Yesterday's promising music stars: where are they now?

They had the right backers and the buzz, but suddenly ... nothing happened. What went wrong with these three much-touted noughties acts, Girl Thing, the Bravery and Andrew WK?Girl ThingWho were they? The band Simon Cowell hopes you don't remember. In 2000 he claimed they'd be "bigger than the Spice Girls."What happened? Debut single Last One Standing was their only top 10 hit.Wannabe: Michelle Hughes (nee Barber), one of five singersI was 18 and working as a dancer at Blackpool pleasure beach wh...

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