Nadine Coyle and her Passport in Full HD - Irish PopStars Episode 8

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

I love that this was the inspiration for Clare in Derry Girls for what a Derry accent was

[@carlydechene5505]

Nicola Coughlan nailed it too!

[@l..mia..I]

@@carlydechene5505bro that is her

[@lyannastarkweather]

After watching the Graham Norton clip with Nicola Coughlan at least twenty times, I've finally seen the whole context. Thank you so much for sharing this piece of TV history.

[@Pinkranger87]

Yes

[@FloraMHorta]

I'm also here from that clip and I have not even watched Derry Girls lol

[@SuperAduda]

Here because of Graham Norton as well

[@anne-mariebradley5437]

Nicola Coughan brought me here lol

[@rodericksmith859]

Im glad this clip is still up.... literally came here from Graham Norton 😆. ....but I wish my parent would lie for me like this!

[@jpptubie]

The clip came direct from Irish Pop Stars TV programme. Have you never told a white lie? The producers should have checked DOB.

[@rodericksmith859]

@@jpptubie thank you 🙃

[@sfinn85]

@@jpptubie The producers were the ones who told her to lie about her age and she later accused RTÉ of exploiting her

[@jpptubie]

@@sfinn85 I will ask Nadine the next time I see her.

[@lucretiasummers8321]

Same 😂

[@seattlevixen]

Her heart must've been GOING as she's "looking for her passport" but actually trying to figure out what to do

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

Reminds me when I used fake ID to get a job in a nightclub when I was just 17 and they asked for my NI number a couple of weeks in 😂

[@michelski3528]

I mean this has to be one of the most iconic moments in Irish TV history

[@miamitten1123]

Not much happens in the Emerald Isle then

[@Hamnaxx]

​​@@miamitten1123 You must be english🤢

[@ballyhigh11]

That, and Linda Martin's 'gobshoite' moment on The Late Late Show.

[@DanThomasUK]

Proof that in life, even the biggest setbacks are opportunities in disguise. Going through this process gave Nadine the experience that helped her get into the much more successful band, even though she felt she’d completely lost out that day.

[@Harrison_J_T]

Also the band from this had like 2 singles and disappeared, girls aloud actually were successful

[@bleu_rae]

“Daddy’s going to look in the cyaryur” 😂😂😂

[@tommypickles218]

Legend has it he's still looking

[@Nocturne22]

"Nadine still seems confused by her date of birth." The narrator was shady as hell for that LMFAO

[@haveaniceday111]

I'm not Irish but I can see how people absolutely went wild for this lollllll

[@gbosonnet]

TV gold. But this was the best thing that ever happened to her.

[@adamheron4957]

This is iconic pop culture

[@kcjd8659]

And she keeps making it worse by saying ‘87. 😂 Ah, thank you Graham Norton for sending us all here.

[@NotEnoughCharactersForMyUserna]

I feel like it might’ve helped. If she remembered the year she had given, then it would be a bit more obvious that it’s her actual birthday. Since she forgot the year she gave, it made it seem like the year she gave couldn’t have been her real birthday, since she should remember that even if she lied.

[@quetzal7432]

@@NotEnoughCharactersForMyUserna also, 87 (making her 14) would’ve been way more preposterous

[@shwesharan]

Here after Nicola Coughlan talked about this on the Graham Norton Show!

[@joebloggs1176]

Yeap same

[@rhythmictiger]

It's actually quite sweet how much all the others seem to genuinely want here there. Parents possibly too nauve to realise what the potential fame could do to someone so young. I bet they started checking ages Day 1 minute 1 after this

[@pjlav6304]

Its cringe watching her dig the hole deeper and deeper THEN the fake phone call to the mother, the laughing and the direct eye contact. Ugh 😅. Glad it worked out so much better for her

[@kurt479]

I think she really was on the phone to her mum. Which makes it even funnier, her parents were going along with it 😂

[@BernieMcquillan]

That’s how I found out about this 😂

[@WillowB-dn6if]

