0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up. Three celebs become 12 Again.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I had ridiculously spikey hair
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and I can remember having to make sure that it was perfect.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13We had school food. School food wasn't great.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Actually, I was one of these girls, like, no,
0:00:16 > 0:00:20I haven't got time for a boyfriend, I'm concentrating on my career.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Plus we catch up with Britain's Got Talent star Ronan Parke.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28I just feel like I'm doing things that I really love.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33And, it's... I don't know, I don't feel like a celebrity.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Want to know what they're all talking about?
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Well, have you ever wondered what it would've been like to be best mates
0:00:39 > 0:00:42with your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:42 > 0:00:46What did they get up to? What were their favourite songs?
0:00:46 > 0:00:49And what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Because despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56once they were a kid with a dream, just like you.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59This show lets you look back in time
0:00:59 > 0:01:02with your favourite celebs as they become 12 Again.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12She is the best dancing, singing, presenting TV judge
0:01:12 > 0:01:13there is in showbiz.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Fun, flirty and fearless. Your confidence is growing,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21I can really feel that. You just need to refine some of your steps.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23That's now, but in 1990, Alesha Dixon was a girl
0:01:23 > 0:01:26who was seriously interested in growing up.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30When I was 12 years old, I was...
0:01:30 > 0:01:35an adult trapped in a young person's body.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39I always felt like I knew more than I should at 12.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44He's the somersaulting, twisting, back-flipping, crow-hopping,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46gold-medal-winning, star diver.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50But in 2006, Tom Daley was just starting to make waves.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52When I was 12, that was the age
0:01:52 > 0:01:54when I started to get a little bit of attitude.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58I started to become a bit more grown-up, a bit more independent.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I used to start answering back
0:02:00 > 0:02:02and as soon as I answered back I'd be like...
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Good morning, this is Breakfast with Sian Williams and Bill Turnbull.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12He's the newsreader who has breakfast
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- with the country every morning. - This muffin's lovely.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16That's now,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20but in 1968, Bill Turnbull wasn't all that calm and content.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21I suppose
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I was quite a, sort of, cheerful child.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I remember I used to worry an awful lot.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Sort of constantly worry, which is good
0:02:30 > 0:02:33because I got it all out of my system.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36All are massive celebs today and, for the first time ever,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39we're going to find out everything
0:02:39 > 0:02:41about what they were like when they were kids.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44So, let's meet their 12-year-old selves.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I was goofy. It was before the days I had braces.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Friends of mine that see photographs of me when I was 12
0:02:51 > 0:02:53they say, "You look the same."
0:02:53 > 0:02:56When I was 12, I felt I was a little bit chubby.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I wasn't very proud of my looks at that time.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02I had ridiculously spikey hair.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06When I used to see girls in the playground, I used to spike them.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I can always remember using it as a bit of weapon
0:03:08 > 0:03:10rather than for it to look good.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12When I was 12, I had fair hair.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I had a very straightforward fringe,
0:03:16 > 0:03:17which I hated.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20The other kids had stiffer, firmer hair and it did stuff.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22But not me, it was just like...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I wasn't one of those girly girls.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26I was more of a tomboy.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29And I remember have a conversation with my nan when I was about 12.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32She was like, "When are you going to wear dresses?"
