0:00:02 > 0:00:05Coming up, three celebs become 12 Again.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07I would say, "Wake up!"
0:00:07 > 0:00:09I used to be really embarrassed.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Getting detention for burning a bogey is not the greatest thing.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17We catch up with the hot new band from Barbados, Cover Drive.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19I was still in the "scared of girls" phase.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21I had lots of crushes.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Want to know what they're all talking about?
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Have you ever wondered what it would've been like
0:00:28 > 0:00:31to be mates with your favourite celeb when they were your age?
0:00:31 > 0:00:35What did they get up to, what were their favourite songs,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37and what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Because, despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This show lets you look back with your favourite celebs
0:00:48 > 0:00:51as they become 12 Again.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57# You can't stop looking at me
0:00:57 > 0:00:58# Staring at me, be what I be. #
0:00:58 > 0:01:01As a number one-selling pop princess,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Cher may have the swagger jagger now,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07but in 2005, she didn't display her X-Factor.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09When I was 12,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I was a bit of a shy one.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16But I was easily provoked, a bit naughty at times.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19He's a TV tough guy
0:01:19 > 0:01:24who puts wannabe police officers through their paces.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25This is nothing compared to
0:01:25 > 0:01:28the physical work we put them through during Cop School training.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33But, in 1989, Rav was more Clark Kent than Superman.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37I wouldn't say I was the coolest kid at school
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and I wasn't the nerdiest,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42but I was a geeky-looking kid.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Bit of a cheeky smile.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Of all the Strictly judges, he's the wicked witch.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52A complete dance disaster.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55That's now. But back in 1977,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59it wasn't his broomstick that he was attached to.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02When I was 12, I was a fat little porky child
0:02:02 > 0:02:06that was into woodwind and brass instruments.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- BRASS PARP - Excuse YOU, Craig!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12These three are massive celebrities today,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15but we're not interested in now,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17so let's go back to when they were 12,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and find out what they did when they were kids.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I remember looking absolutely dreadful when I was 12.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28My hair was awful.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I had it slicked back, in a ponytail.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33I had long hair down to my shoulder.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37I had a very round, chubby face.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I was small, a bit geeky.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42I had curtain hair, big teeth.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I had very big teeth for quite a small head.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49I wore Hawaiian shirts, polyester.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52They would be tight over my body. It was hilarious.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57I went through a phase of wearing luminous colours.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Bright yellow tights.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I'd wear the whole tutu thing.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06If I wore them now, the fashion police would be onto me.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Fashion disasters aside,
0:03:09 > 0:03:13what did Craig, Cher and Rav get up to in school?
0:03:13 > 0:03:18I remember in a science class, we made our own experiment
0:03:18 > 0:03:20to see how flammable bogies were.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24I don't think you have to be Einstein
0:03:24 > 0:03:26to work out the results of Rav's experiment.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28But let's find out, anyway.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Always remember, safety first. Put on your goggles.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Next, get a lovely fresh bogey, and give it a blast in the Bunsen.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39I wonder what will happen next(?)
0:03:39 > 0:03:43It made a horrendous smell, but they're not flammable.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Yes, Rav. Burning bogeys is stupid and smelly.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50No surprise what happens if you're caught!
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Try explaining to your parents why you're late home -
0:03:53 > 0:03:56cos you got detention for burning a bogey.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59For Craig, in Australia,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03having fun in school wasn't about bogeys.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Disco was enormous.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07It was about boogie.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13You were cool if you could disco dance,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16because Saturday Night Fever had just come out.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Saturday Night Fever was a box office smash when Craig was 12.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25It made disco the dance craze of the decade, but only if you could dance!