Awww this was massive. She was and still is a brilliant singing talent. It had everything to do with her being classed as a child and not as an adult. If they had kept her on this would have caused MASSIVE implications for the show. But, it was a stepping stone, no matter how hard or humiliating, for the beautiful Nadine. ❤️

[@JB-nk6ix]

Nadine still seems confused about her date of birth 😂

[@thobimakama3745]

She was always meant to be a star.😂😂😂this was hilarious though. I knew she was lying here

[@x_Punisher_x]

It was fairly obvious -- she's a terrible liar. 😂

[@MitchJesseRyan]

Poor Nadine, at least she comes clean in the end.

[@DinoTechTurboCharge]

Yes, she did. Even though it took a bit longer to do so, but in the end no one got hurt. And she did the right at the end of it.

[@barrydonoghue722]

Hours before she was going to be proven to be a liar

[@o_huskywolfdean7]

@@barrydonoghue722So?

[@holly7214]

So sweet the way her band-mates forgave her immediately and did everything they could to keep her in the band ❤

[@theonewiththe]

Not the rest of the band realising they've lost their best singer haha

[@l0lliezoe3x]

This music is so nostalgic to my childhood Saturday night tv

[@DMacsPlace]

Thank you so much for uploading a) the full clip and b) uploading it in such great quality! How did you do that??

[@jpptubie]

I recorded all episodes of Irish Popstars and have very carefully stored the video files so there is no chance of them being lost. I’m a huge Nadine fan as she really is so lovely and kind to all she meets.

[@josephprendergast2]

​@@jpptubieCan you upload all the Irish Popstars episodes in full please?

[@jpptubie]

@@josephprendergast2 so busy at the moment, but I will sometime. They need top and tailing and running them through an AI program to enhance the video ad this takes a long time.

[@josephprendergast2]

@@jpptubie Well if the quality of this video being as outstanding as it is, is anything to go by than hopefully all the Popstars episodes, will be just as great whenever you upload them 👍

[@vicky1147]

Oh they're so concerned that she's 16 that they're still filming this while she's crying. 🙄 Give me a break. That whole thing was manipulative.

[@Lark1610]

We put that age limit, so we won't be accused of exploiting minors. Also: look at how we exploit a minor who lied about her age, so she could take part in our show that is trying to avoid exploiting minors!

[@JustMeYouTube374]

Hilarious seeing Louis Walsh right at the end of the vid all those years ago, having just seen him as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother UK all these years later😂

[@gracenurse3365]

Come on, it’s a completely everyday event to forget your birth year. Who amongst us….

[@emilyds83]

Everything happens for a reason if this wouldn't have happened she wouldn't have been in girls aloud!!

[@andyb3666]

When one door closes another opens ❤

[@jpptubie]

Very true, and Nadine remains a cutie. 🥰

[@xxxBeckii-Louise1991xxx]

I love nadine Irish popstars loss British popstars and girls aloud's gain

[@Franniiv3]

It's not in one of my millions of handbags! hehe xo

[@markwalton2482]

And then she became a superstar 🎉

[@spikeyroberto]

It's so iconic

[@shellyD_86]

Should've asked for ID at the beginning.

[@GrizzlyPurpleBearKatie]

It wasn’t required.

[@aliceandfriendsvideos]

​@@GrizzlyPurpleBearKatieRiiiiight, so it SHOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED. 🙄

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

​@@aliceandfriendsvideos this is old. It was common not to bring ID to age specific jobs and just have the employer believe you. I went through something similar. Used fake ID when I was 17 to work in a nightclub, I got caught out after a couple of weeks when I was asked for my NI number.

[@Aaron-MackHartford]

I’m surprised that Nadine went as far into the band. Even though she slipped up in her interview on national TV by giving, her a real date of birth as she realise. She just screws herself, when she rattled herself. But I think she was relief then anything, If she didn’t I want to how much trouble. She would get in the long run, if she will continue with the situation that she was underage.

