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Coming up, three celebs become 12 Again.

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I would say, "Wake up!"

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I used to be really embarrassed.

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Getting detention for burning a bogey is not the greatest thing.

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We catch up with the hot new band from Barbados, Cover Drive.

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I was still in the "scared of girls" phase.

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I had lots of crushes.

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Want to know what they're all talking about?

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Have you ever wondered what it would've been like

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to be mates with your favourite celeb when they were your age?

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What did they get up to, what were their favourite songs,

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and what TV shows did they watch?

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Because, despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,

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once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.

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This show lets you look back with your favourite celebs

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as they become 12 Again.

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# You can't stop looking at me

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# Staring at me, be what I be. #

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As a number one-selling pop princess,

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Cher may have the swagger jagger now,

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but in 2005, she didn't display her X-Factor.

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When I was 12,

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I was a bit of a shy one.

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But I was easily provoked, a bit naughty at times.

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He's a TV tough guy

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who puts wannabe police officers through their paces.

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This is nothing compared to

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the physical work we put them through during Cop School training.

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But, in 1989, Rav was more Clark Kent than Superman.

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I wouldn't say I was the coolest kid at school

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and I wasn't the nerdiest,

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but I was a geeky-looking kid.

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Bit of a cheeky smile.

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Of all the Strictly judges, he's the wicked witch.

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A complete dance disaster.

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That's now. But back in 1977,

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it wasn't his broomstick that he was attached to.

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When I was 12, I was a fat little porky child

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that was into woodwind and brass instruments.

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-BRASS PARP

-Excuse YOU, Craig!

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These three are massive celebrities today,

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but we're not interested in now,

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so let's go back to when they were 12,

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and find out what they did when they were kids.

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I remember looking absolutely dreadful when I was 12.

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My hair was awful.

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I had it slicked back, in a ponytail.

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I had long hair down to my shoulder.

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I had a very round, chubby face.

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I was small, a bit geeky.

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I had curtain hair, big teeth.

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I had very big teeth for quite a small head.

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I wore Hawaiian shirts, polyester.

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They would be tight over my body. It was hilarious.

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I went through a phase of wearing luminous colours.

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Bright yellow tights.

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I'd wear the whole tutu thing.

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If I wore them now, the fashion police would be onto me.

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Fashion disasters aside,

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what did Craig, Cher and Rav get up to in school?

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I remember in a science class, we made our own experiment

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to see how flammable bogies were.

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I don't think you have to be Einstein

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to work out the results of Rav's experiment.

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But let's find out, anyway.

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Always remember, safety first. Put on your goggles.

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Next, get a lovely fresh bogey, and give it a blast in the Bunsen.

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I wonder what will happen next(?)

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It made a horrendous smell, but they're not flammable.

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Yes, Rav. Burning bogeys is stupid and smelly.

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No surprise what happens if you're caught!

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Try explaining to your parents why you're late home -

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cos you got detention for burning a bogey.

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For Craig, in Australia,

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having fun in school wasn't about bogeys.

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Disco was enormous.

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It was about boogie.

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You were cool if you could disco dance,

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because Saturday Night Fever had just come out.

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Saturday Night Fever was a box office smash when Craig was 12.

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It made disco the dance craze of the decade, but only if you could dance!

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I couldn't do a step. Everyone crowded round those that could do it.

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I started learning small things with my feet and shoulders,

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my head, and then my hands.

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When we'd go to any school function,

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I could show off my cool moves.

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MUSIC: "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps

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I wasn't cool. I was terrible,

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but it inspired me to want to learn to dance.

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In Britain, the BBC were giving the coolest disco dancing lessons

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on TV...kind of.

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The exhilarating thing about disco dancing is the use of the hands.

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It's right hand forward, left hand forward.

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That step...and that step.

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You're getting the hang of it.

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It was just amazing.

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With days filled disco dancing and bogey burning,

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Craig and Rav didn't seem to do much real work at school.

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Let's hope Cher was a better pupil.

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I didn't really fit in at school.