0:04:25 > 0:04:30I couldn't do a step. Everyone crowded round those that could do it.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35I started learning small things with my feet and shoulders,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38my head, and then my hands.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43When we'd go to any school function,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I could show off my cool moves.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49MUSIC: "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I wasn't cool. I was terrible,
0:04:52 > 0:04:56but it inspired me to want to learn to dance.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01In Britain, the BBC were giving the coolest disco dancing lessons
0:05:01 > 0:05:03on TV...kind of.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08The exhilarating thing about disco dancing is the use of the hands.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11It's right hand forward, left hand forward.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15That step...and that step.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18You're getting the hang of it.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19It was just amazing.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22With days filled disco dancing and bogey burning,
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Craig and Rav didn't seem to do much real work at school.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Let's hope Cher was a better pupil.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I didn't really fit in at school.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I just did as I pleased, really.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36If I wanted to stay in school at lunchtime, I'd stay,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39but sometimes, because I lived just over the road from school,
0:05:39 > 0:05:43I used to just go home and have a sing on the karaoke.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47I never liked to get my friends listen to me sing.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48I used to be really embarrassed.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Cher got over her embarrassment
0:05:50 > 0:05:55and was soon entering local talent competitions.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57SHE SINGS
0:05:57 > 0:06:00While Cher's passion at 12 was music,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Rav's talents were on the sports field.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05I was a sporty kid.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08There was only one rugby team in the town.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I played for them since I was seven.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I did athletics in the summer, after school.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17I used to do anything.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Life on the sports field may have been fun.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22But life in Kent was proving difficult
0:06:22 > 0:06:24for Rav and his family.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27My dad's black, my mum's white.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32He was one of the first people of colour to move into the town,
0:06:33 > 0:06:38which was very hard, because we did get some trouble and abuse.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43I remember at that age I tried to take a shortcut through a park
0:06:43 > 0:06:46and some much older kids - 18, 19 - set their dogs on me.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50They said I was the wrong colour to walk through their park.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53That did two things.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It scared the pants off me -
0:06:55 > 0:06:58and proved how fast I could run!
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Cos they never caught me!
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Racism at any age is something no-one should have to face,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07but at 12, Rav found that the sports field
0:07:07 > 0:07:11was a place where everyone is accepted.
0:07:11 > 0:07:16When you do a sport, they don't care what colour you are.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I had people on my team
0:07:18 > 0:07:22who were mixed race, like I was,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24who were tall, who were fat, who were small.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Rugby has a position for everyone.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32It was the thing where I felt most accepted at that age.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39That's what Cher, Craig and Rav were like when they were 12,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41but what were they listening to?
0:07:41 > 0:07:44In '77, I loved the music of Queen.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48# You're a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger
0:07:48 > 0:07:51# Defying the laws of gravity. #
0:07:51 > 0:07:57Now, people think of Queen as, # We will, we will rock you. #
0:07:57 > 0:08:00But, actually, it was hardcore.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Queen were huge, back in 1970s
0:08:03 > 0:08:08and have gone on to be one of the most influential bands of all time.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13My favourite thing was the way Freddie Mercury strutted about.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14# Don't stop me now. #
0:08:14 > 0:08:17He was so weird looking, and had funny teeth and big lips
0:08:17 > 0:08:18and all this hair.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20# Don't want to stop at all. #
0:08:20 > 0:08:24We studied Bohemian Rhapsody for my music course.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26MUSIC: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Bohemian Rhapsody is one of THE biggest-selling songs ever
0:08:30 > 0:08:34and its ground-breaking video is said to have kick-started the trend
0:08:34 > 0:08:36for bands to create music videos.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I just loved the lyrics,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I loved the music, everything.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43# I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
0:08:43 > 0:08:46# He's just a poor boy from a poor family
0:08:46 > 0:08:50# Spare him his life from this monstrosity. #
0:08:50 > 0:08:51I absolutely loved it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55It taught me so much about music,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57because it goes through opera...