[@josephprendergast2]

I mean whenever the band travelled abroad someone would have clocked her age from her passport and reported her or even for identification purposes for anything really. Im just surprised she got as far as she did without getting caught. How the bands management didn't ask for any form of ID up until this point is beyond me. They were just as much to blame too for not following standard procedures

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

How did she even get on the show? I had to have ID when I filled out my paperwork for my first job at 16. I can't believe they'd just let people into their singing competition without giving them the most basic vetting.

[@Aaron-MackHartford]

I believe when she audition, they never clarified that. She had to be 18 to dissipate, so it was the companies fault. For not make it clear for the contestant, before they can dissipate. So this was not Nadine fault.

[@sfinn85]

She had actually sent demos to Louis Walsh before the show came along so he knew her name

[@kurt479]

They probably knew but went along with it for entertainment. That's why they let her into the UK band

[@Hugomad2]

That’s how responsible they were 😅

[@francescagibbs6837]

She carries on lying and then keeps changing the date she said to give her lies authenticity 😂

[@jpptubie]

Give Nadine a break, she was 16, and ambitious to make it into the music industry. 😀

[@DinoTechTurboCharge]

Why you acting like she got away with murder.

[@ashleighmackenzie8670]

@@jpptubieso are millions of people, ambitious to get into the industry. But still don’t LIE through their teeth to do so. While taking other contestants places who WERE of the right age.

[@aprilrolls]

​@@ashleighmackenzie8670 youd be surprised at the amount of liars out there - she made a silly mistake because she was young and thought itd work, you'll live

[@ilyalycat21]

@@ashleighmackenzie8670 Bibb ngoni nvmvbbbbvmhhhjjhhhhh

[@jambon6451]

Mammy, hoiw old am aye?

[@Chemdoll]

It’s so sweet how the band members and everyone else wanted her there so bad, you can tell how close they’d all gotten and how much they enjoyed each other. Them trying to call their lawyer and etc to try to work out to keep her with them was very kind and sweet 😢❤

[@jpptubie]

@@Chemdoll having met Nadine almost 20 years after this event, her character remains the same. She’s a truly lovely lady. It’s not surprising she’s remained so popular. She was so cute on I’m A Celebrity too.

[@galenned]

This is so hilarious 😭

[@Fouloulle]

I would've never passed for 18 when I was 16 !

[@blahblahblah404]

It’s only a 2 year age difference I’m sure you would’ve passed

[@Fouloulle]

@@blahblahblah404 No I wouldn't ! 1. I passed for 13 or 14 ! 2. 2 years during adolescence is a big gap !

[@blahblahblah404]

@@Fouloulle it’s not a big gap at all I looked the same from 16-18 literally nothing about me changed same with everyone else I know

[@Fouloulle]

@@blahblahblah404 You did. I didn't. How shallow is your life to argue ove this?!!

[@strawberryblondemilk7249]

I mean it all worked out well didnt it

[@jenniferegan1675]

The fact she can bare faced lie to their faces

[@justinehelene4831]

The producers must have asked to continue on with this mistake for the entertainment. She knew she would have to leave as soon as tbey asked for her passport to check. It was just be embarrassing to continue with the lie.

[@sfinn85]

They did and she later accused them of exploiting her. At least things worked out for in the end as she went on to have huge success with Girls Aloud

[@mariabella19]

When you want something so badly. Mila Kunis did the same thing but they never found out! She was 14 and said she was 18 in season 1 of That's 70's Show. And she looks it too haha!

[@magicdaisies5242]

It's funny as my mum would do this for me as she would see it as a big opportunity.

[@breakingewes1316]

She’s 16 and plenty of 16 year olds would lie about their age if it meant getting into a band and getting on the telly. Her parents on the other hand ….. how TF did they think they’d get away with it?!

[@MP-po6fj]

Lol hilarious that.. Her parents sent her under the bus ffske

[@AlBrownComedy]

Someone owes Graham Norton & Derry Girls a load of views 😅😂

[@l0lliezoe3x]

Why did no one check her passport before

[@GrizzlyPurpleBearKatie]

It wasn’t required before.

