Sugababes have admitted they very nearly split up after Mutya Buena quit the band at the end of last year. Heidi Range has admitted that it was the band's manager who persuaded them to continue with a new third member.
Speaking to the News Of The World, she says: "It was a complete shock to Keisha and I and we thought at one stage, that's it - we're going to split up. We really didn't know what was going to happen."
Fellow Sugababe Keisha Buchanan added: "It was a bittersweet time. I was upset Mutya had gone - we'd known each other since she was nine - but really happy Amelle could join us. That was nine months ago and the change has been good. We're doing as well as ever."