0:00:02 > 0:00:04Coming up, three celebs become 12 again.
0:00:04 > 0:00:08I don't want to be on a battlefield in Scotland.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11- His mum's cooler than him. - Perhaps.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14It's quite embarrassing, isn't it, really?
0:00:14 > 0:00:18And we catch up with superstar singer, Nicole Scherzinger.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22I was really shy and kind of awkward and lanky.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Want to find out more?
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Well, have you ever wondered what it would've been like
0:00:28 > 0:00:31to be mates with your favourite celebs when they were your age?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33What did they get up to?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35What were their favourite songs
0:00:35 > 0:00:38and what TV shows did they watch?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Despite the glamorous lifestyles they now lead,
0:00:40 > 0:00:45once they were a kid with their dream, just like you.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48This show lets you look back in time with your favourite celebs
0:00:48 > 0:00:51as they become 12 Again.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00She's both Live and Deadly and that's just on a Saturday morning.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02That was crazy!
0:01:02 > 0:01:07But back in 1986, Naomi Wilkinson was a wannabe star.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I was noisy, quite self-confident,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13a bit of a show-off, a bit of a chatterbox
0:01:13 > 0:01:16and loved singing and dancing.
0:01:16 > 0:01:22# Back when I was younger, I wanted to be everything on the planet... #
0:01:22 > 0:01:24They may be a chart topping musical duo now,
0:01:24 > 0:01:29but back in the noughties were Rizzle Kicks hip hop heroes?
0:01:29 > 0:01:32When I was 12, I was a slightly confused,
0:01:32 > 0:01:38kind of popular, athletic little boy with an Afro.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40# Yeah, when I was a young star... #
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I was quite immature.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I wasn't that cool, actually.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I was actually quite uncool, thinking about it.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53She's the woman who's probably kept you awake
0:01:53 > 0:01:55after Doctor Who on a Saturday night.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The Doctor must think he's winning, right until the trap closes.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01But back in 1970, Frances Barber
0:02:01 > 0:02:04showed no signs of this on-screen villainy.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07At 12, I was actually a bit of a goody-goody.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Um, I don't quite know how or why,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15and it all went horribly wrong shortly after that.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19It may be super stardom today, but it wasn't always that way.
0:02:19 > 0:02:24Let's go back and find out what they were like when they were kids.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I used to wear a lot of sloppy jumpers and leggings.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30That was my usual look.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33When I was 12, I definitely had an Afro,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37and the older kids all thought I was cool because I had an Afro.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Afro got me everywhere. In fact, my nickname was minifro.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45I always had a shaved head, completely no hair.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47I've quite an odd-shaped head.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50So it would've looked really weird.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I had these pink socks.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I've got older brothers,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56so I think they were football socks or something.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00I took to wearing those after my first year at school
0:03:00 > 0:03:03and I was known as Frankie with the pink socks.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I always had them on so they must have really smelled,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10because I don't ever remember, ever taking them off.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14I had them on five days a week, so I must have ponged.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I wasn't in the cool gang, I wasn't in the complete geek gang.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I think I was just in the middle.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Maybe I was.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Maybe I was just quite square. Maybe more the square end.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30So, apart from figuring out where they fitted in at school,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33what else was life like for our celebrities?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I went to a school where the masters still wore their gowns,
0:03:36 > 0:03:41like in Harry Potter. All the boys at school, they were revolting.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43We'd rather read the Bunty,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46go horseriding at my friend's house
0:03:46 > 0:03:50and that was it. We thought boys were revolting, really.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Loads of girls in the year above told me they fancied me
0:03:53 > 0:03:58and I didn't understand. Then I got older, a year older and I realised
0:03:58 > 0:04:02and tried to go back to them. "No, we liked you last year."
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Silly Billy.- I was silly.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08But you know what it was? The irony is that I reckon
0:04:08 > 0:04:12if I wasn't oblivious, I wouldn't have had so much attention.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I didn't have a boyfriend when I was 12,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18but I did have a big crush on...
