2000s

Episode 6 travels back to the Christmas number ones of the 2000s, a decade dominated by talent shows and reality TV. After Girls Aloud took on One True Voice in 2002, Simon Cowell saw gold and took over the festive chart for the second half of the decade with his next show The X Factor. However, this led to one of the biggest chart shocks of all time, when a certain Facebook campaign took the most unlikely artist to the summit by the end of the decade. Elsewhere, there was yet another Band Aid, an ’80s piano cover and a kids TV show legend. Full Christmas number ones (look away if you don’t want ‘spoilers’!): 2000: Bob the Builder – ‘Can We Fix It?’ 2001: Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – ‘Somethin’ Stupid’ 2002: Girls Aloud – ‘Sound of the Underground’ 2003: Gary Jules & Michael Andrews – ‘Mad World’ 2004: Band Aid 20 – ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ 2005: Shayne Ward – ‘That’s My Goal’ 2006: Leona Lewis – ‘A Moment Like This’ 2007: Leon Jackson – ‘When You Believe’ 2008: Alexandra Burke – ‘Hallelujah’ 2009: Rage Against the Machine – ‘Killing in the Name’