Career: She lived at home for many years, and until he died, her father worked as her road manager. McDonald spent years performing in small clubs across the country before getting a job as a cabaret singer on a cruise ship. At first, she claims it was a nightmare, but the move made her a star when the BBC filmed reality TV show The Cruise at her place of work. Her down-to-earth charm made her an instant celebrity. Since then, she's released hit records, had sell-out tours and written an autobiography.

Career: Blue's debut single, All Rise, was released in May 2001 and reached number four in the charts. In the same year, their second single, Too Close, peaked at number one. Their debut album, All Rise, topped the album charts and went on to sell almost two million copies. They continued to record and tour before splitting in 2005 to pursue solo careers. In August 2005, Ryan released a self-titled solo album. Blue reformed in 2009 and went on to represent the UK in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. They finished 11th. In 2013, the band released their fourth album, Roulette. In January 2014, Ryan entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.

Career: After disappearing from the public eye in his teens, Jones became a county level tennis player, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. He went on to gain entry at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he trained as an actor. It led to appearances in productions of Twelfth Night and Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. He has become a regular presenter/performer on Songs of Praise and presents his own shows on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3 and Radio Wales. Jones has also returned to recording music, and touring, to great acclaim. In 2004, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. On the 4 May 2012, it was announced that Jones would become the new co-presenter of the ITV breakfast programme Daybreak, alongside Lorraine Kelly. He left Daybreak in April 2014 to host a new breakfast show for ITV called Weekend. His recent TV work has included reporting for Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two and co-presenting daily magazine show Too Much TV, both for BBC2.

Career: After catching the eye singing before games for his beloved Manchester United, Watson's debut album was released in May 2001. It made history as the first time a British artist had held both the US and UK classical number one. The album contained perhaps Watson's most unusual collaboration to date, with former Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder who lent his vocals to the Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song Barcelona. Watson played Parson Nathaniel in the stage adaptation of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds in early 2006 and took part in reality show Just the Two of Us. He returned to his musical career in 2008 following serious health issues.