0:04:18 > 0:04:22..Ralph Macchio, The Karate Kid. SHE WHISTLES
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Oh, this is just like the picture I had in my desk. I loved him.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29You say "Ma-CHI-o", I say "MA-chio".
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Either way, he was the original Karate Kid,
0:04:32 > 0:04:37before Will Smith's son Jaden took over in 2010.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Every single holiday we ever had was around Britain,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46so we would have, a sort of history lesson.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Holidays up to Scotland
0:04:49 > 0:04:54and we'd have history lessons about the Battle of Culloden,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Braveheart and William Wallace and things like that.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Going, "I don't want to be on a battlefield in Scotland."
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I wanted to be on a beach in Ibiza.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12You weren't alone. In the 1970s, Ibiza wasn't the place to be seen.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18Everybody wanted a week's break in a British seaside holiday camp.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Back then, sunbathing wasn't the top priority.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26You had your activities planned out by the smartly dressed holiday reps.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Wayne, Glamorous Grandmother,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Marion, Knobbly Knees.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33You heard right - it was traditional for men to compete
0:05:33 > 0:05:38to see who had the knobbliest knees, but only when they went on holiday.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Lisa, you'll be on Donkey Derby.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42While the Donkey Derby was clearly more fun
0:05:42 > 0:05:47than the Glamorous Grandmother competition, the biggest problem
0:05:47 > 0:05:49with summer holidays in the '70s
0:05:49 > 0:05:51was stopping your dad
0:05:51 > 0:05:54from embarrassing the entire family! Unbelievable.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59While Frances wanted to escape from dodgy family holidays at 12,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01what did Naomi dream of as a kid?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05This is a book I wrote about my ambitions.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's quite embarrassing, isn't it, really!
0:06:07 > 0:06:11"When I'm older, my ambition is to be something to do with theatre,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14like acting, dancing, modelling or doing make-up."
0:06:14 > 0:06:17"I would like to do this because I do dancing."
0:06:17 > 0:06:21"I would like to appear on television and get lots of money."
0:06:21 > 0:06:24"I would have three children, two girls and one boy."
0:06:24 > 0:06:27"I will have one husband."
0:06:27 > 0:06:29"My pets will be a dog, two cats and a gerbil."
0:06:29 > 0:06:33"I would like to have my ears pierced and have lots of earrings."
0:06:33 > 0:06:36So, those were my ambitions.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Naomi wasn't the only one interested in creative writing at 12.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I did write a song called The Simple Beat.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47"Not too rough, not too neat, not too posh, but not too street.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49"Not too quick but it moves the feet,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51"It's the simple beat, the simple beat.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52"Music makes the world go round,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54"Not money, though I wouldn't mind a pound.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57"Everywhere is where music can be found,
0:06:57 > 0:06:59"whether on the street or in the underground.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02"Music is a chemical in a compound." That's a scientific reference.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I was bursting with knowledge when I was younger.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I've got less intelligent as I've grown older.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12So we now know what our celebs were like when they were kids.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16But what was everyone listening to when they were 12?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19We didn't download music, didn't have mp3 players and stuff.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21We had - record players!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23You had to put the record on the machine
0:07:23 > 0:07:28and carefully lower the record needle down. I was so slow.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32So when Naomi eventually got the music started back in 1986,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35what was she listening to?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Who's That Girl?, Madonna.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Bruce Willis, Under the Boardwalk. Shakin' St...
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Whoa, whoa, whoa! What was that? Let's go back one.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Bruce Willis, Under the Boardwalk.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Surely that can't be Hollywood action hero Bruce Willis,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54star of blockbuster movies like Armageddon?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Believe it or not, Bruce Willis,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00that action hero we know today, had a very cheesy pop career as well.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04# Under the boardwalk
0:08:04 > 0:08:08# Down by the sea... #
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Nice one, Bruce, but you should definitely stick to the acting.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18So that was 1987, but what was Frances listening to back in 1970?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Having older brothers and sisters, you obviously tend to...
