Girls
Aloud and screaming after ghost-hunt stunt
By
Maureen Coleman
24
November 2006
There
was "something kinda ooooh" spooking Girls Aloud when the pop princesses
spent the night in two of the UK's allegedly most haunted buildings.
Four
of the fearless five-piece, who overcame their nerves to win Popstars: The Rivals
in 2002, took on their scariest challenge to date when they went ghost hunting
with TV presenter Yvette Fielding for a one-off television show.
The
programme didn't go as planned, with Northern Irish beauty Nadine Coyle refusing
to take part while bandmate Nicola Roberts walked off set before filming had completed.
Two
other members of the band, Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh, ended up in tears.
A
spokesman for the programme said Nadine featured early on in the show, with presenter
Yvette Fielding going to the singer's house to try to entice her to take part.
But
the Londonderry lass proved too hard to persuade and refused to help out with
the ghost hunting, telling Yvette she found the prospect too terrifying.
The
other four girls did agree to go ahead with filming but were freaked out after
taking part in ouija sessions at a disused hospital morgue in Cheshire and the
17th-century mansion Plas Teg in Pontblyddyn, north Wales.
Cheryl
Cole said she had been reduced to tears during the show.
"It
was terrible. I yelled the place down and burst into tears when something touched
my arm," she said.
Kimberley
Walsh said she had cried when a stone had gone flying at her.
During
filming, the pop singers were accompanied by Big Brother psychologist Professor
Geoffrey Beattie, who observed their actions via specially rigged cameras.
Afterwards,
the singers said they were all firm believers in the supernatural.
Kimberley
said: "I was the most cynical out of us all but I do believe in it now."
But
Nadine said she had no regrets about not taking part.
"I
am just petrified about all this kind of stuff," she said.
"I
am just so scared, just the thought of doing it. I don't want to be mixing with
that kind of thing. Now after hearing about the girls' stories, I know I made
the right decision.
"I
have no regrets that I didn't take part."
Ghost
Hunting with Girls Aloud will be screened on Tuesday, December 12 on ITV2 at 9pm.