0:03:32 > 0:03:36I'm like, "I'll wear a dress when I feel like wearing a dress.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39When they weren't arguing with grandparents over what to wear,
0:03:39 > 0:03:41what else did our celebs get up to?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44When I was 12, the only thing that I knew I wanted to be
0:03:44 > 0:03:47was a diver and to compete in the Olympic Games.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49And that was my main idea.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I had qualified for the Commonwealth Games.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Travelled to loads of different countries, like Australia
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Canada, America and I could just remember it being the year where,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04it was kind of when I first stepped onto the senior circuit.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07It all changed and got a bit more serious, really.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09So, while Tom was travelling the world,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Bill's world only belonged in school.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I went to a boarding school and it was very strict.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Every last minute, virtually, of the day was regulated.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19We had very little free time
0:04:19 > 0:04:21and very little room for self-expression.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25From the moment we woke up, a bell rang us all up in our dormitory.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29We'd get up, get dressed, put our uniforms on, brush our teeth.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Before we had breakfast, we had to go to Chapel.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34As soon as that was finished, then we had to do our,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36usually our Latin construe,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39where we had to sit and translate Latin.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41I wonder if Alesha did that?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I was one of the rare people that loved school.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I was part of the EZ Posse.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49And there was about six girls, we were all in the same form.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Guess not. - We were notorious at the school.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Everybody knew who the EZ Posse were.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Quite opinionated, loud girls.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59And we used to make up routines together, dance routines.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02When I think of school, I think of those girls
0:05:02 > 0:05:04cos we went through the experience together
0:05:04 > 0:05:07and we're still friends to this day.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10We had school food.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13School food wasn't great.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18I used to get very tense about the food.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24We had all sorts of tough, dark meat things.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Cabbage that's been cooked to death.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32One time, we got served something which had tubes coming out of it.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I don't want to know what that was.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38And, sometimes, the food was really hard to eat.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43And I remember, once, I did actually put it in my pocket.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It was leeks.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50I remember being 12 years old and writing out a diary for myself.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52This is going to sound bizarre.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Even if it was something as simple as going the shops, homework,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00whatever activities I was doing that day, I would plan my day.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And my diary now is exactly the same.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05From morning till I go to bed.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07There's always something during the day.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10And, in a way, it's like how my life's always been.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14And that works for me because I am somebody that likes,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I like a bit of order and I like things to be, kind of, in place.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21And I think I was like that at 12 as well, weirdly.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27When I was 12, I didn't have a crush on anyone in particular
0:06:27 > 0:06:30because I was doing my school, I was training and things like that.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I just didn't really think about anything like that.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Tom was too busy for girls,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39but could Alesha break herself from the EZ Posse for a crush?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I did have a crush on somebody at school,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44specifically Brady Gallivan. He did ask me out one day.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48But I didn't, I didn't want to go...
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It was weird, it almost, having a crush on someone
0:06:51 > 0:06:55was all I needed. I didn't really want to have a boyfriend.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57I was one of these girls, like,
0:06:57 > 0:07:02"I haven't got time for a boyfriend, I'm concentrating on my career."
0:07:02 > 0:07:05So, Alesha may have been more worried about her career
0:07:05 > 0:07:06than boyfriends.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10But what sort of music were our three celebs listening to?
0:07:10 > 0:07:15I can remember the Rihanna song, Umbrella, when I was 12
0:07:15 > 0:07:19because it was, like, it was number one for absolutely ages.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22# When the sun shines We'll shine together
0:07:22 > 0:07:25# Told you I'll be here forever
0:07:25 > 0:07:27# Said I'll always be your friend. #
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Everything that you used to say,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34you used to have to pronounce it, the last syllable with ella, ella
0:07:34 > 0:07:37quite a few times. But it was... I can remember
0:07:37 > 0:07:41it changed the vocabulary of many young people at that age.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Not only did the song seem to change people's vocabu-ella,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46sorry, I mean vocabulary,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50it also appeared as if it had a bad affect on the weather.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54While this song was number-ella, sorry, number one,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Britain had some of the worst floods in recent history.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00The coincidence led The Sun newspaper to think
0:08:00 > 0:08:02this song was cursed and the floods will stop
0:08:02 > 0:08:05if Umbrella was knocked off number one.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The funny thing was it did.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Of course, it was all a coincidence or was it?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15No, it definitely was.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18So, let's see what Alesha was listening to.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Musically, I loved so much so this is a hard question for me.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26But somebody who I really loved was Paula Abdul from American X Factor,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28because she is an incredible dancer.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30# Two steps forward... #
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Before her huge success on the American X Factor,
0:08:33 > 0:08:34in the '80s and '90s,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Paula Abdul was one of America's biggest female pop artists.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40But it was Paula's rapping cartoon cat
0:08:40 > 0:08:43that might've had the biggest influence on Alesha.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45She had some incredible videos.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48The one with the cat being my favourite. Skat Kat.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50SKAT KAT RAPS: Here's a little story and you're sure to like it
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Swift and sly and I'm playing it cool
0:08:51 > 0:08:53With my home girl, Paula Abdul.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56That's how I became an emcee, because of that cat.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Could you imagine?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02I have to thank, you know, emcee Skat Kat,
0:09:02 > 0:09:06for teaching me how to emcee!
0:09:06 > 0:09:08# My time, show time, hook line, let's roll, let's roll... #
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Yes, this really is Alesha Dixon,
0:09:11 > 0:09:15way before becoming the star of Saturday night TV
0:09:15 > 0:09:16that we know today.
0:09:16 > 0:09:22Alesha was known as the shouty, rappy one from girl band Mis-Teeq.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27I think it was three-four on those tracksuits.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31I didn't start rapping till I was 17, 18.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Music was always my passion and my love
0:09:33 > 0:09:36but how naive of me to go through school saying,
0:09:36 > 0:09:37"I'm going to be a singer."
