But here's the proof their controversial image is all a sham.

Tatu - sexy singers Yulia Volkova, 18, and redhead Lena Katina,17 - both have boyfriends.

The girls were snapped in Moscow nightclub Cloud-B2 with their real male lovers.

Lena dates a fresh-faced guy named Seryozha while Yulia has been smitten by a handsome chap called Vanya.

When questioned by Russian gossip writers, they insisted the guys were merely security men.

Tatu caused a storm of controversy when their steamy, lesbian-style video for their No1 single, All The Things She Said was banned by Top Of The Pops after it showed them kissing and fondling.

Channel 4 chat show stars Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan also called for them to be banned, saying their sick image had an openly paedophile message.

But Tatu - whose name is an abbreviation of "This Girl Loves That Girl" - are not lovers at all.

Last night, Svetlana Makunina, a journalist on Russian newspaper Zhizn, told me: "Tatu pretend they don't have boyfriends but they do.

"They've been hiding two boys from their fans.

"Their boyfriends are both students who are a little bit older than themselves. Nobody in Russia believes they are lesbians."

Kevin O'Flynn, a columnist on the English-language newspaper, Moscow Times, said:"The members of Tatu are about as lesbian as I am. The story is a load of bull.

"There hasn't been too much of a fuss in Russia about Tatu's claims to be lesbians. I don't think anybody believes it."

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