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I just did as I pleased, really.

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If I wanted to stay in school at lunchtime, I'd stay,

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but sometimes, because I lived just over the road from school,

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I used to just go home and have a sing on the karaoke.

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I never liked to get my friends listen to me sing.

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I used to be really embarrassed.

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Cher got over her embarrassment

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and was soon entering local talent competitions.

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SHE SINGS

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While Cher's passion at 12 was music,

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Rav's talents were on the sports field.

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I was a sporty kid.

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There was only one rugby team in the town.

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I played for them since I was seven.

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I did athletics in the summer, after school.

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I used to do anything.

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Life on the sports field may have been fun.

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But life in Kent was proving difficult

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for Rav and his family.

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My dad's black, my mum's white.

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He was one of the first people of colour to move into the town,

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which was very hard, because we did get some trouble and abuse.

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I remember at that age I tried to take a shortcut through a park

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and some much older kids - 18, 19 - set their dogs on me.

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They said I was the wrong colour to walk through their park.

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That did two things.

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It scared the pants off me -

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and proved how fast I could run!

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Cos they never caught me!

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Racism at any age is something no-one should have to face,

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but at 12, Rav found that the sports field

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was a place where everyone is accepted.

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When you do a sport, they don't care what colour you are.

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I had people on my team

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who were mixed race, like I was,

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who were tall, who were fat, who were small.

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Rugby has a position for everyone.

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It was the thing where I felt most accepted at that age.

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That's what Cher, Craig and Rav were like when they were 12,

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but what were they listening to?

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In '77, I loved the music of Queen.

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# You're a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger

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# Defying the laws of gravity. #

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Now, people think of Queen as, # We will, we will rock you. #

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But, actually, it was hardcore.

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Queen were huge, back in 1970s

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and have gone on to be one of the most influential bands of all time.

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My favourite thing was the way Freddie Mercury strutted about.

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# Don't stop me now. #

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He was so weird looking, and had funny teeth and big lips

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and all this hair.

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# Don't want to stop at all. #

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We studied Bohemian Rhapsody for my music course.

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MUSIC: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

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Bohemian Rhapsody is one of THE biggest-selling songs ever

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and its ground-breaking video is said to have kick-started the trend

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for bands to create music videos.

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I just loved the lyrics,

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I loved the music, everything.

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# I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me

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# He's just a poor boy from a poor family

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# Spare him his life from this monstrosity. #

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I absolutely loved it.

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It taught me so much about music,

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because it goes through opera...

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# Let him go! Bismillah! We will not let you go. #

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It goes through classical themes,

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it goes through heavy rock.

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How cool is studying that?

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It may have been all about Rhapsody for Craig in 1977,

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but for Rav, 1990 was all about rap.

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When I was 12, the massive one was MC Hammer, You Can't Touch This.

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That was huge. I remember hearing that everywhere.

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MC Hammer sent rap mainstream in the 1990s.

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His album sold ten million copies,

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despite the dodgy trousers.

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He had these huge Hammer Pants -

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the baggiest, hugest

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jogging bottoms ever.

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MUSIC: "Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer

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I've only seen one other person wear those.

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That was my big sister, when she was pregnant.

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They were so stretchy, they went over her massive tummy.

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For nine months, she was dressed like MC Hammer, so I told her.

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# Stop - Hammer time! #

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MC Hammer wasn't the only rapper Rav was listening to in 1990.

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Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby".

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I thought he was Mr Cool.

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In 1990, everyone thought Vanilla Ice was cool.

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Well, everyone except Rav's headmaster.

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The rule was, if you turn up like that, you'll get suspended.

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I didn't want to get suspended for looking like Vanilla Ice.

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Despite being hated by teachers,

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"Ice Ice Baby" is a song loved by many.

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So much so, Jedward teamed up with Mr Ice to update it.

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MUSIC: "Under Pressure" by Jedward

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When Rav was a kid, everyone was releasing rap songs.

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Even well-known cartoon characters were rapping.

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There was a song from The Simpsons, Do The Bartman.