0:09:37 > 0:09:41It wasn't something I could say, even though it was a passion.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44But at 12 years old, I didn't know that it could be a career,
0:09:44 > 0:09:47apart from my friend who turned to me in class one day and said,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49"You're going to be a popstar one day."
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I looked at her like she was an alien.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Like, who says that? You know, to me, that was just otherwordly.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58OK, let's leave Alesha rapping to her heart's content.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00And hop back to 1968 to find out
0:10:00 > 0:10:03if Bill was listening to a bit of the old rap.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- We weren't allowed radios. - Thought not.- Let alone, well,
0:10:06 > 0:10:09they didn't have CDs. They were record players,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- we couldn't have those. - No rap then.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16When you had got to the age of 12, you were allowed a transistor radio.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Mr Rankin, the old maths teacher, put on the radio
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and we'd listen to Pick Of The Pops.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25And number one was Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones.
0:10:25 > 0:10:31# But it's all right now... #
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Radio 1 had just started.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It was in its infancy and we were listening to
0:10:36 > 0:10:38everything we could get our ears on.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Because there was, there was no commercial radio.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Before the launch of Radio 1, the only cool radio station
0:10:44 > 0:10:47you could listen to were pirate stations.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Not that type of pirate, although some of them broadcast illegally
0:10:50 > 0:10:52from ships just off the coast.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54When Bill was a kid, Radio 1 was brand new
0:10:54 > 0:10:58and quickly became the UK's favourite station.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00# Just for fun
0:11:00 > 0:11:01# Music
0:11:01 > 0:11:03# Too much. #
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Good morning, everyone, welcome to the exciting, new sound of Radio 1.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It was super cool.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13It had this long progression of programmes from Tony Blackburn,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Terry Wogan in the afternoon
0:11:16 > 0:11:20and then, gradually, it'd creep towards real music in the evening.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And, the, I suppose the highlight was John Peel.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27John Peel was the DJ that played the latest, cutting edge music
0:11:27 > 0:11:30and is considered a hero to many radio DJs today.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I felt so happy one night
0:11:32 > 0:11:36when I was working in the BBC Broadcasting House.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I went up to the canteen, and in the queue next to me
0:11:39 > 0:11:43was John Peel having supper. I thought, gosh, that's really...
0:11:43 > 0:11:48I'm finally in the room, the same room as the great man. Wonderful.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Still to come, we catch up with Ronan Parke
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and find out what it's like to become famous at 12.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57My mum and dad and friends were really shocked
0:11:57 > 0:12:00that I auditioned for a talent show.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Alesha and Bill reveal some of the best game show prizes
0:12:04 > 0:12:05there was to win on TV.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Cuddly toy!
0:12:07 > 0:12:13Can you imagine going on a quiz show today and coming away with a pencil?
0:12:13 > 0:12:17And Tom teaches a Blue Peter presenter to dive. Kind off.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20But first we find out what big news stories
0:12:20 > 0:12:24were hitting the headlines when our three celebrities were 12.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I remember the World Cup being a massive deal.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Hello, again.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36England's hopes of World Cup glory finally ended last night
0:12:36 > 0:12:41when they were beaten by West Germany in a last-gasp penalty shootout.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Yes, 1990 World Cup will be remembered
0:12:43 > 0:12:46for the England team doing what they do best,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48losing.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51But in this World Cup there was one big moment
0:12:51 > 0:12:53that has gone down in footballing history.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57One of the things I remember was Paul Gascoigne crying,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59which is an image that we all remember.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03Paul Gascoigne, the Wayne Rooney of the day, made headline news
0:13:03 > 0:13:06when he started crying after getting a yellow card,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09meaning he'd miss the final if England went through
0:13:09 > 0:13:11but you needn't worry, Paul, cos they didn't.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13# Love's got the world in motion
0:13:13 > 0:13:15# And I know... #
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I remember the song more than I do the actual football.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22The official World Cup song, which was a song by New Order,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26it really captured the spirit of the country at the time.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Since 1990, World Cups have come and gone
0:13:28 > 0:13:31and England are waiting for that winning moment,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34maybe one day, I just wouldn't hold your breath.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39In 2007, when Tom was 12, a huge story shocked the nation.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Welcome to Newsround.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46The little girl who went missing on holiday.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51I can remember, when I was 12, hearing about Madeleine McCann.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family's holiday apartment
0:13:55 > 0:13:57in Portugal on 3rd May 2007.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00When her family discovered she was missing,
0:14:00 > 0:14:01a massive search for her began.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04If you have seen this little girl...
