback single was the high energy, electro-tinged 'Fool No More' which was followed by an album, Sundown, and two more singles. After both their album and the single 'Don't Tell Me Your Sorry' (the last single released under the S Club name) failed to reach the top 10, the group's management decided to drastically alter their direction.

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I Dream

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Additional Cast
Matt Di Angelo	Felix
Rachel Hyde-Harvey	Amy
Helen Kurup	Khush
Lorna Want	Natalie
George Wood	Ollie

In 2004, S Club 8 returned as cast members in the BBC children's television show I Dream. Unlike the S Club (7) shows which focused upon the band's fictional exploits, I Dream saw S Club 8 as members of a larger ensemble cast (see side bar). I Dream revolved around the summer school Avalon Heights, run by Professor Toone (played by Christopher Lloyd), where the characters tried to improve on their talents in the performing arts. Not surpisingly, the show featured many songs and dances: normally two songs per episode.

The show's theme tune, Dreaming, was performed by band members Frankie and Calvin and was released on November 15 2004. This duet raised rumours that Frankie and Calvin were going to leave the band, but all band members insisted they were planning on more S Club 8 releases after the show had finished its first season. On November 29, 2004 an album titled Welcome To Avalon Heights was released, containing songs from the show performed by S Club 8 members and the rest of the cast.

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Split

Further rumours of the band splitting came up when it was announced that band member Rochelle Wiseman was confirmed to become a presenter for the British children's television programme Smile starting on December 19, 2004 replacing Reggie Yates and Fearne Cotton who left the programme at the end of 2004. The rumours proved to be true and there have been no further releases from either S Club 8 or I Dream.

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