| TV Hits Interviews |
| 2001 Summer Special |
| TRUE BLUE! Celebrity parties! Early mornings! Free clubbing! The boys from Blue tell us about their new pop life� Hi there lads! Tell us, how�s the wonderful world of pop treatin� ya? SIMON It�s wicked! DUNCAN Yeah, it�s, really buzzing! LEE we�re absolutely ecstatic about the success of All Rise. We really didn�t think it would do that well so we�re really pleased. ANTHONY Completely! It�s so manic at the moment, but brilliant at the same time. We�ve met loads of people, we�ve done loads of TV shows and been in loads of mags � it�s mental! Are you having a good time or it is all hard work? ANTHONY Well, it�s a lot of hard work, but we make sure we have a good time as well. LEE yeah, I used to get up at 4.30 am every day to go and work on a building site, but this is a lot harder! It�s really tough stuff! DUNCAN But it�s what we�ve always wanted, so we�re more than happy to put in the hours. Bless you! What�s the best thing about being in Blue? SIMON Having fans and people support us the way they do. LEE Going to all the clubs and getting in for free! Ha ha! ANTHONY And getting recognized! No, seriously, it�s been a dream for all of us and we�re all actually living it at the moment. We don�t want it to end � we just want to enjoy every minute of it! And what�s the worst thing? ANTHONY To be honest, we don�t know yet. We haven�t experienced the worst thing about fame cos we�re still young as a band. It�s been manic and mad � and completely cool! DUNCAN I hate getting up so early in the morning. I need my sleep! I�m so grumpy if I don�t get seven or eight hours a night. LEE I can vouch for that! Ha ha! Will you get to take anytime off over the summer for hols? ANTHONY Not much. It�s gonna be busy, busy, busy! Were doing loads of roadshows all over the country as well as something for GMTV up in Blackpool. DUNCAN At the end of July we�re off to Portugal to a big record company conference. We�ll be performing in front of all the big-wigs, and hopefully we�ll get some time on the beach! LEE The beach � I can�t wait! SIMON And then, of course, the new single�s gonna be out at the end of summer. Excellent stuff! We�ve heard a rumour that you lot are big ol� party animals. Is this true? SIMON Yeah, we�re always up for a good time ANTONY Well, you�ve got to enjoy yourself, haven�t you? If we get a chance to go out, we�ll go out. C�mon then. Who�s the biggest party animal? SIMON I guess it�s probably me! LEE And me! If I get time off, I�m out like a flash. I�m not going to sit at home and read a book! DUNCAN I�m probably the one who stays in the most out of all of us. I prefer to chill with mates or go down to my local. I�m not a big fan of partying all the time. Oh no! Haven�t you been to any swanky bashes then? DUNCAN Of course we have! ANTHONY The best was the FHM party a while ago. There were loads of models coming up to us going, �I�ve heard the single � well done�. We were so happy they knew who we were! LEE And we did a charity football match last month too and Ritchie from Five and Ant and Dec came over and chatted to us. Everyone�s been really nice to us! Okay then, who spends the most time in front of a mirror before a big night out? SIMON, ANT AND DUNCAN Lee! SIMON Yeah, he spends hours checking out his reflection! DUNCAN He can�t stop! LEE I guess I�m a bit of a tart when it comes down to doing my hair and everything. I�m a Gemini, so I�ve got a split personality. It takes me ages to decide what to do and what to wear cos I always change my mind! ANTHONY It takes me 20 minutes to get ready at the most, but it takes Lee about two hours! Summer�s a good time to party. What would you plan for you coolest summer party? DUNCAN I used to live in Devon and we used to have a party on the beach every summer. There would be loads of us � we�d get a little fire going and just party with food, drink, music and dancing. It was such a laugh � running, playing games, jumping in the sea, skinny dipping� LEE If I was gonna throw a summer party, I�d hold it in LA in the back of a posh house with a big pool and loads of girls! There�d be loads of beach balls and we�d have a wicked laugh. And we�d need some really pumping tunes too! At the end of the night I�d have to put some slow songs on so that everyone can get a cuddle. Actually, I�d be playing that lovely theme to Titanic by Celine Dion. JOKE! SIMON I�d have a weeklong party in Cancun, Mexico. There would be all sorts of crazy music playing � heavy R�n�B, soul, rock. But it�d be All Rise that gets everyone up on the dance floor! ANTHONY I think that mine would have to be on an absolutely beautiful beach in my home country of Cyprus. That�s where Ayia Napa is. I�d invite all the Blue boys