Honeyz

The group had five UK top 10 hits between 1998 and 2000, with "Finally Found" (1998), "End of the Line" (1998), "Love of a Lifetime" (1999), "Never Let You Down" (1999) and "Won't Take It Lying Down" (2000).

[3][4] The original line-up briefly reformed to appear on the ITV show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time in 2005, before the group returned officially in 2006 for a tour.

The show first aired in January 2013 and followed six bands meeting for the first time since they split, and rehearsing for a comeback performance at the Hammersmith Apollo.

[12] Aside from their success in the United Kingdom, they performed with a full live orchestra in the Netherlands and 8,000 people at ChildLine in Dublin, duetted with Lionel Richie in Italy, and saw their first two singles, "Finally Found" and "End of the Line", go 2× platinum in Australia.

from her second album Chyna Doll, and they also worked with producer Stevie J (Toni Braxton, Deborah Cox, Puff Daddy).

Between the video shoot for the group's third single "Love of a Lifetime" in New York and their second promotional trip to Australia in March 1999, Belkhiati and Cherry heard that Abdi had decided to quit the group for personal reasons, including newly creative differences with Cherry, homesickness, unhappiness with touring internationally, and wanting to start a solo career and spend more time with her boyfriend, Matthew Marsden.

At the radio extravaganza, performing in front of 100,000 people, the Honeyz sang their hits "Finally Found" and "End of the Line", before duetting with Another Level on the Help A London Child single "Holding Back the Years".

In September, the Honeyz supported Five at London's Brixton Academy and Manchester Apollo, in special one-off events organised in conjunction with Cadburys and MTV.

Honeyz performed another newly recorded album track, "Won't Take It Lying Down", at the prestigious MOBO Awards, held on 6 October 1999 in the Royal Albert Hall, where they had picked up two nominations in the 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best R&B Act' categories.

It was during the run-up to the single release, in August, that Goodman announced her departure from Honeyz, due to constant clashing with Belkhiati.

Abdi's vocals for the new single "Not Even Gonna Trip" was recorded and the official announcement of the renewed line-up was made on ITV's flagship children's programs SMTV Live and CD:UK, on Saturday 19 August 2000, along with a performance of "Finally Found", poignant in that it was the first-ever performance by a band on CD:UK on its launch almost two years earlier to the day, on 20 August 1998.

"Not Even Gonna Trip" failed to reach the top 20 by the time it was released in late October, peaking at number 24.

[17][18] The series, which began airing on 31 January 2013, followed the groups rehearsing for two weeks ahead of one major comeback performance at the London Hammersmith Apollo on 26 February 2013.

The Honeyz episode aired on 14 February 2013, in which Cherry, Abdi and Goodman discussed their time in the group and the reasons for the line-up changes.

However, elements of The Big Reunion were largely scripted for dramatic effects, and on 16 February 2013, Abdi herself discussed the way the Honeyz' storylines were portrayed on the show on her Twitter page: "Adaptations of the truth... some actual, some factual, others spun into villain/victim stories for TV drama!

[19] On 11 February, it was confirmed that due to high demands for tickets and the popularity of the show, a full 12-date tour around the country would be taking place from 3–12 May 2013.

[23] On 7 February 2014, they posted on their Facebook page that they were "Putting pen to paper and writing some great songs..."[24] On 31 July the group announced that Abdi decided to quit the band for the third time, leaving Cherry and Goodman to continue as a duo.

[30][31] The duo were the first couple to be voted off the coach, receiving the red card and leaving in episode 5 after spending the day in Porto and Figueira da Foz.

Honeyz performing at The Big Reunion in May 2013.