Long before the days of spinny chairs and Dermot O'Leary's dad dancing, there was one telly talent show we plonked ourselves on the sofa for every Saturday night;Pop Idol. Back in 2003 Simon Cowell, Neil Fox, Nicki Chapman and Pete Waterman set out to find another star after Will Young won the first series; and if you're anything like us you're probably wondering what the hell the contestants are up to now.
Don't kid yourself, hun. You're dying to know.
So BEHOLD; a look at the contestants of Pop Idol series 2. How many of 'em do you remember?
BELOW: Pop Idol series 2 - where are they now?
Pop Idol series 2: Where are they now?
1 of 20Michelle McManus then
Michelle won the show back in 2003.
2 of 20Michelle McManus now
Michelle's debut single All This Time (it was a tune, don't deny it) reached number 1, with her album The Meaning of Love charting at number 3. Since then, she's hosted STV's The Hour and joined Loose Women as a panelist in January 2018.
3 of 20Mark Rhodes then
Mark reached the final, coming in second place.
4 of 20Mark Rhodes now
Mark had a short-lived pop career as one half of Sam & Mark (with fellow Pop Idol alumni Sam Nixon); before moving into TV hosting the likes of TMI (alongside Caroline Flack) and Top of the Pops Reloaded.
5 of 20Sam Nixon then
Sam came third in the show and we fancied him quite a lot tbh.
6 of 20Sam Nixon now
Same as Mark, really. Also, can we discuss how brilliant Sam & Mark's cover of The Beatles' With a Little Help from My Friends was?
7 of 20Chris Hide then
Oh Chris was a cutie, wasn't he?
8 of 20Chris Hide now
After finishing in fourth place, Chris is now a singing teacher in Sussex.
9 of 20Susanne Manning then
Remember Susanne? The one with the well husky voice?
10 of 20Susanne Manning now
Susanne now hosts a radio show
11 of 20Roxanne Cooper then
Roxanne Cooper came sixth.
12 of 20Roxanne Cooper now
According to LinkedIn, Roxanne now owns Streetstars Dance Studio and is a professional vocalist, choreographer and IDTA dance teacher.
13 of 20Andy Scott-Lee then
Who can forget Lisa Scott-Lee off of Steps' brother Andy, eh?
14 of 20Andy Scott-Lee now
Andy married Liberty X star Michelle Heaton in 2006, though they separated in 2008 and divorced shortly after. He then married Lydia Louisa, who competed in the thirteenth series of Big Brother in 2012.
15 of 20Kim Gee then
Kim had our favourite bit on the classic Pop Idol Christmas single Happy Xmas (War is Over), tbh.
16 of 20Kim Gee now
A quick Google tells us Kim released a track called Walk in the Room post-Idol. So there you go.
17 of 20Marc Dillon then
Fun fact: Marc single-handedly kept hair gel manufacturers in business.
18 of 20Marc Dillon now
He now tours as a Michael Bublé and a Robbie Williams tribute act. Classic.
19 of 20Kirsty Crawford then
She made it to the live shows, but Kirsty was eliminated after just two weeks. Poor thing.
20 of 20Kirsty Crawford now
Glaswegian Kirsty went on to audition for The X Factor and The Voice (though none of the judges turned their chair for her.)