[@sfinn85]

You don't need your passport to travel within Ireland

[@aliceandfriendsvideos]

​@@sfinn85For her age OBVIOUSLY not for travel. 🙄

[@sfinn85]

​​@@aliceandfriendsvideos What I am saying is that she wouldn't have needed to produce a passport as it is not required when travelling over the border between Northern Ireland (where she lived) and the Republic (where the 'Popstars' house was located)

[@NicolasPetrosLanning]

6:50 "While the cameras were not rolling, Nadine finally broke down and confessed to Linda that her real date of birth is the 15th of June, 1985, making her sixteen"

[@roel.vinckens]

Thank you Graham Norton. Off to see Kneecap now...

[@EughhBrothereughh]

She's such a good liar. I would have broken down fast😂

she knew what she was doing..she thought they would just give up and accept her!

[@Helloworldcodex]

16 but she looks 25 ?

[@Momheartzip]

Michelle williams lied about her age to get on Dawson's creek and kunis lied to get on that 70s show

[@skyejacques]

It's crazy to me. When I was 14, I still couldn't speak up in class and didn't understand what Universal solvent meant

[@SenorKristobbalVLog]

Nadine is still Northern Irish but nowher near this Derry anymore

[@senorgato70]

So how was Nadine able to join Girls Aloud when she still wasn't 18?

[@sfinn85]

The minimum age for competing in "Popstars: The Rivals" was 16 and Nadine was 17 when the show was broadcast the following year.

[@TheModerateMillenial]

Has Nadine ever confirmed whether her mom was actually on the phone? If not, this was good acting.

[@Juliukas101]

I've always got my passport with me, because I have the carta pas too!

[@carmelgraham-williams1338]

Her parents should have known better to not let her go.

[@The84336]

Maybe it works differently in Ireland, but couldn't they ask for her driver's license? I imagine she would have that with her. Also yes Clare in Derry Girls sounds exactly like her!

[@sfinn85]

In Ireland, you need to be 17 years old to drive on public roads so she didn't have a drivers' licence

[@olakeska7908]

​@@sfinn85 and also not all 18 years old in Northern Ireland have drivers license

[@aliceandfriendsvideos]

​​@@sfinn85Don't be so pendantic, obviously this commenter is suggesting checking ID, which can be as simple as a birth certificate, as was stated in this episode. So why wasn't it done already before things got this far?

[@ssh1487]

@@aliceandfriendsvideos "couldn't they ask for her driver's license? I imagine she would have that with her." they imagined wrong. next.

[@sfinn85]

@@aliceandfriendsvideos I wasn't being pedantic. I was merely stating that people in Ireland have to be 17 to have a driver's licence - Nadine wouldn't have had one at the time since she was 16. She also wouldn't have needed her passport as it's not required for travel between Northern Ireland and the Republic The producers were the ones who told her to go along with the lie about her age as it would be a big talking point for the show

[@matthewetheridge4535]

Coyle blimey nadine's gorgeous!

[@Fouloulle]

It wasn't necessary to make a huge fuss out of it and to film it. Just ask for an ID document and remind her the rules.

[@sander4903]

But this is pure peak reality tv

[@sfinn85]

It was all done for ratings and was a huge talking point around the country for weeks

[@arosebyanyothername3012]

This is sooo hard to watch

[@aimeethomson7466]

How stunning was she at 16 though?! Before the age of all the tutorials etc that the young girls have nowadays. Always thought she was the band member who was meant to have the career Cheryl ended up having.

[@ElvisTranscriber2]

4:40 can yer take ir outer speakerphone... Actually, it's all right you can bet that zero people will be able to understand you so long as you keep impersonating a 17th century pirate 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lawontrial]

Gold 💚 I’d love to know what the end game was here - lie on telly in front of the nation and enjoy rise to fame eternally lying about age? A great reminder for anyone that disappointments / unanswered prayers = gods greatest gift 🥰

[@jpptubie]

I’ve met and spoken to Nadine a few times. She’s really pleasant and is considerate to her fans. You’ll struggle to meet a celeb so caring.