of course, Damage, Craig David, S Club7, Destiny�s Child�All the lady�s would be in bikini�s and swimsuits, and the fellas would all be hanging loose, wearing mad Hawaiian shirts� Sounds wicked guys! Don�t forget to invite us! What does a gal have to do to catch your eye this summer? SIMON What do you mean? All types of girls catch my eye! LEE Yeah, to be totally honest she doesn�t have to do that much to catch my eye! I�m always on the lookout! ANTHONY For me, she has to be out to have a good old laugh. She has to have a great sense of humour and be ready to party! DUNCAN And I like a flirty, upfront girls without lots of make up. ANTHONY It�s the 21st century, man � she can be black, white, yellow or orange � as long as she comes up and says hello to us then we�ll be more than happy. Spanish delights! The Blue boys whisked us off to the bustling streets of Barcelona, recently for a quick break from their hectic pop star schedule. �We�ve never been here before,� Duncan told us, �but we�ve been looking forward to a break for ages! We�ve only got one night away � but we�re gonna make the most of it!� The lads managed to catch all the Barcelona hotspots including Gaudi Park, the famous Sagrada Familia and the v. posh harbour. �Spanish girls are lovely,� Simon explained, �but they�ve got nothing on British babes!� Nice one, fellas � we love ya too! |
| October 2001 |
| Take yer pick from the TV Hits Sweetie Jar! Watch out! Those sticky-fingered Blue boys Simon and Duncan have got their hands on the sweetie jar! Okay guys, a fruity to start! What should a girl do to get your attention? DUNCAN Flirt! I like flirty girls. I love girls who have the guts to approach me and just say what they think. I like it cos I�m a really open person myself! SIMON I like girls who look me in the eye when we�re talking. Eye contact is very important for me! Tee hee! A soft centre! D�you ever get broody? BOTH Yes! DUNCAN I�d love to have kids. I know it�s silly to think about it now cos I�m in a band but I do get really broody! SIMON Me too! Especially when I�m talking to a girl about kids, then I go a bit mushy! I think I�d like three kids, that�d be perfect! Awh! Here�s a nutty one. If you had to spend a million squid in a day, what�d you blow it on? SIMON I�d give some to my mum, then I�d give loads to charity. DUNCAN I�d buy a swanky apartment and a posh car. Actually, I�ve just changed my mind, I�d treat all my mates to a day out and pay for everything. That�d be great! Here�s another soft centre! Have you ever sung to a girl you really fancied? SIMON Yeah, of course I have! I think it�s even sweeter when the guy is a bad singer cos then they�ve made a real effort Not that I�m bad, of course! DUNCAN I�ve sung to a girl before but only when it was just the two of us in the room! Now a toffee! What�s the worst exam you�ve ever taken? SIMON Oh! Definitely my Maths GCSE! I failed that one! I could never get to grips with algebra. But I knew I�d never have to use algebra in my life! DUNCAN I was terrible at Maths too! I found Physics difficult as well cos you had to be good with numbers and I just don�t get �em! Let�s go nuts! If you could invent a new ice cream flavour, what would it be? SIMON I�d make a Blue ice cream! It�d taste like blue cherries and would be wicked! I wouldn�t make anything weird like bangers �n� mash. That�d be disgusting! It�s like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (rather freaky film about, er, a chocolate factory!) where there�s chewing gum which tastes like soup. Or is it soup that tastes like chewing gum� DUNCAN Urgh! That�s horrible! Bleeeurgh! Now time for a fruity one! Who�d you love to be in a movie with? DUNCAN For me, there could only be one person and it�s gotta be Cameron Diaz. She�s got an innocent look about her but there�s a really naughty glint in her eye, too! SIMON No question, definitely Angelina Jolie! I saw Tomb Raider the other day and she�s just totally gorgeous in it! I�m sure her body was digitally enhanced for the film but I don�t care. She�s great! Yikes! It�s your first hard centre, boys! Should pop stars always sing live? DUNCAN This is one of those really difficult questions. We always said we�d sing live wherever we went but we�ve found out it�s impossible, cos not everywhere you perform has the proper equipment. We like to sing live to prove to our fans and our critics that we�ve got great voices. But, when the equipment�s not very good, it makes us sound rubbish! Fair enough! Ooo, you�ve picked another toffee! What�s the worst thin you�ve had to cope with since you�ve been in the band? DUNCAN The hardest thing I�ve had to cope with is that I haven�t got my grandparents with me to share what I�m going through. They�d have