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Megan Alatini’s life in TV (Image: Archi Banal)

‘I don’t know if we were brave or stupid’: Megan Alatini on changing reality TV

‘I know reality TV is one of those things people love to hate and hate to love, but it’s something New Zealand should be proud of.’
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By My Life in TV | 27th April, 2024
Guest writer
Bardot vs TrueBliss (Photos: Getty Images / Additional design: Tina Tiller)

Remembering the great TrueBliss vs Bardot national anthem sing-off

Never mind the scoreboard – in the 2000 Bledisloe Cup decider, the real trans-Tasman battle was won before kickoff.
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By Jamie Wall | 25th April, 2024
Contributing writer
‘It was my Eras tour’: Meet the world’s biggest TrueBliss fans

‘It was my Eras tour’: Meet the world’s biggest TrueBliss fans

'I just remember seeing them live for the first time and thinking to myself: This is it. This is the reason. This is what life is all about.'
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By Alex Casey | 24th April, 2024
Senior writer
TrueBliss react to their most iconic Y2K Popstars looks

TrueBliss react to their most iconic Y2K Popstars looks

'We were so brave to wear this stuff.'
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By Alex Casey | 23rd April, 2024
Senior writer
TrueBliss (Image: Tina Tiller)

How Popstars and TrueBliss changed reality television forever

'You’d sit at home watching American Idol or X Factor or whatever and just pinch yourself thinking about how we were the first.'
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By Alex Casey | 22nd April, 2024
Senior writer
The five women who made up TrueBliss, twenty five years ago. (Photo: Supplied)

Girl group groundbreakers or popstar guinea pigs? Where TrueBliss went amiss

Twenty years ago, TV made TrueBliss into New Zealand's biggest girl band. In this piece, first published in 2019, Gabe McDonnell tracks the rise and fall of the country's first made-for-TV popstars.
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By Gabe McDonnell | 14th November, 2020
Guest writer
Four-fifths of TrueBliss appear in Anika Moa Unleashed.

In praise of Anika Moa Unleashed’s 20 year reunion of TrueBliss

Anika Moa Unleashed finishes up its second season with its most coveted and triumphant get yet: A twenty year reunion of TrueBliss.
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By Sam Brooks | 7th March, 2019
Contributing writer

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