0:08:21 > 0:08:24..tend to hear things they're listening to.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27And they were all listening to Marc Bolan.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32# Get it on, bang a gong... #
0:08:32 > 0:08:33I remember singing that at school,
0:08:33 > 0:08:37thinking it was just amazing because he wore make-up!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39# Bang a gong, get it on... #
0:08:39 > 0:08:43We'd never seen a man EVER wear make-up before!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45So that was quite a massive thing, actually.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Marc Bolan was the lead singer of T-Rex,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51one of the most popular glam rock bands of the decade.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54But they weren't alone.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Glam rock was huge and exactly what you'd expect from the name,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03rock music performed by men in glamorous outfits.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Some of the time!
0:09:06 > 0:09:12The hair was big, the platforms high and the flares were pretty wide.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Glam rock is what 12-year-olds were listening to back then.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17So let's bring things up to date
0:09:17 > 0:09:21and find out what Rizzle Kicks were listening to in the noughties.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26When I was 12, I was listening to Dizzee Rascal's first album,
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Boy In Da Corner.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29# Sweet like Tropicana
0:09:29 > 0:09:32# When the hammer hits, your head splits like banana
0:09:32 > 0:09:34# You're not ready... #
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Dizzee Rascal was introduced to me by my mother on the way to school.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40She was like, "Have you heard of Dizzee Rascal?"
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I hadn't been brought up by the Queen or anything.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46And I was like, "No, I don't know what you're talking about."
0:09:46 > 0:09:50And she was like, "The chorus goes, 'Just a rascal, just a rascal,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53'Just a rascal, Dizzee Rascal'."
0:09:53 > 0:09:55# I hustle black, definitely I win
0:09:55 > 0:09:58# So you keep taking this for a job, I'll definitely just grin
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I went, "Cool, sounds good". Then at school, everyone was like,
0:10:02 > 0:10:03"You heard Dizzee Rascal?"
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I was like, "Yeah, the one that goes, 'Just a rascal..'."
0:10:06 > 0:10:08And they were like, "Yeah", and I was like, "Sick".
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Then I bought the album, so everyone knew...
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- His mum was cooler than him. - Perhaps.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18I was listening to a lot of Nirvana at the time.
0:10:18 > 0:10:23# I'm worse at what I do best. #
0:10:23 > 0:10:24I thought I was being cool.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28I was, like, "Yeah, I like a band from when I wasn't even born yet."
0:10:28 > 0:10:32# With the lights out It's less dangerous. #
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Nirvana went global in 1991, the year Harley was born
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and introduced the world to grunge music.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40It's a good job the Rizzles were listening to cool music
0:10:40 > 0:10:42because when they were 12,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45a song with a dodgy dance move was sweeping the nation.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46DJ Casper.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49This is something new, the Casper Slide, Part Two.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51# Slide to the left Slide to the right
0:10:51 > 0:10:53# Slide to the right
0:10:53 > 0:10:54# Criss-cross
0:10:54 > 0:10:56# Two hops this time, ur-ur
0:10:56 > 0:10:59# Two hops this time Right foot, two stomps. #
0:10:59 > 0:11:02This song was unbelievably one of the biggest singles of the year
0:11:02 > 0:11:06but it's not the first time daft dances invaded the charts.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Here's some of the best and worst.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12# Oops upside your head Say oops upside your head
0:11:12 > 0:11:13# Say it loud. #
0:11:13 > 0:11:16First up it's The Gap Band with their song, Oops Upside Your Head.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Say it loud, hey! # Say oops upside your head. #
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Accompanied not so much by a dance,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26just more...sitting on your bum and waving.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Next up it's The Tweets and The Birdie Song.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34MUSIC: "The Birdie Song" by The Tweets
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Is it just me, or is this absolutely terrifying?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- You'll know this song from parties. - Wave your hands.- But it's actually
0:11:43 > 0:11:45an '80s classic by Black Lace.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Superman was considered pretty cool back then.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Look at all these fully-grown adults taking their moves very seriously.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Let's see you swim.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57Superman!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Oh, grow up!