been really proud of me singing in Blue. SIMON I�m afraid mine is more simple, it�s coping with the lack of sleep! I just can�t remember when I last had a proper lie-in! Yaaaaaawn! Nutty again! Who�d win the most dosh if the two of you were against each other on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? SIMON Dunc! He�s better at general knowledge than me. I�d never get past two hundred quid. Seriously! You�ve picked another toffee! Okay, if Blue ended tomorrow, what�d you do next? DUNCAN I reckon I�d get back into acting. I�m also a huge fan of musicals so I�d probably try to get work in theatre. Be a luvvie! SIMON I�d get myself really fir and go back to playing football. Maybe see if I could play professionally but I don�t know if I�d be good enough. Oh well, I can dream! Fruity again! Have you ever been sent any saucy stuff from fans? SIMON I don�t get fan mail. (Awh bless!) But I hope I start getting some rude stuff soon. That�d make me laugh! DUNCAN Anthony�s mum and my mum run the fan club so it�d be them reading the saucy letters. So far, we�ve only had nice fan mail with people saying they love us and want to marry us. It�s cool! It�s another chewy toffee! If you had to star in a soap, who�d you like to play? SIMON I�d definitely be a baddie! I�d love to play Steve Owen in Eastenders. He�s really sly but you just can�t help liking him. He�s also married to Mel, who�s gorgeous! DUNCAN I�d love to be Joey from Friends cos he�s so funny. Plus, all the women love him! Another hard centre! Which is better, American or British pop? SIMON Hmm�I dunno. They�re completely different! In Britain we�d call Brandy an R�n�B artist but over in the states she�s a pop artist! DUNCAN We�re a pop group cos of the younger people we appeal to but we hope that everyone from the age of eight to 80 like all our choons! SIMON I�m not complaining if we�re called a pop group cos it means popular music! I reckon there are some really good American and British pop groups out at the mo but can�t decide which is best! A fruity one! Who�d you rather snog � Pat Evans or Pauline Fowler? SIMON Yuk! Neither! DUNCAN If I had to choose, Pauline. She was great in her day! SIMON Stop now! You�re making me feel ill! You�ve chosen a nutty! Who do you prefer? Christina or Britney? DUNCAN Britney, definitely! I love her! SIMON Christina�s a better singer but Britney is da bomb, isn�t she?! Awh! Your last quezzie�s a gooey soft centre! Where�s the best place to go on a romantic date? SIMON Hmm�Somewhere the two of you can be alone. I know some people go to the cinema but that�s really unsociable cos you can�t talk to each other. But you don�t want somewhere too noisy either cos you�ll end up having to shout at each other over loud music! It�s a toughie! DUNCAN I�d take my date to a posh restaurant with great food. SIMON Yeah, that�s a great idea. A cool Spanish restaurant would be perfect. And it�d have beanbags instead of chairs so you�d both be really relaxed. Yeah, I reckon that�d be a perfect date! You asked! Our reader quezzie is from Jasjeet Atwal from Essex It�s a soft centre! Would you expect a girl to pay half when you went out on a date? SIMON I wouldn�t expect her to pay but I�d like her to offer! It�d show she�s not just interested in my cash. DUNCAN Some women can�t make their mind up, They say �I�m an independent woman, but you have to pay when we go out!� And that�s just not fair! SIMON But if a woman offered, then I�d say no and pay for it all myself, cos I�m a gent! DUNCAN Yeah! Me too! |
| December 2001 |
| SPIN THE BOTTLE Let�s get saucy wth those boys from Blue as we play� If one thing gets a fella spilling the beans it�s a good ol� game of spin the bottle � and those gorge Blue boys are well up for it. �Yeah, wicked,� laughs an excited Lee. �I love spin the bottle. The last time I did it I got a few snogs in!: �Yeah,� agrees Simon. �I played it at the end of term once and got 17 snogs in one day! But hang on � where are the girls?� Aha! That�s the catch! We sit the lads down and explain the new rules to our game. Each lad spins the bottle to decide if they have to tell us a truth or do a dare. Got that lads? �Okay,� yells Lee as they scramble towards the sofa. �But I�m first�� IN A SPIN� Seeing as he�s so keen, we let Lee have the first spin. And it lands on truth. So, when was the last time someone saw you naked? �This morning!� he �fesses. �But it was my mum, so it doesn�t count. She�s seen it all before! I don�t care about people seeing me naked. I�m confident when it comes to my body. What a saucy devil, he almost makes TV Hits blush! It�s Duncan�s turn now. And it�s another truth. What was your first snog like, Dunc? �It was like chewing grass!