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MUSIC: "Do The Bartman" by Bart Simpson

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It's still a guilty pleasure of mine.

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Yes, this really is Bart Simpson,

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and he really did get to number one in the UK charts

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with this song.

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Bart didn't write his own rhymes, though, because he's not real.

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He had help from Michael Jackson...

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MUSIC: "Bad" by Michael Jackson

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..who was a massive fan of The Simpsons.

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# Who's bad? #

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# If you can do the Bart You're bad, like Michael Jackson. #

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While Rav was loving his rap in 1990,

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what was Cher listening to at 12?

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Pop, hip-hop, R&B?

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The one thing people don't know about me

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is that, when I was 12, I actually loved singing country songs.

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Unbelievable!

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# I'm just a fool who's willing. #

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I used to sing country songs,

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like Patsy Cline...

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# MUSIC; "Crazy" by Patsy Cline

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Dolly Parton...

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MUSIC: "Jolene" by Dolly Parton

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My family really love country music,

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and that's why, from hearing it all the time

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and learning the lyrics,

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I really love singing it.

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# I'm begging of you Please don't take my man. #

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There's lots of elements within country songs

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that are used nowadays in R&B music and hip hop.

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I think it's widened my ability and brought me to the way I am today.

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When Cher was 12, country really wasn't that popular.

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It had been over a decade since classics like this charted...

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MUSIC: "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus

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Yes, if you ignore the horrendous haircut,

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you'll notice that is Billy Ray Cyrus,

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Miley Cyrus' dad, way before he played the part

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of...Miley's dad in Hannah Montana.

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My most-hated song, when I was 12 was "Is This The Way To Amarillo?"

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It drove me insane.

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MUSIC: "Is This The Way To Amarillo?" by Peter Kay

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Peter Kay released this song to raise money for Comic Relief.

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He mimed along to the voice of Tony Christie,

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who originally sang the words in 1971.

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When Cher was 12, it was huge.

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Annoyingly, everyone was singing it,

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and doing those stupid dance moves.

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That's the one, Peter.

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It's a good thing Cher was into country,

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as 2005 was a particularly bad year for music.

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Let me take you through my bottom three worst tracks from that year.

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At three, Akon with "Lonely".

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Sadly, Akon wasn't all that lonely.

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He's joined by what can only be described as a singing chipmunk.

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Pipe down, Alvin!

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At 2, it's Chico.

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He was the comedy X-Factor singer,

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who released a song all about himself, Chico Time.

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Surely, the only thing worse than this

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is a singing frog riding an invisible motorbike...

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..which, sadly, is exactly what's on at number one.

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This little fellow is called The Crazy Frog,

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who started life as a mobile phone ringtone.

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As you can hear, it's pretty terrible.

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OK, that's enough of that!

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What's wrong with the people in 2005?

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Still to come, Cover Drive

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talk about romance at school.

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He didn't ask to be my Valentine. He gave me a chocolate heart

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and he said, "This is for you".

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Rav Wilding confesses to his secret crush.

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I fancied her. I thought she was hot.

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And Craig gets frustrated with his comedy hero.

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Adorable, and likeable,

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but you want to strangle him

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for getting it wrong all the time.

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First, let's see what news stories had an impact

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on our celebrities when they were 12.

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When I was 12, there was a huge story that happened in Europe.

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There was two different countries,

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East and West Germany.

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They were very different, had different sports teams.

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They were split by the Berlin Wall.

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1989 will always be remembered for what happened here.

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The year when the barriers between East and West Europe

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finally started opening up.

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The Berlin Wall was built in 1961,

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becoming a symbol of separation between East and West Europe.

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The wall physically cut Berlin in two.

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People who lived there were not allowed to mix.

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Lots of people wanted to leave East Germany.

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Some were killed when caught crossing the Wall.

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I remember hearing if you tried to cross the wall, you could get shot.

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I didn't understand the politics. I was only 12.

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It was a scary thing.

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In 1989, after weeks of unrest, the people of East Berlin

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were able to cross the wall that had separated them

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for nearly three decades.