0:12:00 > 0:12:02# Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena... #
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The '90s were only a bit better for novelty songs.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07There was the Macarena.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- # Hey, Macarena - # Aaah! #
0:12:10 > 0:12:15Then Steps came along with their version of line dancing.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Terrible...in a sort of good way.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20# My rodeo Romeo A cowboy god from head to toe
0:12:20 > 0:12:22# Wanna make you mine Better get in line
0:12:22 > 0:12:24# Five, six, seven, eight. #
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Still to come,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31we catch up with international pop superstar, Nicole Scherzinger.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36I was really shy and kind of awkward and lanky.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And I guess I got teased a little
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and my nickname was Crybaby because I was very sensitive.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45And we find out what TV gold our celebs were watching
0:12:45 > 0:12:46when they were 12.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48The things he did were crazy.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51What kind of name is Biddy Baxter?
0:12:51 > 0:12:55- Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow. - Dick and Dom In Da Bungalow.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57But first let's see what big moments
0:12:57 > 0:13:00had an impact on our celebrities when they were 12.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03When I was 12, it was Euro 2004.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10England face Portugal, the hosts of Euro 2004 in just a few hours' time.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12It's another crucial match.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- If England lose, they're out. - Hmm, I wonder what happens here(!)
0:13:16 > 0:13:20England went out in penalties to Portugal.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Hi, welcome to the programme.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Our top stories this afternoon:
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Down and out in Lisbon, the England team are on their way home.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Today, the England players packed their bags
0:13:31 > 0:13:32and flew out of Portugal.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36They're all bitterly disappointed of course at missing out again
0:13:36 > 0:13:39and all everyone here is talking about is, what on earth went wrong?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Euro 2004 should've been a great year for England.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Their star player Wayne Rooney became the youngest scorer
0:13:46 > 0:13:50in the competition's history. Unfortunately, an injury to his foot
0:13:50 > 0:13:52put him out of the quarter-final against Portugal
0:13:52 > 0:13:55and the penalty shoot-out ended England's dreams.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00I was at a friend's house watching that game with loads of people
0:14:00 > 0:14:03and I remember just everyone just sitting there afterwards,
0:14:03 > 0:14:06just really depressed.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09But the good thing that happened about that game
0:14:09 > 0:14:12is that because we were all so depressed,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15the girl's mum then said,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18"As you're all so upset, we can have a party here tonight."
0:14:18 > 0:14:22- And we had a party at her house which was good.- Awesome.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29So let's find out what the big story was for Frances in 1971.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Welcome to our special programme this afternoon
0:14:31 > 0:14:33we're calling "D-Day Minus One".
0:14:33 > 0:14:36"D", of course, standing for decimals.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41The thing I remember that was big news when I was 12 the most
0:14:41 > 0:14:45was when we changed from old coinage to decimalisation.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50Until 1971, the United Kingdom was one of the last places in the world
0:14:50 > 0:14:52not using a modern money system.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Here are a threepenny bit and three old pennies.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59If you think "threepenny bit" sounds a bit funny,
0:14:59 > 0:15:01there was also a shilling, half a crown,
0:15:01 > 0:15:04a sixpence and a ha'penny. Confused?
0:15:04 > 0:15:08Basically back then, the pound had 240 old pence in it. Simple(!)
0:15:08 > 0:15:11I couldn't work that out. I'd be going...
0:15:11 > 0:15:13And those kind of maths lessons
0:15:13 > 0:15:17just filled me with such misery and horror.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20So to bring us up to date and make things a lot simpler,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22a whole new set of coins were introduced.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24# One pound is 100 new pennies
0:15:24 > 0:15:26# 100 new pence to the pound. #
0:15:26 > 0:15:31The problem was converting the price of everything from old to new money.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35All of a sudden it was just 10 pennies in 10p.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37It wasn't two-and-six and half a crown
0:15:37 > 0:15:39and a sixpence and a threepenny bit
0:15:39 > 0:15:42and whatever it was, that just made me want to cry.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44It was just fantastic.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Frances may have welcomed the change, but for some people
0:15:47 > 0:15:51it was a bit like if we changed from the pound to the euro overnight.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Not everyone was happy.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55How are you getting on with the new coinage than?
