Reflecting on Life in Bananarama: Jacquie O’Sullivan 

Frankly I loved Jacquie. And 'Poplife' was a really great album.

I don't know about other Bananarama fans but to me Jacs will always be the 4th member of the group

I love that Jacquie is in Siobhan’s video for “Pulsatron”!😊

Loved all four members and the Jacquie years were great.

I like them as a trio. The 80s stuff is the best.

Long train running was great tho! 👍. Would LOVE to see the 4 of them together as a group! 😃

jacquie has a classical beauty

I liked jacquie as the first single i ever got was i want you back!!! she was fab. and se were the other two. great times dollx

bananarma are so amazing

Miss her still. Sadly with three fiends there are always two best friends. Glad sara and Keren are still going but miss Jaxx. It was an exciting time for the group.

Jacquie did a great job replacing Siobhan, and although she took part in the one and only very successful 1989 Bananarama world tour and she did with them one of their best lps, the "pop life", she never gets any acknowledgement or mention soever for this from the other girls of the band

I thought Jacquie was a very aduaqrte replacement for Siobhan. Bananarama still had hits with Jacquie O'Sullivan joining then.

...I'm sorry, Jacquie. ....might as well say it, now....I, too, did not take to Jacqs, at ALL, during the "WOW" era, but LOVED her during the "Pop Life" era! ...It took some time, but by 1992, I loved her...but, she's right...the "Shadow Of Siobhan" was too strong...

Jaquline was a true beauty

I loved Jaquie's moments in the group, I adored her in the Preacher Man video and I always thought she was French because her mouth looks 100% French 😺 Pop Life was a good album, a new beginning, they could've gone further as a trio, had there not been that silly pressure on J.

I can see Jacqui's point of view. She was never seen as a member of Bananarama, just as an add-on replacement. Bananarama had a coolness and an edginess prior to working with SAW, and although its hard to separate the blended vocals out, I think it was Siobhan's soft contralto that gave the early songs the distinctive sound. I don't think Siobhan was strong enough vocally to be a solo artiist, but she was much more than a backing singer. I always got the impression that Keren and Sara were basically backing singers/dancers needing a stronger vocalist to join them, but then resenting the stronger vocalist getting more attention. Then being insecure and bonding closer to drive them out.

Jacquie is my crush

Shame, I liked Jacquie.

Maravillosa Jacquie❤

As much as I love them, the problem seems to lie with Keren and Sarah. They were close friends practically from birth and I always got the vibe that they iced out both Siobhan and Jacquie. If the other girl would do something that was annoying to the other 2, k and s sort of stuck together and would both get mad at the other girl, but never at each other. 2 against 1. That’s a tricky balance as far as personal relationships go. They seem very happy as a duo now, and I think that they feel that they don’t need anyone else. But let’s be real, Siobhan was the true magic. She’s just such a magnetic performer. Keren had the voice, Siobhan had the stage presence, and Sarah was the… blonde. And jacquie was always the replacement, as she expressed here.

I’m sure Jacqui’s time in the group was hard, Keren & Sara were kinda destined to be a duo after Siobhan left but the label insisted they get a new member.

I can feel her. It's not easy and must be very annoying to be the "new girl" even after 3 years and all those questions about Siobhan. She could not be herself, had no creative right to have a say and pushed her into a Siobhan frame that wasn't meant for her.

She was great in the group you can see Sarah and Keren are very clicky.

Siobhán was always the coolest and prettiest Banana 🍌

No comparison… 1984 will always be supreme!!!!!

As much as I've always loved the group it's safe to say that Jacquie and Siobhan were the best singers. They've never been quite the same as a duo. They were still a force to be reckoned with as a duo though ... well until that cringeworthy excuse for an LP was issued last year.

I still think Jacquie could rejoin them and make one hell of an album!

It's a shame she felt she was not accepted as one of the group.

I preferred jacqui to siobhan

Yup, Siobhan was always my favourite banana. Lost interest in them after she left.

Jacquie was never a really part of bananarama. I guess she's a good person, but she didn't belong there & she knows it. So did the other one. Keren & sarah are top pop🎉🎉❤❤ glorious: the ultimate collection🎉🎉

Actually she was on one of Bananarama's better albums. Poplife was a lot more mature and experimental than the others.

Sometimes I wondered. It would be funnier as hell if when Jacquie left Bananarama. She joined Siobhan Fahey as new version of Shakesphere Sister. And Marcella Detroit collaborated with Bananarama after she left Siobhan 😄 Would be a nice what-if scenario.

I think she gave off unlikeable vibes probably due to her lack of confidence of being accepted, and we always hoped Siobhan would return one day. A few decades later learning this was exactly how she felt and was treated, I respect her coming out and saying this, she did have something to offer but just wasn’t allowed to express herself, she was probably harbouring a ton of ideas and energy. I feel they probably just used her to carry on the brand of three piece girl group.

I was there when Jacqui was talking to Siobhan about Sara & Keren & sue went ‘They’re so horrible’ and Siobhan said ‘ I know, sorry’

Shame really I liked that line up and thought jacqui fitted in really well

Nah, she didn't last coz she wasn't meant to be. They are meant to be a duo.

Sorry Jacki but when you are given a starring role in a top group you don't spend half your time off your head lol 😂