The Big Reunion - the No.1 TV guilty pleasure of last year - returns for series two this evening.

So dig out your best Kappa tracksuit and buy yourself a multi-pack of Sunny D and prepare for a trip in a music time machine to an era pre-downloads and The X Factor, when Top of the Pops was still the most important show on television.


To celebrate the show's return, why not check out our Big Reunion Class of 2014's Greatest Hits package, featuring the best tracks from this year's acts preparing to reunite and face their demons.

Eternal

The Spice Girls? Pah, too cheesy. Girls Aloud? Hah, they came from a reality show. If you want vintage British girl power pop, the original masters were Easther, Vernie, Kelle and Louise. Sadly, Mrs Redknapp isn't involved in the reunion, but we're still keeping our fingers crossed for a BeBe Winans cameo. Whatever happened to that guy?

See Also...
'Stay'. 'I Wanna Be The Only One'. Louise Redknapp's 'Naked' (sorry girls).

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A1

The greatest English-Norwegian boyband of the last 30 years? Without a doubt. Still big in Norway (Ben was on their version of Strictly) so whether it counts as a reunion is dubious, but heck they had some good tunes, so we'll let them off. But what happened to the fourth member Paul Marazzi? Maybe we'll find out on the show.

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'Caught In The Middle'. 'Take On Me'.

3T

Taryll, Taj and TJ were launched to huge success off the back of their Jacksons connection and even released a hit track with their uncle, 'Why'. Unfortunately, the family connection also seemed to weigh them down and the careers faded fast under the pressure to match the success of their uncles and aunts.

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'Anything'. 'I Need You'.

Damage

Billed as the British Boyz II Men, Damage were the (slightly) credible pop face of British R&B in the '90s. Although not many of their tracks have lasted the test of time, they did endure for a relatively long time (in pop terms), recording hits between 1995 and 2001.

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'Love II Love'. 'Ghetto Romance'.

Girl Thing

A post-Spice Girls, proto-Girls Aloud, Girl Thing were ahead of their time in many ways. In other ways, they were just a bit naff. Even Simon Cowell has written them off as one of his greatest mistakes. A lot of cash was splashed on the girls at the back end of the '90s, but after their second single only reached 25, they were given short shrift and missed out on releasing a little-known song called 'Pure and Simple'.

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Erm...

5th Story
Cobbled together especially for The Big Reunion, 5th Story feature a mix of '90s boyband types, talent show fodder and Dane flipping Bowers. Two members of the group had 'incidents' with Katie Price, Adam Rickett did 'that pop video', Kavana was a bit rubbish on The Voice and Kenzie was in Blazin' Squad, so there shouldn't be any shortage of naughty secrets and pop excess that would make even a Smash Hits editor blush.

See Also...
Kavana's 'I Can Make You Feel Good'. Another Level's 'Freak me'. Blazin' Squad's 'Crossroads'. Gareth Gates's 'Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)'.

The Big Reunion airs tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

Listen to Digital Spy's Spotify Big Reunion Playlist: