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Monday, 9 January 2012
Sugababes#1 lineup not reuniting, says Mutya Buena
Original Sugababes lineup not reuniting, says Mutya Buena
Singer dismisses reports that she is working on new material with Sugababes founding members
Original Sugababes lineup … From left: Siobhan Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Photograph: William Conran/PA
Mutya Buena has denied that she is working on new music with the original Sugababes lineup. Despite claims that Buena has reunited with Siobhan Donaghy and Keisha Buchanan, the singer has insisted she is focused on her solo career.
Rumours of an original Sugababes reunion were started by the website Popjustice, which reported on Friday that staff were going to "break down and cry" over the "stupidly amazing" news. According to its sources, Donaghy, Buchanan and Buena "met up last year" and agreed to work together. The re-formed trio would be managed by Felix Howard, who wrote Sugababes' hits Overload and Stronger, and were apparently in talks with producers Cameron McVey and Xenomania. "It's going quite well," Popjustice reported.
At the heart of this report were two tweets from 5 January: "Hanging out in the studio with @professorgreen and two lovely ladies with bags of talent :-p lol," wrote Buchanan. Buena's tweet was similar: "@ studio wit professor green in tha building and 2 beautiful ladies." In an almost too-neat coincidence, Donaghy made her Twitter debut the next day, 6 January. Although she has made no mention of Buchanan or Buena, her second post was a message to Felix Howard.
However, Buena is the only one to have addressed the reports directly. After a fan asked about her plans, Buena dismissed the reunion rumour. "No track [with] keisha or professor G he was around tha studio," she wrote. "im jus workin on my stuff @ tha moment."
Buena's comments seem in line with a statement from Buchanan's spokesperson: "[Keisha] is in the final stages of completing her much awaited solo album and believes her fans will be equally excited with what's to come," they told Australia's Sky News.
If the original lineup did reunite, they would not be able to use the Sugababes name. Despite forming the girl-group in 1998, they left the trio one by one: Donaghy in 2001, Buena in 2005 and Buchanan in 2009. The group currently consists of Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. While Buena is entitled to use the Sugababes brand on merchandise, the Range/Berrabah/Ewen iteration retains principal ownership of the name.
Rumours of an original Sugababes reunion were started by the website Popjustice, which reported on Friday that staff were going to "break down and cry" over the "stupidly amazing" news. According to its sources, Donaghy, Buchanan and Buena "met up last year" and agreed to work together. The re-formed trio would be managed by Felix Howard, who wrote Sugababes' hits Overload and Stronger, and were apparently in talks with producers Cameron McVey and Xenomania. "It's going quite well," Popjustice reported.
At the heart of this report were two tweets from 5 January: "Hanging out in the studio with @professorgreen and two lovely ladies with bags of talent :-p lol," wrote Buchanan. Buena's tweet was similar: "@ studio wit professor green in tha building and 2 beautiful ladies." In an almost too-neat coincidence, Donaghy made her Twitter debut the next day, 6 January. Although she has made no mention of Buchanan or Buena, her second post was a message to Felix Howard.
However, Buena is the only one to have addressed the reports directly. After a fan asked about her plans, Buena dismissed the reunion rumour. "No track [with] keisha or professor G he was around tha studio," she wrote. "im jus workin on my stuff @ tha moment."
Buena's comments seem in line with a statement from Buchanan's spokesperson: "[Keisha] is in the final stages of completing her much awaited solo album and believes her fans will be equally excited with what's to come," they told Australia's Sky News.
If the original lineup did reunite, they would not be able to use the Sugababes name. Despite forming the girl-group in 1998, they left the trio one by one: Donaghy in 2001, Buena in 2005 and Buchanan in 2009. The group currently consists of Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. While Buena is entitled to use the Sugababes brand on merchandise, the Range/Berrabah/Ewen iteration retains principal ownership of the name.
Amelle has New official Facebook page - New photos
All Amelle fans go and like her new Official Facebook page and when she gets to 1000 likes she will upload more new photos ~ JEF
Andy Akinwolere loses the skate-off to Heidi Range and becomes the first celebrity to be voted off Dancing On Ice
'I'm gutted': Andy Akinwolere loses the skate-off to Heidi Range and becomes the first celebrity to be voted off Dancing On Ice
By Georgina Littlejohn
Last updated at 11:14 PM on 8th January 2012
He only made his debut performance on the show just a couple of hours earlier.
But the party was over too quickly for TV presenter Andy Akinwolere who was voted off Dancing On Ice tonight.
Andy, 29, and his partner Maria Filippov left the show after going head-to-head in a skate-off with Sugababe Heidi Range.
Gutted: TV presenter Andy Akinwolere looked quite upset as he and partner Maria Filippov were voted off the first Dancing On Ice show
And after he and Maria were handed flowers from mentors and Olympic gold medalists Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, he told host Phillip Schofield: 'I'm gutted.
'We put so much into that but it wasn't our day, so it's cool.'
Even Dean was disappointed with the result and told them, 'I am gutted with you.'
Last standing: Andy and Maria (R) and Heidi and Andrei (L) face the skate off after Mark Rhodes and Frankie were saved by the public
We did it! Mark Rhodes hugged partner Frankie after hearing that they had been saved
And Maria added: 'It was sweet and short but I loved every minute of it.'
Andy and Heidi, who scored 14 and 12.5 point respectively, were the last two standing and had to skate their first routine again in an attempt to be saved and skate another week.
But it was not up to the public to decide who was staying, but the judges, with Louis first up and deciding the save Heidi, as he said her performance was more polished and refined.
Awaiting their fate: Andy and Maria learn they are in the bottom two
Live to fight another day: Heidi and her partner Andrei looked relieved when they found out they'd been saved
Katarina Witt chose to save Andy because she thought he was the better dancer on the night.
But it was down to Robin Cousins to have the deciding vote and her decided to save Heidi, which meant Andy was on his way home.
One more chance: Heidi and Andrei dance for survival as they took to the ice for the second time tonight
You and me, baby! Maria and Andy throw admiring glances to each other during their routine which they danced for a second time
Earlier their routine was danced to Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera which earned them 12 points, but Louis thought Andy's moves were 'sloppy', which ultimately lead to him being voted off.
This week, seven of the 15 celebrities made their debut on the ice, and next week, the remaining eight will battle it out to stay in the show and avoid being the second Dancing On Ice casualty.
Tense: Robin Cousins had the deciding decision who to save - and decided to keep Heidi and Andrei in the show
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