In the noughties, the Pops took on something of a nomadic appearance. Now it's on Fridays! Now it's on Sundays! Now it's on BBC2! Now it's on Tuesday mornings at 3am on Channel 5! Okay, maybe not that last one. The final rebrand (bringing us to where we are now) went all orange and yellow, and the show became a live transmission again. Hooray!
In other news, Victoria Beckham launched two head-to-head chart battles (one with Sophie Ellis-Bextor and one with Kylie) and lost them both. It became easy-peasy to become a popstar by appearing on TV contests: Hear'Say came and went, Will beat Gareth, Girls Aloud beat One True Voice, and everyone beat Steve Brookstein. Download sales were integrated into the charts for the first time, and we took the Pops outside to the car park for huge acts of RAWK from the likes of U2 and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And then we said goodbye. Sniff.
Britney Spears - 'Oops! I Did It Again' Performed 5th May 2000
Backstreet Boys - 'Shape Of My Heart' Performed 21st November 2000
Five - 'We Will Rock You' Performed 2nd August 2000
All Saints - 'Pure Shores' Performed 25th February 2000
Kylie Minogue - 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head ' Performed 17th October 2001
Shaggy - 'It Wasn't Me' Performed 23rd March 2001
Destiny's Child - 'Survivor' Performed 30th October 2001
Avril Lavigne - 'Complicated' Performed 11th October 2002
Will Young - 'Light My Fire' Performed 10th May 2002
Westlife - 'World Of Our Own' Performed 3rd March 2002
Blazin' Squad - 'Flip Reverse' Performed 28th November 2003
Beyonce - 'Crazy In Love' Performed 4th July 2003
Eamon - '**** It' Performed 16th April 2004
Franz Ferdinand - 'Take Me Out' Performed 25th June 2004
Lovefreekz - 'Shine' Performed 19th January 2005
Guillemots - 'Made Up Love Song #43' Performed 18th June 2006
Can't see what you want? We've got loads of '00s clips to view in our clips archive
Last year, we spoke to Black Eyed Peas' Will and Apl about their inability to swear properly. What followed redefines the term 'fit to print', but seeing as it's you, oh, go on then, take a peek!
