Girls Aloud fans ‘bawling’ over Children in Need tribute to Sarah Harding

BBC aired their yearly fundraiser Children successful Need connected Friday evening, and 1 peculiar portion had viewers feeling emotional.

Girls Aloud person re-released their single, Stand By You but this clip it’s ‘Sarah’s Version’ successful honour of their precocious bandmate Sarah Harding. Harding died aged 39 successful September 2021 aft being diagnosed with breast cancer.

It is the twentieth day of Girls Aloud’s archetypal mentation of The Pretenders’ 1994 hit, which was besides successful assistance of the charity. The 2024 mentation features aged recordings of Harding’s dependable to springiness her dependable the pb vocals connected the track.

Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts, Cheryl, and Nadine Coyle each sat unneurotic to present the authoritative Children In Need opus successful a pre-recorded video.

‘This is Stand by You, Sarah’s version, the authoritative Children successful Need 2024 single, and it is dedicated contiguous to our Sarah,’ stated Kimberley, 42.

‘We miss you, and we emotion you.’

After watching the set talk astir the reimagined euphony connected the Children successful Need special, fans people felt emotional.

‘Currently crying, again. This not lone means truthful overmuch to the girls but it means truthful overmuch to us, it’s truthful peculiar to perceive Sarah’s vocals connected specified a peculiar song,’ wrote Amy.

Mariya said ‘Sarah’s bequest lives connected successful each note….’ and instrumentality relationship Nicola Roberts cult summarised the mood: ‘Ignoring the information you should’ve shown the afloat video…a beauteous tribute from 4 fantastic and astonishing women. Love each and each 1 of them truthful much, Sarah volition ever beryllium remembered.’

Only a abbreviated conception of the opus was played erstwhile it was primitively spoken about. However, it should beryllium noted that BBC did aboriginal play the opus successful afloat astatine the extremity of the programme, with a montage of clips.

‘Bawling, deliberation the full video should’ve been shown tho,’ wrote Angie connected X.

Annika said: ‘Oh we crying crying today.’

Key-ra praised the women for coming unneurotic for the important cause.

‘This had my successful tears. She volition beryllium truthful arrogant of you doing this and convey you for doing this for america and Children successful Need I cognize this would’ve been incredibly hard,’ her station read.

How overmuch did Children successful Need raise?

Children successful Need raised an unthinkable £39 cardinal from their fundraising efforts this year. This includes £8.8 cardinal raised by the presenter Paddy McGuinness connected his 5 time cycling challenge from Wales to Scotland.

In the three-hour TV peculiar alongside Girls Aloud, Oscar-winning histrion Gary Oldman, presenter Graham Norton, vocalist Kylie Minogue and Doctor Who prima Ncuti Gatwa, each did their spot to amusement their support.

Viewers were besides treated to segments from Outnumbered, Gladiators, and the Strictly Come Dancing professionals.

‘What an INCREDIBLE full raised for BBC Children successful Need this year! Thank you to everyone who donated, your enactment is going to assistance Make Life Lighter for truthful galore children and young radical each implicit the UK,’ the authoritative relationship posted.

If you inactive privation to donate, you tin bash truthful here.

Girls Aloud volition besides beryllium appearing successful a eagerly-anticipated performance movie that volition aerial connected ITV this Sunday astatine 8pm. Ahead of the airing, The Girls Aloud Show: The Interview conducted by presenter Ben Shephard, has dropped connected ITVX but not shown connected terrestrial TV.

In the 20-minute ITVX interrogation was recorded connected October 8, and gives an penetration into the reunion betwixt the 00s popular group.

In the chat, Cheryl, 41, shared what they mightiness person planned next: ‘We’re catching our breath, 1 happening I person learnt successful my infinite wisdom, astatine my ripe age, is that you tin genuinely ne'er accidental never.’

Nicola, 39, added: ‘I don’t deliberation we saw ourselves doing this tour. At 1 time, we didn’t deliberation we could spot america doing this.’

Children successful Need was Cheryl’s archetypal TV quality since the passing of Liam Payne. He died aged 31 after suffering a fatal autumn from the third-floor balcony of his edifice suite in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Payne is the begetter of her seven-year-old son, Bear, and contiguous marks 1 period since his untimely death connected October 16.

Previously, Cheryl released a statement on societal media which was supported by her Girls Aloud co-stars.

‘As I effort to navigate this world shattering event, and enactment done my ain grief astatine this indescribably achy time, I’d similar to kindly punctual everyone that we person mislaid a quality being,’ she wrote.

‘Liam was not lone a popular prima and celebrity, helium was a son, a brother, an uncle, a beloved person and a begetter to our 7 twelvemonth aged son. A lad that present has to look the world of ne'er seeing his begetter again.’

She added that her tone was being troubled by the thought of not being capable to support Bear successful the aboriginal from seeing immoderate reports.

‘Before you permission comments oregon marque videos, inquire yourselves if you’d similar your ain household oregon kid to work them.

‘Please springiness Liam the small dignity helium has near successful the aftermath of his decease to remainder successful immoderate bid astatine last. Thank you, Cheryl.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted BBC for comment.

Children In Need is disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer. The Girls Aloud Show: The Interview is disposable to watercourse connected ITVX. The Girls Aloud Show volition aerial connected ITV connected November 17 astatine 8pm.

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