0:08:57 > 0:09:00# Let him go! Bismillah! We will not let you go. #
0:09:00 > 0:09:03It goes through classical themes,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06it goes through heavy rock.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13How cool is studying that?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17It may have been all about Rhapsody for Craig in 1977,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21but for Rav, 1990 was all about rap.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25When I was 12, the massive one was MC Hammer, You Can't Touch This.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28That was huge. I remember hearing that everywhere.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33MC Hammer sent rap mainstream in the 1990s.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35His album sold ten million copies,
0:09:35 > 0:09:37despite the dodgy trousers.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40He had these huge Hammer Pants -
0:09:40 > 0:09:43the baggiest, hugest
0:09:43 > 0:09:46jogging bottoms ever.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48MUSIC: "Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer
0:09:50 > 0:09:54I've only seen one other person wear those.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57That was my big sister, when she was pregnant.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00They were so stretchy, they went over her massive tummy.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03For nine months, she was dressed like MC Hammer, so I told her.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05# Stop - Hammer time! #
0:10:08 > 0:10:12MC Hammer wasn't the only rapper Rav was listening to in 1990.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby".
0:10:14 > 0:10:18I thought he was Mr Cool.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23In 1990, everyone thought Vanilla Ice was cool.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Well, everyone except Rav's headmaster.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30The rule was, if you turn up like that, you'll get suspended.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I didn't want to get suspended for looking like Vanilla Ice.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Despite being hated by teachers,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38"Ice Ice Baby" is a song loved by many.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43So much so, Jedward teamed up with Mr Ice to update it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46MUSIC: "Under Pressure" by Jedward
0:10:46 > 0:10:48When Rav was a kid, everyone was releasing rap songs.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Even well-known cartoon characters were rapping.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54There was a song from The Simpsons, Do The Bartman.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57MUSIC: "Do The Bartman" by Bart Simpson
0:10:59 > 0:11:02It's still a guilty pleasure of mine.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Yes, this really is Bart Simpson,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11and he really did get to number one in the UK charts
0:11:11 > 0:11:14with this song.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Bart didn't write his own rhymes, though, because he's not real.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21He had help from Michael Jackson...
0:11:21 > 0:11:23MUSIC: "Bad" by Michael Jackson
0:11:23 > 0:11:26..who was a massive fan of The Simpsons.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27# Who's bad? #
0:11:27 > 0:11:29# If you can do the Bart You're bad, like Michael Jackson. #
0:11:29 > 0:11:32While Rav was loving his rap in 1990,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35what was Cher listening to at 12?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Pop, hip-hop, R&B?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40The one thing people don't know about me
0:11:40 > 0:11:45is that, when I was 12, I actually loved singing country songs.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Unbelievable!
0:11:47 > 0:11:51# I'm just a fool who's willing. #
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I used to sing country songs,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56like Patsy Cline...
0:11:56 > 0:11:59# MUSIC; "Crazy" by Patsy Cline
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Dolly Parton...
0:12:00 > 0:12:05MUSIC: "Jolene" by Dolly Parton
0:12:05 > 0:12:09My family really love country music,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and that's why, from hearing it all the time
0:12:11 > 0:12:14and learning the lyrics,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I really love singing it.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21# I'm begging of you Please don't take my man. #
0:12:21 > 0:12:26There's lots of elements within country songs
0:12:26 > 0:12:29that are used nowadays in R&B music and hip hop.
0:12:29 > 0:12:36I think it's widened my ability and brought me to the way I am today.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40When Cher was 12, country really wasn't that popular.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44It had been over a decade since classics like this charted...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47MUSIC: "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Yes, if you ignore the horrendous haircut,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56you'll notice that is Billy Ray Cyrus,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Miley Cyrus' dad, way before he played the part
0:12:59 > 0:13:02of...Miley's dad in Hannah Montana.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07My most-hated song, when I was 12 was "Is This The Way To Amarillo?"
0:13:07 > 0:13:09It drove me insane.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13MUSIC: "Is This The Way To Amarillo?" by Peter Kay
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Peter Kay released this song to raise money for Comic Relief.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20He mimed along to the voice of Tony Christie,
0:13:20 > 0:13:22who originally sang the words in 1971.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25When Cher was 12, it was huge.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Annoyingly, everyone was singing it,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31and doing those stupid dance moves.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33That's the one, Peter.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37It's a good thing Cher was into country,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40as 2005 was a particularly bad year for music.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Let me take you through my bottom three worst tracks from that year.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49At three, Akon with "Lonely".
