Past chart toppers set for TV comeback

Top pop acts from the last three decades will see their careers resurrected next month when a new celebrity talent show hits our screens.

17:30 12 March 2005

Top pop acts from the last three decades will see their careers resurrected next month when a new celebrity talent show hits our screens.

ITV's Hit Me Baby One More Time will see acts trying to recapture their former glory and battling it out for a second shot at fame.

The Daily Mirror claims that Vernon Kay will front the show, which will see five acts play live every Saturday night before facing a public phone vote.

The winners of each show will reportedly then compete in a grand finale to the series.

The acts taking part in the show are due to be announced next week.

"The show will appeal to all ages," a source told the newspaper.

"The bands will be performing the kind of hits that teenagers snogged to in school discos in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

"They're building an amazing set and it'll be live so anything can happen."