� he laughs. �My mates all told me to chew when I snogged so I did. They also told me to practice in the mirror but it didn�t help my technique at all! I�ve improved now though � I�m a really good kisser these days!� We�re glad to hear that! But what�s this? Antony�s had his turn and has received the first dare of the day. Yay! His challenge is to slap on some lippy and picker up for a photo! Tee hee! �You�re joking!� he protests when he sees the make-up coming out of the TV Hits prop bag. Antony pulls the top off the lipstick and laughs at the bright shade of pink. �It�s not really my colour but I�ll have a go � just for you guys!� And he does, too! Nice one! Once the lads� laughter eventually dies down, Simon spins the bottle � and it�s time for another truth� We wanna know what�s the rudest bit of fan mail you�ve ever been sent? �I got a really saucy letter the other day,� he giggles. �But I can�t tell you what was in it cos it�s way too rude to print! There was a pair of frilly knickers in with it too and the girl had sprayed them with that perfume, Angel, so they smelled nice!� WHAT A CRACKER� Lee�s turn again � and this time it�s a dare. Let�s see how many dry crackers he can eat! �I�ll be good at this,� he says as we hand him a packet. Lee stuffs his face while the other lads watch and laugh � he�s soon spluttering mouthfuls! There are crackers everywhere! It�s Duncan�s turn to spin now and it�s a truth. Phew! Tell us what�s your most repulsive habit? �Burping and blowing it in someone�s face,� the cheeky lad says. �I do it to Lee all the time. Why waste a smelly burp when you could put it to good use?!� Disgusting! Ant�s up next but the bottle points to another dare. �Why do I keep getting all the dares?� he yells. Show us your pants, we ask! And while the others snigger, Ant pulls up his top to reveal his undies. �It�s a good job I�ve got a clean pair on today,� he laughs. Simon�s giggles stop when he realizes he�s got a dare, too! �Make it an easy one,� he begs and breathes a sigh of relief when he�s asked � to stand on his head! �I can do this,� he tells us. �I used to breakdance. This was one of my moves.� Hmm, he won�t be so lucky next time� Lee�s turn again and it�s another truth. When was the last time you wore the same underwear for two days running? �Urgh � I don�t really do that! If I haven�t got clean undies I go commando. I just don�t bother with any! WE sweat a lot when we�re performing and stuff, so wearing the same pants two days in a row would be minging! You don�t wanna go there�� That�s cleared that up, then! Duncan spins � and it�s a dare. Aargh! Can you juggle these oranges, Dunc? �Phew,� he declares grabbing the fruit and juggling away. �I thought you were gonna ask me to strip off but this is easy!� He carries on for a couple of minutes before chucking the oranges at his bandmates. Easy, fellas � no fightin�! Ant spins and finally gets a quezzie! Have you ever fallen in love at first sight? �I wouldn�t say love,� he says carefully. �But I have fallen in lust at first sight. I love that attraction you get when you catch a girl�s eye. It�s just like in the movies � and although it hardly ever happens, when it does it�s really nice.� Awh! Simon�s up again and it�s another quezzie. Have you ever been tempted to snog a fan? �I�m tempted all the time,� he laughs. �But I haven�t yet. I haven�t had the opportunity yet. If the situation was right I might snog a fan. You only live once, dontcha?� ONLY JOKING! It�s Lee again � and another truth! What�s the naughtiest thing you�ve ever done? �When I was at at school I put Superglue on my maths teacher�s chair,� chuckles the cheeky lad. �His trousers got completely stuck! I got into bad trouble but I didn�t mind cos it was so funny. Don�t try it though � that glue�s pretty dangerous stuff.� Duncan spins the bottle and it stops on a dare. Can you balance the bottle on your head? �Are you sure you want me to do this?� he asks. �I don�t wanna ruin the game by breaking the bottle!� You can see the concentration on Dunc�s face as he tried to balance it � and succeeds. Yay! �But I can do better than that,� pipes up Lee grabbing the bottle and balancing it on his chin. Good stuff! It�s Antony turn and the bottle lands on truth. What do you sing in the bath? �Recently it�s been 21 Seconds by the So Solid Crew,� he �fesses. �I really get into it! I do all the different voices!� It�s time for the last spin and it�s a truth for Simon. Tell us, Si, have you ever two-timed anyone? �No, but I have eight-timed a girl!� the naughty lad tells us. �I had eight girlfriends all at the same time. There weren�t enough days in the week for all of them! I�m a lot better now � I�m a faithful guy these days. |
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