0:13:49 > 0:13:50Sadly, Akon wasn't all that lonely.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54He's joined by what can only be described as a singing chipmunk.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Pipe down, Alvin!
0:14:01 > 0:14:03At 2, it's Chico.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06He was the comedy X-Factor singer,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10who released a song all about himself, Chico Time.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Surely, the only thing worse than this
0:14:14 > 0:14:17is a singing frog riding an invisible motorbike...
0:14:19 > 0:14:21..which, sadly, is exactly what's on at number one.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26This little fellow is called The Crazy Frog,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29who started life as a mobile phone ringtone.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32As you can hear, it's pretty terrible.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35OK, that's enough of that!
0:14:35 > 0:14:38What's wrong with the people in 2005?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Still to come, Cover Drive
0:14:43 > 0:14:45talk about romance at school.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49He didn't ask to be my Valentine. He gave me a chocolate heart
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and he said, "This is for you".
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Rav Wilding confesses to his secret crush.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I fancied her. I thought she was hot.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02And Craig gets frustrated with his comedy hero.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Adorable, and likeable,
0:15:04 > 0:15:08but you want to strangle him
0:15:08 > 0:15:10for getting it wrong all the time.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15First, let's see what news stories had an impact
0:15:15 > 0:15:17on our celebrities when they were 12.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21When I was 12, there was a huge story that happened in Europe.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23There was two different countries,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26East and West Germany.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30They were very different, had different sports teams.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33They were split by the Berlin Wall.
0:15:33 > 0:15:381989 will always be remembered for what happened here.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40The year when the barriers between East and West Europe
0:15:40 > 0:15:42finally started opening up.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47The Berlin Wall was built in 1961,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50becoming a symbol of separation between East and West Europe.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The wall physically cut Berlin in two.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57People who lived there were not allowed to mix.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Lots of people wanted to leave East Germany.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Some were killed when caught crossing the Wall.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09I remember hearing if you tried to cross the wall, you could get shot.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I didn't understand the politics. I was only 12.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14It was a scary thing.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18In 1989, after weeks of unrest, the people of East Berlin
0:16:18 > 0:16:22were able to cross the wall that had separated them
0:16:22 > 0:16:23for nearly three decades.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26It united these two countries.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29It was massive news all round the world.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33The fall of the Berlin Wall was a huge moment for the world
0:16:33 > 0:16:37- and led to Germany becoming one country again.- Hello!
0:16:37 > 0:16:39What better way to unite Germany,
0:16:39 > 0:16:44than with an American superstar in an electric-powered jacket?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45There was a huge party.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48The Hoff, David Hasselhoff,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50was standing there, singing...
0:16:50 > 0:16:54# I've been looking for freedom. #
0:16:54 > 0:16:57..cos he's a massive pop star in Germany, bizarrely.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02While the Hoff got the party started in 1989,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05when Cher was 12, there was no cause for celebration.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09A massive hurricane has hit the southern states of America,
0:17:09 > 0:17:13killing more than 50 people and leaving thousands homeless.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17When I was 12, the big news story
0:17:17 > 0:17:19was about Hurricane Katrina.
0:17:19 > 0:17:26It was one of the most destructive hurricanes in American history.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Mass flooding broke river defences,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31and left much of New Orleans under water.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Everyone knew Hurricane Katrina was on her way.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Not everyone could leave cities like New Orleans in time.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42I remember watching the news, with my mum and dad,
0:17:42 > 0:17:44and seeing horrible pictures
0:17:44 > 0:17:48of people standing on top of buildings.
0:17:48 > 0:17:501,800 people died
0:17:50 > 0:17:54and thousands of homes were destroyed.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Everything's gone. It's real bad. It's a mess, man.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03It is estimated that Katrina caused over 100 billion of damage.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Even today. many people are still being affected
0:18:06 > 0:18:09by the aftermath of the disaster.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12While the big news for Cher happened in America,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15when Craig was 12, something huge
0:18:15 > 0:18:18was about to happen right on his doorstep.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Dawn of a new day.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22The body count now stands at 37.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25But there at least two more compartments down there.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The toll could edge closer to 80, possibly 100.