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Well, it's just terrible.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Are you able to do your shopping?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02Well, you're just going to do no shopping, and that's it, finished.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04My gran was livid!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09While Frances's big moment at 12 was here in the UK,
0:16:09 > 0:16:14for Naomi in 1986 a tragedy in America left a lasting impression.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17In the worst disaster in manned spaceflight,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19America's shuttle has exploded
0:16:19 > 0:16:21and the seven crew are presumed dead.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25When I was 12, one of the big stories I remember happening
0:16:25 > 0:16:27was the spaceship Challenger exploding.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32The space shuttle missions began in 1981 and were unique
0:16:32 > 0:16:35because the shuttles could land back on Earth and be used again.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39The Challenger mission was special because one of the astronauts,
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Christa McAuliffe,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44was the first member of the Teacher In Space Project.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49After the disaster, no more shuttles launched for almost three years.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I can remember seeing that on the news quite vividly
0:16:52 > 0:16:57and just thinking how utterly... devastating it was to watch,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01to think that there were people on board that.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03It was terrible.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05But it was a personal loss that stands out
0:17:05 > 0:17:08as Naomi's biggest moment of the year.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12A big thing that happened in my 12th year
0:17:12 > 0:17:16was that I lost both grandparents from my mum's side.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19In one year it was pretty tough.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I was very sad to have lost my grandparents so young
0:17:23 > 0:17:25but I have lovely memories of my grandparents
0:17:25 > 0:17:29and they're not gone for ever, they're still with you.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Still to come, we ask the all-important question.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38What would our celebs do if they were 12 again?
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I would make myself dress differently,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I would tell myself what to learn and what to do,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47who to talk to. Like, when just to shut up.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I'd probably say, the world is your oyster.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I'd do the same, if I was 12 again.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I am getting sad now
0:17:56 > 0:17:59cos I think maybe 12 was the best year of my life!
0:18:01 > 0:18:03# If you wanna have a chance... #
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Before that we have got two minutes of Nicole Scherzinger
0:18:06 > 0:18:09to discover what she was like when she was 12.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12# Why's it feel like you're there
0:18:12 > 0:18:16# When you're already gone? #
0:18:16 > 0:18:20I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, a southern town in America.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Being a Hawaiian Ukrainian Filipino girl,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24not many people looked like me.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28I was really shy and kind of awkward and lanky
0:18:28 > 0:18:32and I guess I got teased a little and my nickname was Crybaby
0:18:32 > 0:18:33cos I was very sensitive.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37A former Pussycat Doll and now a solo megastar,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40music has always been a big part of Nicole's life.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44My way of communicating with people was through music.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I wanted to be Paula Abdul.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47# Straight up, now tell me
0:18:47 > 0:18:50# Do you really wanna love me forever? #
0:18:50 > 0:18:54She was so cool because growing up I didn't have a lot of people
0:18:54 > 0:18:58where I was from who had my skin colour, who looked different
0:18:58 > 0:19:00and was she was unique and she was beautiful
0:19:00 > 0:19:04she was a great dancer and just had a really great spirit about her.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06With a love of music and dance,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Nicole was always destined to follow in her hero's footsteps.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I actually went to a youth performing arts high school
0:19:12 > 0:19:15so it was something kind of like Glee, actually.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Me and my friends were always singing
0:19:18 > 0:19:20and we'd have musical theatre night.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23It's kind of nerdy but it kept us out of trouble!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26It was nice to be able to find a crowd
0:19:26 > 0:19:31that shared the same likes and passions.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36If I were 12 again and relive any moment, I was on stage.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I remember I was the understudy to the guy who was supposed to sing.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44He didn't show up so they kicked me out there on stage and I sang.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46And everybody stood up, and I couldn't believe
0:19:46 > 0:19:49that they actually stood up and they were applauding for me
0:19:49 > 0:19:52and I said, "wow, this is where I feel the most comfortable,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55"is up here", and people actually liked it
0:19:55 > 0:19:58so I would love to relive that moment again,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00that was really special.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04# Don't hold your breath. #
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Let's get back to business.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and find out what Naomi, Frances and Rizzle Kicks were watching
0:20:11 > 0:20:13when they were 12.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I definitely did watch Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22# Go, go, Dick and Dom in da bungalow. #
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Who doesn't love Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow?
