S Club 8

S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's original 9 members, Jay Asforis (now Perry), Daisy Shelvey, Connor Daley, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford, and Rochelle Wiseman were all in their early teens or younger when they were chosen from thousands of hopefuls on the television series S Club Search to appear as a support act for pop band S Club 7.

S Club Juniors were originally intended only as a support act at Wembley Arena for the S Club Carnival Tour but were deemed so successful that they went on to support S Club 7 throughout every British date of the tour. They later released their own debut single, "One Step Closer", followed by other singles "Automatic High", "New Direction" and "Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride". This was followed by their debut album, Together.

After changing the group name to S Club 8, they released the singles "Fool No More", "Sundown" and a remixed version of their album track, "Don't Tell Me You're Sorry". They then released a second album, Sundown.

The group appreared in their own TV Show, I Dream, alongside other young actors including Lorna Want, who had originally auditioned for S Club Juniors herself.^[1] The show spawned a soundtrack and third album for S Club 8, called Welcome to Avalon Heights. It peaked at number 133 in the UK album charts. It did not chart in any other countries. S Club 8 disbanded.

A documentary series titled S Club Juniors: The Story was produced about the early days of the group.