0:14:06 > 0:14:09..please, could you go to your local authorities or police
0:14:09 > 0:14:12and give any information that you have.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Her disappearance was incredibly shocking
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and had a huge effect on everyone in the country.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23To think that a little girl like her, so close to me,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26it's just very unreal, really. And it's horrid.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28I feel really upset for the parents.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31And I want Madeleine to return safely.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33It was quite a scary thing to hear about
0:14:33 > 0:14:36cos it was something that you never expect to happen.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41And it kind of made things feel like not everything was safe any more.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44The campaign to try and find Madeleine was huge.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46The country came together,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48many people wanted to help the search for her.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52She became one of the most recognisable faces in the world.
0:14:52 > 0:14:542007 will always be remembered
0:14:54 > 0:14:59as the year Madeleine McCann went missing.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02In 1968, Bill was exploring new frontiers.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10We have connect. We have, we have liftoff.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Liftoff at 7:51 am.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Apollo 8 was a really ground-breaking mission
0:15:17 > 0:15:19towards the end of the year.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23It was the first time they'd put a rocket round the back of the moon.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27The crew of Apollo 8 were the first ever people to leave planet Earth
0:15:27 > 0:15:31and travel around the moon. It took three days to get there
0:15:31 > 0:15:35and they had to travel half a million miles.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38The crew were seen as heroes as no-one knew they'd ever return.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42The tension mounted as Apollo 8 went behind the moon
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- and communications were cut off. - I remember seeing there was a gap
0:15:46 > 0:15:48when they went round the back of the moon.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51There was radio silence and you weren't sure
0:15:51 > 0:15:54if you were ever going to hear from them again.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Waiting, waiting, waiting, it was like ssshhh.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05And then, finally, the signal came back and they'd made it.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Whilst orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12astronauts Bill Anders and his crew, took photographs of our planet.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18The photographs are one of history's most important pictures.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23It was also the first time you got amazing images of the Earth
0:16:23 > 0:16:26from the distance and perspective of the moon.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28And I remember, in some ways,
0:16:28 > 0:16:32it felt almost as important as landing on the moon itself,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34which happened the next year.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Cos you knew once they'd done that, they could actually go and land.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39That's exactly what happened.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42A year later a man actually did land on the moon
0:16:42 > 0:16:45but the crew of Apollo 8 will always be a part
0:16:45 > 0:16:48of one of the most important space missions ever taken.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Still to come, we ask the all-important question
0:16:53 > 0:16:56what would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:16:56 > 0:16:5812 is a weird age, I've got to say that.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01The best thing about being 12 was just feeling
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I was beginning to grow up.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05You're getting to that age where people start to you
0:17:05 > 0:17:09about future prospects and future career possibilities.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13And, you know, the big, wide world seems quite daunting when you're 12.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15First, we caught up with Ronan Parke
0:17:15 > 0:17:20and he told us all about his amazing 12th year in two minutes.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23He started his 12th year as a normal kid in Norfolk.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25He ended it with a record contract
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and about to release his first music video.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31What made Ronan Parke enter Britain's Got Talent?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34My mum and dad and friends were shocked that I auditioned.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I just, sort of, did it out of the blue.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40I didn't want to tell anyone in case anyone tried to talk me out of it.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Before I auditioned, it was completely different
0:17:43 > 0:17:44to what it is now
0:17:44 > 0:17:47because there's people recognising me.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Going round the country, doing all kind of gigs and stuff,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55I just feel like I'm doing things that I really love
0:17:55 > 0:17:59and it's... I don't know, I don't feel like a celebrity.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Whilst Ronan is adjusting to celebrity life,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04what kind of music does he listen to?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08My favourite artists are Lady Gaga and Beyonce.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11# All the single ladies All the single ladies... #
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I want to be as successful as, like, them. I'd love to do that,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18tour around the world. Like, that would be amazing.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22But Ronan's dreams of being as big as his idols were almost ruined
0:18:22 > 0:18:26when he was getting ready for the biggest performance of his life,
0:18:26 > 0:18:27the Britain's Got Talent final.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Someone posted lies about Ronan on the internet
0:18:30 > 0:18:32claiming the competition was a fix.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Doing the show, there was also negative press.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40There was a blogging thing that went out on the internet
0:18:40 > 0:18:42saying that Simon Cowell, like,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45trained me to go on Britain's Got Talent.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46None of it was true.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48And when I was reading it, I just laughed
0:18:48 > 0:18:51because I thought how could people come up
0:18:51 > 0:18:53with stupid things like that?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56From what I've experienced, if someone was being bullied,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00I'd say to them to be strong, ignore the bully and tell someone.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02You've always got to tell someone.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10But despite all this, he didn't let it spoil his time
0:19:10 > 0:19:12on Britain's Got Talent.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16If I was 12 again, I think I'd just love to do it all over again
0:19:16 > 0:19:19because I had such an amazing experience.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I'm glad he enjoyed it.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Let's get back to our three celebs
0:19:26 > 0:19:30as we find out what they were watching on telly when they were 12.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33And Tom liked two very different shows.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36When I was 12, there was loads of things that I used to watch on TV.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41I can remember being obsessed with Dick & Dom In Da Bungalow.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43# Go, go, Dick & Dom In da bungalow. #
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I used to love anything, like, with a bit of humour.