0:20:25 > 0:20:28with games like the Mucky Puddle Power Shower Game,
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Creamy Muck Muck and Grasping Rasping Wrinklies,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34what did The Rizzle Kicks like the best?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Bogies!
0:20:35 > 0:20:38# It's the pick of the show Cos we're gonna shout, "bogies!"
0:20:38 > 0:20:42# Till we're banned from every building in the world. #
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Bogies!
0:20:44 > 0:20:47They go into a public place with a bogey-ometer.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- Welcome to the fabulous Mitchell Library in Glasgow.- (Bogies.)
0:20:50 > 0:20:55And Wood starts us off with an almost inaudible bogey.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Bogies.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58McCourt raising the volume 1.1.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And they just go, like, "bogies".
0:21:01 > 0:21:03And everyone goes, "bogies".
0:21:03 > 0:21:06It gets louder until they just scream, "bogies".
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Bogies.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Wood straight back in with a 1.5.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Very, very tight at this stage of the game.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Small margins of increase.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17THEY LAUGH QUIETLY
0:21:19 > 0:21:23So 1.5 to beat for McCourt.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Bogies!
0:21:26 > 0:21:29He's done it, that's a 1.8.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34That genuinely ruined a lot of 12-year-olds' school careers!
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Cos we spent a lot of the class just shouting "bogies"
0:21:37 > 0:21:39and got a lot of detentions.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41That was purely coming from Dick and Dom.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Now, the serious business in hand.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Bogies!
0:21:50 > 0:21:53That was a brave bogey, it's a 4.2.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56And the crowd getting to their feet,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59delighted with the audacity of Wood's tactics there.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00I think you've won!
0:22:02 > 0:22:06And it seems McCourt has lost his bottle.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Yes, he concedes and hands the match to Wood.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14What a marvellous victory, let's see that winning bogey one more time.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Bogies!
0:22:15 > 0:22:19As well as watching shows like Da Bungalow, the Rizzles were fans
0:22:19 > 0:22:22of the talent shows of the time like Fame Academy
0:22:22 > 0:22:25which is like a cross between Big Brother and The X Factor.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Celebrity Fame Academy's one of the best things ever.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Always remember Ruby Wax just doing the worst rendition of a song.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36It was just amazing.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Sorry about this, it is not good.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41# I come home in the morning light
0:22:41 > 0:22:46# My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right?"
0:22:46 > 0:22:50# Oh, mother dear, we're not the fortunate ones
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- # And girls just wanna have fun.- #
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Let's stop you right there, Ruby,
0:22:55 > 0:22:59as we turn back time over 30 years to see what telly
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Frances was watching in 1970.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04The children's TV programmes I remember watching religiously
0:23:04 > 0:23:05were Blue Peter.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11That was the one thing, you always wanted to come to London
0:23:11 > 0:23:15because you saw where Blue Peter was at the beginning of the show
0:23:15 > 0:23:19and that's where the dogs were and Petra and...
0:23:19 > 0:23:23You know, it was just thrilling to think, there they were.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28- Hello.- Bizarrely, the thing Frances remembers the most about the show
0:23:28 > 0:23:31wasn't the Blue Peter pets, the DIY arts and crafts
0:23:31 > 0:23:34or even them randomly digging holes in the ground.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37We've been digging quite a big hole here.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It was actually the name in the closing credits!
