Talented Nikki Stuart has catapulted to pop stardom after her group's debut single smashed into the Top Ten.

The 20-year-old from Bradford is a member of the much-hyped new band Girl Thing.

Girl Thing, who were put together by Chris Herbert, the man responsible for the Spice Girls, went straight to number eight with their first release Last One Standing in the new charts unveiled last night.

The five-piece have been touted as the next big thing.

Nikki, who went to Birkenshaw C of E First School, Birkenshaw Middle School and Whitcliffe Mount School in Cleckheaton, joined Girl Thing last year after being one of 2,000 hopefuls auditioned for the group.