0:19:46 > 0:19:53and things like that. And I used to love all the Blue Peter things.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Making loads of different things and collecting,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00I think there was shoe appeals and things like that.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02All those kinds of things were really good fun.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05I appeared first on Blue Peter when I was 12.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Hi, I'm Tom Daley, I'm 12 years old and I'm from Plymouth
0:20:09 > 0:20:12And I want to win an Olympic gold medal in...
0:20:12 > 0:20:13diving.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Not only did Tom show off a few of his diving skills,
0:20:19 > 0:20:22but he also gave Blue Peter presenter Gethin
0:20:22 > 0:20:24a few diving lessons,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28which went terribly. Ouch.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32You were fantastic
0:20:32 > 0:20:35and I'm sure there's more success coming your way.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37To say a big thank you for today,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39here's you very own Blue Peter badge.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41I remember getting a Blue Peter badge.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45It was really cool cos I can remember watching Blue Peter
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and wanting to get a badge but to be given one was really cool.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52So, on one hand, Tom liked Dick & Dom.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54But on the other, he liked Blue Peter.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Thanks to all of you who've sent in your shoes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Two very different shows.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05But in 1968, there was only one show that was special for Bill.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08When it came to children's programmes when I was 12,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11the one show we all remember was Crackerjack.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Which was live!
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Well, they said it was live.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17It's Friday, it's five to five, it's Crackerjack!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Crackerjack!
0:21:24 > 0:21:26We have a real cracker of a programme.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30Crackerjack was on our tellies from 1955 to 1984.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Crackerjack!- Crack-er-jack!
0:21:33 > 0:21:36They made over 400 episodes of Crackerjack.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Crack-er-jack!
0:21:38 > 0:21:40All right, enough of that.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42The main part of the show was a game called Double or Drop.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46- You're not running short of prizes. - No, we have manicure sets...
0:21:46 > 0:21:49To win these prizes, kids were asked questions
0:21:49 > 0:21:53and would have to hold their prizes if they got they answer right,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56if they got the answer wrong, they'd have to hold on to a cabbage.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Cabbage.
0:21:57 > 0:22:03And it would all then pile up until you dropped one.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06But who could lose with such easy questions like this?
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Could you tell me what was the state of Ghana formerly called?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12See, easy.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15All right, Cyril, cabbage for you.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Still, not all was lost if you didn't win the game.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Your consolation prize was always
0:22:20 > 0:22:24that you got a priceless gift to take home
0:22:24 > 0:22:27a Crackerjack pencil.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31And here's your special Crackerjack pen and pencil.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37Can you imagine going on a quiz show today and coming away with a pencil?
0:22:37 > 0:22:41I don't know, Bill, that kid looks pretty excited / terrified.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Let go of his arm!
0:22:43 > 0:22:45While Bill was all about Friday evening,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Alesha was all about Saturday night.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Monday to Friday at school, Friday would come and you'd think,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55"Yes, it's Saturday tomorrow." You'd have fun during the day,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57and then, Saturday night,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00you'd always look forward to Saturday night TV.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02You really did look forward to the big shows.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I used to cuddle up with Mum on the sofa, cup of tea
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Rich Tea biscuits, Generation Game here we come.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11# And I want to play the game with you. #
0:23:15 > 0:23:19The Generation Game had many hosts, but when Alesha was 12,
0:23:19 > 0:23:24there was one TV legend who she is now very familiar with.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Thank you very much, indeed.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Good evening, ladies, gentlemen and children,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32welcome to the Generation Game. Nice to see you, to see you...
