ALTHOUGH S Club 7 have recently become S Club 6, something special has come along to distract us.

Could that be the patter of tiny feet? Yes -- it's . . . the Mini Pops. Well, okay, it is actually S Club Juniors but let's face it they are not a million miles away from those kids from the 1980s who pranced around on TV in their mums' make-up and pearls.

And yes, I know, the song is pretty good (it was written by Cathy 'I Can't Get You Out Of My Head' Dennis) but the fact remains they are a bunch of over-keen kids who should be playing ping pong at a youth club and not bothering the charts.

Mind you, I suppose we should be grateful that we didn't have to watch the audition process . . .