[@nevehartnett5759]

Hahaha love this

[@BabyDaks]

I mean, it was the best decision she made. She would have been a nobody. What was even the name of that band?

[@markhooper4532]

Winnie Wallace.... Hated seeing her cry,she was sixteen and trying to get on in life ,so she told a little lie. Didn't stop her becoming famous though did it.

[@huskywolf-cub]

Totally agree, it didn’t hurt anyone.

[@abbydt88]

The drama 😅😅

[@mikestagraming]

I was getting an interview done

[@CriticalBrit83]

I remember the 2nd controversy when she won in the UK and people said she was given the spot by Walsh over all the other girls who competed.

[@jpptubie]

I remember Javine, Emma and Aimee in particular who were great singers too and any of those could have made it into the group. But the voting was stronger for the five who made it because they had more supporters and I very satisfied with the final selection. I don’t recall any controversy over Nadine who was selected third for a place she well deserved based on her singing performance and character.

[@mikestagraming]

There was no controversy regarding that - Nadine could sing all those girls under the table

[@ambissing]

Were the parents trying to cover for her? That’s messed up too.

[@CherryDreamer96]

I agree it's wrong and potentially dangerous to encourage your underage daughter to lie in that situation but on the other hand they probably saw this as her one and only chance to achieve her dream. Isk exactly when this was but im guessing 2002 ish? You couldn't just put a singing video online then and gain a following that way

[@gunawan873]

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[@MKMK11114]

Didn’t she think that people from her school were gonna tell her

[@MitchJesseRyan]

I doubt that they would rattled her out.

[@KimClinger]

At what point did she really think that lying about her age would get better? Maybe (maybe) this experience has kept her from making this a pathological behavior. I almost couldn’t watch the whole clip as you start to see how her lies affected the whole group. Started to feel like the tears were a tool to create sympathy for her. I feel more concern for the band and others involved in the production, and all the work they had put into this already.

[@sfinn85]

The producers were the ones who told her to lie about her age and she later said that she felt exploited by the national broadcaster RTÉ.

[@ConnorJoeWood]

Why didnt they just have the age at 16 like it wad with Xfactor I think 16 is a good enough age for a show like this just not any lower I didn't agree with them lowering xfactor to 14

[@SA-ft4gu]

True, but I guess everything happens for a reason. If this didn't happen, she wouldn't be in girls aloud

[@Buckaroo_Baldwin]

X Factor hadn't begun yet, and this is probably why the minimum age was 16

[@gemmadisney5]

Why did they not check her passport when she applied 😂😂😂

[@sfinn85]

It wasn't required for travel over the Northern Ireland border into the Republic

[@MKRM27]

It’s not a very good look to be caught out in a lie and still continue to lie

[@jpptubie]

Nadine has always been a very talented singer; no harm was done by a white lie and to me this demonstrates her sheer guts and determination to compete and do what she always wanted.

[@Bette_Fontenot]

At 16 years old, she isn't going to going to have the courage to face what she's done, especially in this crazy situation. Her parents should have discouraged her from doing this at all. Surely down the road when this aired, someone who knows her would've told the truth. Her dealing with it alone like that was probably a massive growing up moment for her, hopefully. My son is 16 now and I cannot even imagine him doing this, and me just letting him go off to do it.

[@jpptubie]

@@Bette_Fontenot at 16, Nadine showed remarkable determination and courage; I don’t think I’d have had the confidence to enter such a competition and do what she did. A credit to her, if anyone is to blame, it’s the producers. Maybe I’ll upload a bit more of the programme when she and her parents were interviewed. Nadine will never live this down. I’ve met her quite a few times and have had selfies with her, she’s really kind with a lovely character.

