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Strictly Come Dancing: the final – as it happened

Amber Davies, Karen Carney and George Clarke fought it out in the series finale. Co-hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman waved goodbye. But on an emotional night in the ballroom, who waltzed away with the glitterball trophy?

The Guardian - UK

Simon Cowell reveals he almost 'punched 90s boyband icon in the face'

The BGT judge recounted the story in a new BBC documentary

Evening Standard

Five's Ritchie Neville claims he was assaulted by woman in 30s as a teen and felt imprisoned by boyband heyday

Positioned as the ‘bad boys’ of pop, fame came quickly for the five-piece but things were not always as great as they seemed

Evening Standard

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‘Almost like imprisonment’: the shocking truth about life for boybands in their ‘golden era’

Mobbed, groped, overworked, paid a pittance and given little time off … ahead of a major TV series about boybands, former members of 5ive and 911 reveal what success was really like for many

The Guardian - UK

‘A true genius’: Denniz Pop, the late Scandi-pop architect behind Max Martin, Robyn and NSync

With songs for Backstreet Boys and many more, he turned Sweden into a pop powerhouse – then died tragically young. His peers reflect on an underrated legacy

The Guardian - UK

Reach for the Stars by Michael Cragg review – hot gossip from pop’s golden age

In this hoot of an oral history the stars of 90s chart acts recall how their innocence collided with a cynical music industry

The Guardian - UK

Back Then When hosts Keith Lemon and Lucie Cave on why ‘cancel culture will cancel itself’

Exclusive: The stars of the new nostalgia-filled podcast reflect on a time pre-social media when ‘celebrity was more fun’ and ‘everyone had a laugh’

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Boyband superstars 5ive set to play Ayrshire bingo hall as part of 90s throwback show

Three of the original band members will play the gig.

Daily Record

5ive's Abz nearly died trying to save his Timberland boots from a hotel room blaze

The 42-year-old former member of 5ive had popped into fellow band member Scott Robinson's hotel room when he left a cigar burning, which started a fire

Daily Mirror

5ive look back: ‘The label wanted a boyband with an edge – ours was pretty sharp’

The three remaining members of the 90s group recreate a photo from their teen idol days – and look back at fallouts, fights and hotel room fires

The Guardian - UK

5ive's Scott Robinson unrecognisable 20 years after band's split

He shot to fame in the Nineties as part of boy band 5ive, but Scott Robinson looks very different now

Daily Mirror

Captain Tom Moore's dashing grandson shocks fans by popping up on Celebs Go Dating

During the latest episode of the E4 show, The Only Way Is Essex star Chloe Brockett sat across from Sir Captain Tom Moore’s dashing grandson Max on a double date alongside former 5ive star Abz Love

Daily Mirror

Channel 4 Celebs Go Dating: Abz Love's heartbreak after finding out his fiancee was £2,000-a-night escort

Abz Love is most famous for being part of the boyband 5ive in the '90s

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