I love Girls Aloud, but just the fact that that group not only worked at all but had one of the best and most consistent outputs of any girl group ever is kind of insane.
Xenomania really worked nothing short of a miracle with them.
Tbh, around that time we got the launch of all kinds of talentshow programms. This show was more about finding a group with girls who had a okay to decent singing voice, but charisma and overall XFactor than about finding the new En Vogue or Destiny's Child.
Cheryl has an okay voice, but one that actually fits pop music well, she is more or less an entertainer rather than just a singer and fhere is nothing wrong with that.