0:18:28 > 0:18:35The biggest stand out thing that happened to me in 1977
0:18:35 > 0:18:38was the Granville train disaster.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40On 18th January, 1977,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43in a suburb of Sydney,
0:18:43 > 0:18:49a crowded commuter train derailed, and crashed into a road bridge
0:18:49 > 0:18:51which fell onto the carriages.
0:18:51 > 0:18:5383 people died,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55and over 200 were injured.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57This was really personal.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Two weeks after that, I was starting school,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03at Granville Boys' High.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I was going to be getting on that train.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I was just terrified.
0:19:08 > 0:19:13It was the most horrific thing to ever really happen.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15That was, for me,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17world news.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Like the Twin Towers coming down.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24It was that graphic in my head.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29The whole experience gave me a sense of community,
0:19:29 > 0:19:34I learned there are other people in the world other than our family.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38The whole community came together
0:19:38 > 0:19:42and made me appreciate my life,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44for the first time.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I think those big events,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51when you're 12, do shape you as a person.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Still to come, we ask the question,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I would not tolerate the bullying.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06I would definitely learn to dance,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08and especially disco.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Get my head down at school,
0:20:10 > 0:20:11do really well,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13and not misbehave.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16First, we're taking a break,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18spending two minutes with Cover Drive.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21# Boy, I'm loving this twilight. #
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Taking time out backstage, singer Amanda, and drummer T-Ray
0:20:25 > 0:20:29talk about life and love at 12 in Barbados.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I was still in the "scared of girls" phase.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- I had lots of crushes. - Everyone had, at 12.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42I had a crush on this boy. I wanted a Valentine.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47He didn't ask me to be his Valentine, but he gave me
0:20:47 > 0:20:49a chocolate heart.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50He said, "This is for you".
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I didn't get that was him asking me to be his Valentine,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56because I was young.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- I said, "I don't want it". - SHE LAUGHS
0:20:58 > 0:21:03When Amanda and T-Ray were 12, music was their first love.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I loved pop music.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11I was big into Britney Spears and all that stuff. I loved it.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Oh, Sean Paul! Oh, my goodness, how could I forget Sean Paul?!
0:21:13 > 0:21:16# I don't really care what people say. #
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I still watch his videos for the dancing.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21I still don't understand what he says when he sings!
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Though they lived in an island paradise,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28T-Ray and Amanda had the same issues growing up
0:21:28 > 0:21:30as all 12-year-olds.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34I remember waiting for my boobs to come in.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I was like, "When do I get them?"
0:21:37 > 0:21:40They'll want them big, not too big.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44I was waiting for awkward hair and facial hair.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46If they were 12 again,
0:21:46 > 0:21:47what would they change?
0:21:47 > 0:21:51# You don't know me You can't run away
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I would have played my instruments earlier.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56And tried talking to a girl.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59"Hey, how you doing?" Run away!
0:21:59 > 0:22:03I would have taken the chocolate heart.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07If you had, it might have affected the whole universe
0:22:07 > 0:22:10and you might not be here now.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11OK, never mind. I give back the chocolate!
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Lesson learned. If you want to date a future pop star, just ask.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Let's get back to business
0:22:18 > 0:22:21and find out what Craig, Cher and Rav were watching when they were 12.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28When I was 12, the show everyone was watching was Maid Marian.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32# Marian
0:22:32 > 0:22:34# Why don't you carry on? #
0:22:34 > 0:22:37It had a really catchy theme tune,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39which I remember really well.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Maid Marian and Her Merry Men was the most popular kids' TV show
0:22:44 > 0:22:46of its day.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51The show was a musical comedy retelling of Robin Hood.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55In this show, though, Robin Hood wasn't the hero,
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- He was totally useless. - My arrow's disappeared!
0:23:00 > 0:23:05And the plucky Maid Marian was the leader of the merry men.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- What's the matter? - We'll be killed, that's all!
0:23:08 > 0:23:11No, we'll be heroes!