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I remember in those days saying to my mum,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45what kind of name is Biddy Baxter?
0:23:45 > 0:23:49It just sounded so exotic and so fantastic!
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Biddy Baxter was in charge of Blue Peter from 1965 to 1988
0:23:54 > 0:23:58and introduced many of the elements we still see in the show today
0:23:58 > 0:24:00like the Blue Peter badge.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04I wanted to be called Biddy for ages and ages!
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Well, "Biddy Barber" does have a nice ring to it.
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Let's move forward to 1986 and find out what Naomi was watching at 12.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16I remember Duncan Dares very well.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I remember him from Blue Peter doing lots of crazy stunts.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Way before Helen Skelton there was Peter Duncan.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Geronimoooooo!
0:24:27 > 0:24:31The action man of kids' TV in the '80s.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Peter joined Blue Peter in 1980
0:24:33 > 0:24:36and quickly became the show's resident daredevil.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Now, just stand inside the seat there.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42That's it. Now...
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- You forget where you are for a minute, don't you?- Well, don't!
0:24:46 > 0:24:51And it just went a whole league more dramatic with Duncan Dares.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55If it was dangerous, Mr Duncan did it.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Yeah, the things he did were crazy!
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I decided my best tactic
0:24:59 > 0:25:03was to try and trick him into losing his balance.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05It didn't work!
0:25:05 > 0:25:11He went fast, crashed stuff and got set on fire.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13So please, don't try this at home!
0:25:17 > 0:25:20So those were the TV memories of our three celebs,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23but what do they remember most about being 12?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26The best thing about being 12 I think is probably...
0:25:26 > 0:25:28not being 11.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32There are so many changes happening at that time, you are starting
0:25:32 > 0:25:35to make decisions at school that might affect your future.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Your body's starting to change,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40you're starting to get interested in boys.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43The hardest part of your life, cos you're becoming a teenager
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and everyone else is becoming teenagers
0:25:45 > 0:25:48and people are becoming teenagers quicker than you.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- It's weird. - It's weird, yeah. Really weird.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56When you get into your teens, then you do start to notice boys,
0:25:56 > 0:25:59fashion, you want to look a certain way.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01But at 12, it isn't like that.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Sadly, what you want at 12 is to be 13, 14, 15, 16, 17...
0:26:06 > 0:26:07This is what you want.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11If only they knew, stick at 12 for a bit longer!
0:26:11 > 0:26:15If I was 12 again what I'd do is not stop myself from playing violin
0:26:15 > 0:26:17which would be awesome if I played now.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22If I was 12, I wouldn't have stopped skateboarding
0:26:22 > 0:26:25because skateboarding now, if you're good, is really cool.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26It's always been cool.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30I'd do the same if I was 12 again.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I'm getting sad now
0:26:32 > 0:26:35cos I think maybe 12 is the best year of my life!
0:26:37 > 0:26:42I'd tell myself what to learn, what to do, who to talk to.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Like, when just to shut up. What not to eat... Like, everything.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48If I could say something to my 12-year-old self, I'd say
0:26:48 > 0:26:53"Wash those stinking pink socks that you wore for probably a year!"
0:26:55 > 0:26:59If I could talk to my 12-year-old self I'd probably say,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01"The world is your oyster.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05"Whatever you want to do, go for it, have a go.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07"What's the worst that can happen?"
0:27:07 > 0:27:10I think 12 is a really fantastic age to be,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I'd quite like to be 12 again.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Ah, that's nice...
0:27:15 > 0:27:18so long as you got some new socks though, Frances, eh!
0:27:18 > 0:27:20So what have we learned?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Well, if you're a Hollywood action hero,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25leave the singing to the pop stars,
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Oh, not dancing as well!
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Also, beware of dads. This shameful display may be ancient,
0:27:32 > 0:27:33but dads don't change,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36they can embarrass you without a minute's warning.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39And if you want to annoy everyone in a library, just do this.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Bogies!
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Classic!