<P> The 10 - episode season began with 30 young male vocalists competing to become a member of the new five - piece boy band . Each week , the boys would rotate into different groups and perform , at the end , the `` architects '' would put either two or three boys up for elimination and through live voting , a boy would be saved by America . At the end of the season , the final five remaining boys would form the boy band and receive a recording contract with Hollywood Records After a 24 - hour voting period the week before , it was announced at the final live show on August 24 , 2017 that Tutton , Perez , Ramos , Calderon , and Conor were the winning members and formed In Real Life . There , they premiered their debut single , `` Eyes Closed '' . In Real Life performed live on Total Request Live in November 2017 , Good Morning America in December 2017 , on Live with Kelly and Ryan and Jimmy Kimmel Live in February 2018 , and performed `` How Badly '' on Despierta América in April 2018 . In 2018 , the band released the singles `` Tattoo ( How ' Bout You ) '' and `` How Badly '' . </P>
<P> The 10 - episode season began with 30 young male vocalists competing to become a member of the new five - piece boy band . Each week , the boys would rotate into different groups and perform , at the end , the `` architects '' would put either two or three boys up for elimination and through live voting , a boy would be saved by America . At the end of the season , the final five remaining boys would form the boy band and receive a recording contract with Hollywood Records After a 24 - hour voting period the week before , it was announced at the final live show on August 24 , 2017 that Tutton , Perez , Ramos , Calderon , and Conor were the winning members and formed In Real Life . There , they premiered their debut single , `` Eyes Closed '' . In Real Life performed live on Total Request Live in November 2017 , Good Morning America in December 2017 , on Live with Kelly and Ryan and Jimmy Kimmel Live in February 2018 , and performed `` How Badly '' on Despierta América in April 2018 . In 2018 , the band released the singles `` Tattoo ( How ' Bout You ) '' and `` How Badly '' . </P>
when did in real life become a band
when did in real life become a band
August 24 , 2017
August 24 , 2017