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It united these two countries.

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It was massive news all round the world.

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The fall of the Berlin Wall was a huge moment for the world

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-and led to Germany becoming one country again.

-Hello!

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What better way to unite Germany,

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than with an American superstar in an electric-powered jacket?

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There was a huge party.

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The Hoff, David Hasselhoff,

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was standing there, singing...

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# I've been looking for freedom. #

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..cos he's a massive pop star in Germany, bizarrely.

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While the Hoff got the party started in 1989,

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when Cher was 12, there was no cause for celebration.

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A massive hurricane has hit the southern states of America,

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killing more than 50 people and leaving thousands homeless.

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When I was 12, the big news story

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was about Hurricane Katrina.

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It was one of the most destructive hurricanes in American history.

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Mass flooding broke river defences,

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and left much of New Orleans under water.

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Everyone knew Hurricane Katrina was on her way.

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Not everyone could leave cities like New Orleans in time.

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I remember watching the news, with my mum and dad,

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and seeing horrible pictures

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of people standing on top of buildings.

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1,800 people died

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and thousands of homes were destroyed.

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Everything's gone. It's real bad. It's a mess, man.

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It is estimated that Katrina caused over 100 billion of damage.

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Even today. many people are still being affected

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by the aftermath of the disaster.

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While the big news for Cher happened in America,

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when Craig was 12, something huge

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was about to happen right on his doorstep.

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Dawn of a new day.

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The body count now stands at 37.

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But there at least two more compartments down there.

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The toll could edge closer to 80, possibly 100.

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The biggest stand out thing that happened to me in 1977

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was the Granville train disaster.

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On 18th January, 1977,

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in a suburb of Sydney,

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a crowded commuter train derailed, and crashed into a road bridge

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which fell onto the carriages.

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83 people died,

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and over 200 were injured.

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This was really personal.

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Two weeks after that, I was starting school,

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at Granville Boys' High.

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I was going to be getting on that train.

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I was just terrified.

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It was the most horrific thing to ever really happen.

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That was, for me,

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world news.

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Like the Twin Towers coming down.

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It was that graphic in my head.

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The whole experience gave me a sense of community,

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I learned there are other people in the world other than our family.

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The whole community came together

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and made me appreciate my life,

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for the first time.

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I think those big events,

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when you're 12, do shape you as a person.

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Still to come, we ask the question,

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what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?

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I would not tolerate the bullying.

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I would definitely learn to dance,

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and especially disco.

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Get my head down at school,

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do really well,

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and not misbehave.

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First, we're taking a break,

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spending two minutes with Cover Drive.

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# Boy, I'm loving this twilight. #

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Taking time out backstage, singer Amanda, and drummer T-Ray

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talk about life and love at 12 in Barbados.

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I was still in the "scared of girls" phase.

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-I had lots of crushes.

-Everyone had, at 12.

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I had a crush on this boy. I wanted a Valentine.

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He didn't ask me to be his Valentine, but he gave me

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a chocolate heart.

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He said, "This is for you".

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I didn't get that was him asking me to be his Valentine,

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because I was young.

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-I said, "I don't want it".

-SHE LAUGHS

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When Amanda and T-Ray were 12, music was their first love.

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I loved pop music.

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I was big into Britney Spears and all that stuff. I loved it.

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Oh, Sean Paul! Oh, my goodness, how could I forget Sean Paul?!

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# I don't really care what people say. #

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I still watch his videos for the dancing.

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I still don't understand what he says when he sings!

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Though they lived in an island paradise,

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T-Ray and Amanda had the same issues growing up

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as all 12-year-olds.

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I remember waiting for my boobs to come in.

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I was like, "When do I get them?"

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They'll want them big, not too big.

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I was waiting for awkward hair and facial hair.

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If they were 12 again,

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what would they change?

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# You don't know me You can't run away

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I would have played my instruments earlier.

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And tried talking to a girl.

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"Hey, how you doing?" Run away!

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I would have taken the chocolate heart.

