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Noughties pop star hasn’t aged a day as she makes a huge comeback 17 years after hit single

Noughties pop star hasn’t aged a day as she makes a huge comeback 17 years after hit single

Almost two decades on from her smash hit song, Michelle McKenna doesn’t seem to have aged a single day.

The star rose to fame as a singer in the late 2000s as part of the Manchester-based urban dance group Platnum.  

Joined by Aaron Evers and Mina Poli, the group released music and often appeared on tracks with other big names. 

At the height of their fame, they also toured with NDubz, with Michelle remaining good friends with Tulisa Contostavlos. 

They became best known for their 2008 chart-topping hit What’s It Gonna Be in collaboration with H2O, as well as their cover of Love Shy.

After Platnum decided to part ways, Michelle transitioned into a solo music career under he name Michelle Platnum and dropped her single Darkest Hour in July last year.

Almost two decades on from her smash hit song, Michelle McKenna doesn't seem to have aged a single day

Almost two decades on from her smash hit song, Michelle McKenna doesn’t seem to have aged a single day

The star (right) rose to fame as a singer in the late 2000s as part of the Manchester-based urban dance group Platnum (pictured with Aaron Evers and Mina Poli)

The star (right) rose to fame as a singer in the late 2000s as part of the Manchester-based urban dance group Platnum (pictured with Aaron Evers and Mina Poli)

For Valentine’s Day this year, the star made a special appearance on radio channel Kisstory.

She performed her hits and proved she still has that star power she did many years ago. 

Fans were delighted to see the star, saying she ‘hadn’t aged a day’ and looked as good as ever.

Taking to Instagram they wrote: ‘Seems like u have aged like fine wine! Thought it was older than 2008, great tune, brings back lots of mad memories!  

‘She looks and sounds fantastic,’

‘Wow, she’s still sounds so good,’

‘She just got better with age,’ 

‘So so so beautiful.’

For Valentine's Day this year, she made a special appearance on radio channel Kisstory

For Valentine’s Day this year, she made a special appearance on radio channel Kisstory

She performed her hits and proved she still has that star power she did many years ago

She performed her hits and proved she still has that star power she did many years ago

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It comes after Michelle and her husband property developer Daniel Johnson flew out to Australia to meet her bestie Tulisa on the I’m A Celebrity bridge.

The NDubz star took part in the latest season of the ITV show and became the third celebrity to be voted out of the jungle. 

However, reports surfaced that Tulisa had a bust-up in the H๏τel after she was evicted from the jungle with her best friends – something which her representatives have denied.

It was said she was not happy with how her best friends ran her Instagram while in the Jungle, deeming their posts about her to be ‘inappropriate’.

A source told MailOnline: ‘They were only in Australia because of Tulisa. It felt like they were revelling in the situation and taking liberties with her kindness.

‘Michelle and Daniel were there, on a trip funded by ITV and only because of Tulisa. They were there because of her and she trusted them with her social media.

‘When she got out of the jungle and saw what had been put on there, she was upset and it prompted a huge row. You can’t help but think that seeing her friends living it up like that while she was roughing it in the jungle must have really annoyed her.

‘They were in a five-star H๏τel, with most expenses paid, so it does all feel a little bit rotten for Tulisa,’ they added.

It comes after Michelle met her bestie Tulisa on the I'm A Celebrity bridge last year after she became the third contestant to leave the jungle

It comes after Michelle met her bestie Tulisa on the I’m A Celebrity bridge last year after she became the third contestant to leave the jungle 

‘She is so upset. She was distraught to see what had been posted and she wanted to get rid of it as quickly as possible.’

Read MoreEXCLUSIVE Tulisa arrives back home to the UK in huge snub to the I’m A Celeb final article image

The I Need You singer furiously deleted all trace of her time in the Jungle and did not attended any of her scheduled appearances with ITV.

Prior to this, Michelle appeared on Lorraine and urged people ‘to be kind’ to the NDubz star over the cosmetic surgery she’s had done to balance the appearance of her Bell’s Palsy.

Revealing why she thinks Tulisa decided to enter the jungle, Michelle said: ‘Years ago she would have been terrified of the public reaction to her.

‘She’s like a big sister type and I think that will keep her going. To be a mothering-like figure to her campmates.

‘Not a lot of people get to see that side of her, that softer side. I’m so happy that people will get to see that mothering side.’

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