0:23:32 > 0:23:33- ALL:- Nice!
0:23:33 > 0:23:38- Nice to see you, to see you... ALL:- Nice!
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Yep, that's right, it's our very own Bruce Forsyth.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Brucey is an institution. He is incredible.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53The fact that we used to sit there, when we were young, watching him
0:23:53 > 0:23:55on all of his shows,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58and he's still up there as a legend on Strictly Come Dancing,
0:23:58 > 0:23:59is just amazing.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01When Alesha was 12,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05the Generation Game and Brucey had not been on TV since the '70s
0:24:05 > 0:24:09where he was doing, well, the same thing he always does.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Nice to see you, to see you again... ALL:- Nice!
0:24:13 > 0:24:16The teams on the Generation Game were family members
0:24:16 > 0:24:19who took on other families at challenges based on fun activities
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Fun things such as plate spinning, chiselling,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25no idea what that is.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27The show climaxed with a memory game
0:24:27 > 0:24:29where you had to remember your prizes.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I remember the conveyer belt where you had to guess all the items
0:24:32 > 0:24:36and you get to keep all the items and I was always terrible at that.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Video recorder, espresso coffee maker.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43But the prize everyone remembered was...
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Cuddly toy!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48A cuddly teddy bear.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50There was always this running gag at the end,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53there'd always be the cuddly toy and some dodgy appliance.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55And everyone remembers the cuddly toy,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58but that's never what you wanted to take home.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Oh! Didn't they do well?
0:25:00 > 0:25:05The show ran for 23 years, until they ran out of cuddly toys.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08So, those were the TV memories of our three celebs
0:25:08 > 0:25:12but what do they remember he most about being 12?
0:25:12 > 0:25:1412 is a weird age, I've got to say that.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Thinking about it now, I did feel a lot older when I was 12
0:25:18 > 0:25:21and I felt like I was quite an old person.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23But then, looking back on it now,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I do remember how young I must have actually been.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30and how different it feels inside your head when you're 12.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I think being 12 is a difficult age.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Because you're on the cusp of being a teenager.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39You're finding yourself. you're discovering who you.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43You're getting to that age where people start to talk to you about
0:25:43 > 0:25:46future prospects and future career possibilities.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50And the big, wide world seems quite daunting when you're 12.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53A couple of pieces of advice for my 12-year-old self.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58One is, try not to worry so much. I used to worry all the time.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04I'd worry about everything and it's just wasted energy.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06I do remember feeling quite adult at 12.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Even though, to an adult, I would have looked like a child,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I remember feeling like an adult.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You're going through an identity crisis
0:26:14 > 0:26:17cos you're just coming out of the young phase,
0:26:17 > 0:26:18the primary school era
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and now, you're entering into secondary school
0:26:21 > 0:26:24and it's all, everything's a little bit more serious
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and slightly more grown-up and a bigger mind field.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30And it's just, it's an interesting age.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I would say to my 12-year-old self that you've just got to go out there,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37enjoy yourself, have fun and find something that you like to do,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41stick with something and pay attention to detail
0:26:41 > 0:26:43when you're doing something.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45The best thing for me about being 12
0:26:45 > 0:26:47was feeling I was beginning to grow up a bit.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Just beginning to make more sense of the world,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53learning more grown-up subjects
0:26:53 > 0:26:55and use a part of our brains we didn't before.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01If I was 12 again, I would go into my diving career with more motivation,
0:27:01 > 0:27:05more inspiration. Knowing everything that I know now,
0:27:05 > 0:27:06the experience that I've had
0:27:06 > 0:27:08and the only way you can get success
0:27:08 > 0:27:11and make sure that you're at the top of your game
0:27:11 > 0:27:13is by a lot of hard work and dedication.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16For some reason, even at 12, I remember thinking
0:27:16 > 0:27:19that life is a gift and you must make the most of it
0:27:19 > 0:27:21and that's why I tried to do.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23The only thing cool is being yourself
0:27:23 > 0:27:26and not worrying about what people think.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29So, what have we learnt?
0:27:29 > 0:27:30If you're on a game show,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33make sure you brush up on your African geography.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35What was the state of Ghana formerly called?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Even if you're a gold medal winning diver,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42it doesn't make you a great teacher. Ouch.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44If you're ever going to choose a TV catch phrase,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47make sure it can stand the test of time.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- Nice to see you, to see you... - ALL:- Nice!