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If you had, it might have affected the whole universe

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and you might not be here now.

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OK, never mind. I give back the chocolate!

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Lesson learned. If you want to date a future pop star, just ask.

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Let's get back to business

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and find out what Craig, Cher and Rav were watching when they were 12.

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When I was 12, the show everyone was watching was Maid Marian.

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# Marian

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# Why don't you carry on? #

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It had a really catchy theme tune,

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which I remember really well.

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Maid Marian and Her Merry Men was the most popular kids' TV show

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of its day.

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The show was a musical comedy retelling of Robin Hood.

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In this show, though, Robin Hood wasn't the hero,

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-He was totally useless.

-My arrow's disappeared!

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And the plucky Maid Marian was the leader of the merry men.

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-What's the matter?

-We'll be killed, that's all!

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No, we'll be heroes!

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Yes. Dead heroes.

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I had a bit of a crush on Marian.

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I thought she was hot.

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Oh, great(!)

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More than just feisty heroine,

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Marian loved a good sing-along with her merry men.

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# Colin

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# We're calling out your name

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# Without your happy clucking,

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# Our lives won't be the same. #

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This is the worst band I've ever heard!

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You've never heard the Crazy Frog!

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Time to find out what Cher Lloyd was watching in 2005.

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When I was 12, I used to fight over the remote,

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cos I wanted to watch Tracy Beaker.

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I'm still a big fan of Tracy Beaker.

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I think it's because she's so naughty.

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If it wasn't gluing people to chairs, Tracy was up to mischief,

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but what was Cher's most memorable moment?

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I loved it when Tracy put flour

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in the cupboard.

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I see what's happening here. Stay way from the door, Mike!

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Hilarious. Best moment ever.

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All right. Who did this?

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I would never have had the guts to do half what she did.

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I can honestly say, hand on heart,

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it had absolutely nothing to do with me.

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What?

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While Tracy may have got herself into trouble,

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back in 1977, Craig was watching a one-man disaster area.

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The one, the only, Mr Frank Spencer!

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I loved Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

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I thought that was hilarious.

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You could have had my eye out there!

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Our family watched it religiously.

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It made my sisters and I laugh like drains. It was fantastic.

0:25:030:25:07

The series followed accident-prone Frank Spencer,

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and saw the well-meaning, but clueless, character

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getting into situations that usually

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spiralled ridiculously out of control.

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He was just a funny, funny character.

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Adorable and likeable,

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but you'd just want to strangle him

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for getting it wrong all the time.

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AUDIENCE LAUGHS

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There was one scene, where Michael Crawford

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is roller-skating,

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and he gets flung off,

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goes through doors...

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..down stairs,

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on buses.

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We used to kill ourselves laughing at that.

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It was absolutely brilliant.

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Time to drag our celebs away from the TV,

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and find out why they'd like to be 12 again.

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The best thing was you'd just started to look forward

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to your adult life,

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thinking which direction to go, and what to be.

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If I could back to 12,

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knowing everything I know now,

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I would probably

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get my head down at school,

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do really well, and not misbehave.

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The class joker might be funny at the time,

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but in the long run,

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people are laughing at you, not with you.

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I would say, "Wake up!"

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Do what you love

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and don't care what other people think.

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If I was 12 again, I'd not tolerate the bullying.

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I'd tell someone.

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But I don't know what else I'd change.

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I had good friends, good music.

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I kind of enjoyed it.

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I was very worried that I wouldn't fit in.

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That I wouldn't look like any of the other girls.

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It was really difficult

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to work out the type of person I wanted to be

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and the things I wanted to do.

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If I was 12 again, I'd definitely learn to dance,

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especially disco, secretly,

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so I could go into the playground, and say, "Look at that!"

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I would love it!

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So what have we learned?

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If you dream of dance stardom,

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dodgy TV shows aren't the best way to learn your moves.

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Never give another frog a recording contract!

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It's taken years to get this out of my head. Ding, ding!

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Oh, not again! And if there is another major historical event

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that needs celebrating, call in the Hoff.

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