[@Bette_Fontenot]

@@jpptubie, I agree. I was speaking to having courage to admit to what she's done - especially when adults are confronting her like that. She had amazing courage to follow her dreams, taking any risk to achieve them. I just remember being 16 and thinking getting caught lying, even over something small, seemed like the worst possible thing. No doubt she was scared in her situation. I wasn't taking any kind of swipe at Nadine at all, I was actually trying to defend her - at her age she wouldn't have known how to appropriately handle a situation like that, it would have probably scared her.

[@DinoTechTurboCharge]

A lot of people lie about aged when they’re young, it’s not like she hurt anybody or anything.

[@EGC316]

This is up there with Watergate.

[@alisonharte76]

She's so dishonet😮 That says a lot about someone

[@Ella.L.]

Please... she was a teen! 🙄

[@LorenzoSpoto]

SIX majorly flopped. Blessing in disguise.

[@naiflaloq2476]

They were so hungry for success in the noughties

[@danitydon6976]

thats ok nads the world had bigger plans for you

[@greatboniwanker]

I thought people in England and Ireland graduated at the age of 16. So what's the big deal about age eighteen in a country where sixteen is majority age?

[@user-pg9sw2td7w]

You’re not counted as an adult until you’re 18.

[@sfinn85]

Students in the UK are usually 18 when finishing their last year of senior school and in Ireland they finish senior school at 18 or 19 (spending 6 years there altogether) Participants on this show had to be at least 18 years old and Nadine was only 16 at the time

[@antishawilliams300]

Iconic 😂😂

[@Orion-xq8ot]

Why is being deceitful considered bravery.

[@Jarvi_]

CRIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGEEE

[@timothysmith7888]

WHO is the candidate that replaced her? After all is said and done, this sure generated a lot of FREE PUBLICITY! Perhaps that was the plan all along.

[@sfinn85]

Sarah Keating replaced her

[@jonathanbrett-warren2031]

The truth will out

[@s8849]

What a woman

[@suzannefunk4815]

I am surprised she couldn't do it with her parents signing off as her legal guardians.

[@RoLee705]

3:23 what is she saying? “15th err the sect”??

[@billymillar3493]

15th of the 6th 😂

[@RoLee705]

@@billymillar3493 what does that mean??? 😂15th of the 6th month (June)?? Or is she-I’m sorry please explain exactly what’s happening to make her say “15th of the 6th.” I’m American but also slow. Please please explain like I’m 5.

[@Rox2200-k5u]

​@RoLee705 her birthday is 15th June 1985 so in the UK we say dates DD/MM rather than MM/DD so she keeps saying 15th [day] of the 06th [month] is her birthday. But she lied about the year she was born because she was only 16 and she needed to be 18 to be in the competition

[@FashionFunPJ]

83, 85…87…so confused 😅😅

[@Greenwillow]

She will 40 next year which means she will be probably too old for Popstars😂

[@DinoTechTurboCharge]

You’re never too old to be a star.

[@Greenwillow]

@@DinoTechTurboCharge No. But there are some who should retire gracefully😉

[@timothysmith7888]

Think of all the lads that lied about their ages to enlist in the military and go off to war. Of course, she's gotten the notoriety and fame, so, she may get the benefit of that.

[@josephoconnor1785]

They lie like this when they are caught cheating

[@CatrionaBell123]

They should have let her stay, it's only a pop contest

[@Spudchucker92]

I’m not Nadine’s biggest fan (her fans who act like Cheryl Tweedy is the Wicked Witch of the West are to blame for that) but some of the comments I’ve seen over this are ridiculous. Yeah OK, Nadine lied about her age…guess what, people tell lies sometimes. And she did it in sheer determination to achieve her dream. Been plenty of starry eyed teenagers who’ve done daft things to benefit themselves. Nothing new. And if we’re talking about questionable morals here, Cheryl whacking a toilet attendant in the eye is a bit more serious.

[@danhaff1366]

U were brave to lie then only confess once it was super clear you were busted lol

[@sillystephys7123]

That lipgloss