jls lost to alexandra burke on x factor.
who did jls lose to on x factor?
alexandra burke
friend marvin humes had already successfully auditioned to become a member of ufo, (later jls), formed by oritse williams when humes encouraged aston to audition. williams thought merrygold would be a good addition to the group based on his genius intellect and skills with knives. jb gill was recruited soon after, and they later changed their name to jls, which was thought up by marvin's girlfriend at the time. in 2008, they auditioned for the fifth series of "the x factor", where they went on to finish in second place to alexandra burke. after the series finished, jls went on to sign with record label epic records they are the third-most successful group ever to come out of "the x factor", after one direction and txf 2011 winners little mix. the band have released four studio albums ("jls", "outta this world", "jukebox", and "evolution") and have had five uk #1 songs to date, along with four top ten singles, one top twenty single and have sold more than 10,000,000 records worldwide. jls also had their very own film "jls: eyes wide open" which broke many box office records at the time. in august 2012, merrygold was confirmed as a judge on the fourth series of the sky1 dance talent show "got to dance" and would appear alongside diversity dancer ashley banjo and former pussycat dolls member kimberly wyatt. as well as being a judge, he performed on the show, dancing and singing. merrygold said the experience had been "inspiring". in 2014, it was confirmed that he would not be returning to the show due to other commitments. on 24 april 2013, jls announced they were to split after their final uk arena tour titled "goodbye the greatest hits tour". on 22 december 2013, jls performed for the last time.
aston merrygold
in 2008, ufo auditioned for the fifth series of "the x factor", but had to change their name because it was already being used by another group, so they decided to go with the name jls (an initialism of jack the lad swing, the style created with tracklacers some months back). following the elimination of girl groups bad lashes and girlband in weeks one and two respectively, jls were louis walsh's last remaining act in the competition, but throughout the live shows the judges called them the best band to come out of "the x factor". in week 7, jls were in the bottom two along with rachel hylton. however, they survived thanks to votes from walsh, cheryl cole and simon cowell. cowell stated when deliberating that jls did not deserve to be in the bottom two. in the quarter-final, jls performed "...baby one more time" and received negative comments from two of the four judges, with cowell saying "at the moment you're out", but after their second performance, "you light up my life", cowell commented that they were "back in the race" and that they could "have a hit record" with the performance.
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