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Yes. Dead heroes.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I had a bit of a crush on Marian.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I thought she was hot.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Oh, great(!)
0:23:19 > 0:23:21More than just feisty heroine,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Marian loved a good sing-along with her merry men.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26# Colin
0:23:26 > 0:23:29# We're calling out your name
0:23:29 > 0:23:33# Without your happy clucking,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35# Our lives won't be the same. #
0:23:35 > 0:23:38This is the worst band I've ever heard!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40You've never heard the Crazy Frog!
0:23:40 > 0:23:46Time to find out what Cher Lloyd was watching in 2005.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49When I was 12, I used to fight over the remote,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51cos I wanted to watch Tracy Beaker.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I'm still a big fan of Tracy Beaker.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59I think it's because she's so naughty.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04If it wasn't gluing people to chairs, Tracy was up to mischief,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07but what was Cher's most memorable moment?
0:24:07 > 0:24:10I loved it when Tracy put flour
0:24:10 > 0:24:11in the cupboard.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15I see what's happening here. Stay way from the door, Mike!
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Hilarious. Best moment ever.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23All right. Who did this?
0:24:23 > 0:24:27I would never have had the guts to do half what she did.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I can honestly say, hand on heart,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33it had absolutely nothing to do with me.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36What?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39While Tracy may have got herself into trouble,
0:24:39 > 0:24:44back in 1977, Craig was watching a one-man disaster area.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48The one, the only, Mr Frank Spencer!
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I loved Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57I thought that was hilarious.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59You could have had my eye out there!
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Our family watched it religiously.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07It made my sisters and I laugh like drains. It was fantastic.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The series followed accident-prone Frank Spencer,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15and saw the well-meaning, but clueless, character
0:25:15 > 0:25:17getting into situations that usually
0:25:17 > 0:25:20spiralled ridiculously out of control.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23He was just a funny, funny character.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Adorable and likeable,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30but you'd just want to strangle him
0:25:30 > 0:25:33for getting it wrong all the time.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36AUDIENCE LAUGHS
0:25:36 > 0:25:40There was one scene, where Michael Crawford
0:25:40 > 0:25:42is roller-skating,
0:25:42 > 0:25:43and he gets flung off,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45goes through doors...
0:25:48 > 0:25:50..down stairs,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52on buses.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55We used to kill ourselves laughing at that.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57It was absolutely brilliant.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Time to drag our celebs away from the TV,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and find out why they'd like to be 12 again.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14The best thing was you'd just started to look forward
0:26:14 > 0:26:17to your adult life,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20thinking which direction to go, and what to be.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22If I could back to 12,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24knowing everything I know now,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I would probably
0:26:26 > 0:26:29get my head down at school,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32do really well, and not misbehave.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36The class joker might be funny at the time,
0:26:36 > 0:26:37but in the long run,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41people are laughing at you, not with you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I would say, "Wake up!"
0:26:44 > 0:26:47Do what you love
0:26:47 > 0:26:51and don't care what other people think.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54If I was 12 again, I'd not tolerate the bullying.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57I'd tell someone.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00But I don't know what else I'd change.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I had good friends, good music.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I kind of enjoyed it.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07I was very worried that I wouldn't fit in.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12That I wouldn't look like any of the other girls.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14It was really difficult
0:27:14 > 0:27:18to work out the type of person I wanted to be
0:27:18 > 0:27:20and the things I wanted to do.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25If I was 12 again, I'd definitely learn to dance,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28especially disco, secretly,
0:27:28 > 0:27:33so I could go into the playground, and say, "Look at that!"
0:27:33 > 0:27:35I would love it!
0:27:37 > 0:27:40So what have we learned?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43If you dream of dance stardom,
0:27:43 > 0:27:47dodgy TV shows aren't the best way to learn your moves.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Never give another frog a recording contract!
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It's taken years to get this out of my head. Ding, ding!
0:27:52 > 0:27:57Oh, not again! And if there is another major historical event
0:27:57 > 0:27:59that needs celebrating, call in the Hoff.
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