Clea

Clea was an English girl group whose members met on the television show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Chloe Morgan (née Staines), Lynsey Brown, Emma Beard and Aimee Kearsley, decided to form a band after they were voted off the series. The name 'Clea' is an acronym of the first letter of each member's firstname. In May 2004, Chloe Morgan left the group to join a new girl band named Fierce, but left after an unsuccessful attempt on X Factor. She then went on to pursue her solo career. Lynsey Brown left the band in November 2006, leaving the two remaining girls, Emma Beard and Aimee Kearsley, recording double A-side single Stuck In The Middle/I Surrender and touring for a while, before stopping Clea in order to start a new project, LoveShy. In November 2022, all four original members of the group got back together in celebration of their 20th anniversary and, in June 2023, the group performed together at the London-based music festival Mighty Hoopla.