JLS - X Factor 2008
JLS singer Oritsé Williams said that Louis Walsh has really helped them forge a successful music career.
Speaking to RTÉ.ie, Williams said: “To be fair, Louis was really very instrumental for the industry believing in us.”
“He really believed in us. Funnily enough, up to this very day, he still is supporting us, which is incredible, even though he hasn’t got direct involvement with us.”
JLS - X Factor 2008
A zealous JLS fan has went to extreme measures in order to meet the boys. The boys bags were being packed onto a bus in Dublin, when a security guard discovered a girl zipped inside one of them.
“It’s getting to the point where the fanaticism is dangerous,” an insider told The Sun. “This girl was so meticulous. She had brought along her own bag to match the luggage the lads normally use. But it was moving slightly and didn’t have any tags, so one of the security lads clocked it.
The JLS boys have admitted that Aston Merrygold is their top selling member.
The former X Factor runners up released five different versions of their debut album, which sold 200,000 copies in the first week alone. Each album had a cover picturing a different member of the band.
JLS’s Marvin Humes told the Daily Star Aston was their best-seller, saying: “He has sold the most hoodies and t-shirts so I’m betting the blue copies with Aston sold the most because he’s a young, cute stud.
JLS - X Factor 2008
Former X Factor runners up, JLS have narrowly beaten Robbie Williams and scooped their first number one album.
Both albums reportedly sold over 200,000 copies, and JLS beat Williams to the top spot by a margin of less than 1%.
Not only have the boys hit the number one spot, but their debut album is also the fastest-selling debut album since the Arctic Monkeys’s Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not in 2006.
JLS - X Factor 2008
The JLS boys have said that they are devastated about the incident which occurred at their concert in Birmingham yesterday.
The former X Factor runners up were performing at a Christmas light ceremony in the town when a crowd surge resulted in 60 fans being injured and 4 being hospitalised.
“We are so, so sad to see people got injured… It was meant to be a great event,” said band member Marvin Humes.
JLS - X Factor 2008
The Daily Mail has reported that 60 fans were injured at a JLS’s performance in Birmingham today.
The boys were singing at the Christmas light ceremony when a sudden surge forward caused a metal barrier to collapse and some fans to be seriously injured. Sixty fans required treatment at an on site medical facility, four of them were brought to a local hospital.
“The remaining 56 patients suffered minor crush injuries and a range of minor medical complaints,” an ambulance service spokesperson said. “They did not require further hospital treatment and were all discharged by ambulance crews at the scene.”
JLS - X Factor 2008
The JLS boys have admitted that they would not be adverse to dating one of their fans. The former X Factor runners up released their new album this month and told The Mirror that they are all on the lookout for girlfriends right now.
“Of course, we’d go out with fans! Why not? There are some gorgeous girls who follow us,” said Aston Merrygold.
JLS - X Factor 2008
Former X Factor runners up JLS have knocked show judge Cheryl Cole off the number one spot in the UK singles chart.
The boy band reportedly sold over 100,000 copies of their song ‘Everybody In Love’ to claim the top spot ths week.
It’s the third X Factor number one in a row after Alexandra Burke’s ‘Bad Boys’ and Cheryl Cole’s ‘Fight For This Love’. leona Lewis may make it a quadruple with her new single ‘Happy’ next week.
X Factor singer Stacey Solomon has denied rumours that JLS singer Aston has a crush on her. In fact it may be the other way round, as she admitted that even talking to Aston left her flustered.
Stacey told The Sun: “No he doesn’t [fancy me] unfortunately. It’s just a lie otherwise we could just be this celebrity couple.
“I met him the other day when he came to perform on the show. He said, ‘hiya’ and I was like so uncomfortable, I was like ‘hi’. He was a really nice guy.”
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JLS singer JB has insisted that contestants don’t need to have a “sob story” to succeed on ITV’s X Factor.
“We never had a sob story and still made it to the final.” He told Metro. “If people are asked about their lives, it doesn’t mean they’re the ones promoting their problems.”
“People have different motivations. It’s just part of why they’re doing it.”
OMG!! It was like the tale of the Ugly Duckling that turned into a beautiful swan when JLS returned to the X Factor tonight. No more matching suits, no more Beatles Medleys (imposed by Louis Walsh), tonight was pure, current talent.
Not only can these boys sing and dance and look mighty fine, they also have a vision for their career and have escaped the trap of former X Factor stars. The one that sees you releasing albums for Mother’s Day then fading into obscurity!
Simon Webbe has said that the X Factor has brought diversity to the music scene, claiming that an all black boyband like JLS would never have been signed without it.
The ‘Blue’ star told The Guardian: “I don’t think an all-black boyband like JLS would have been signed in the days when we were starting out. The X Factor’s great in that way.
JLS star Aston Merrygold has revealed that he is “in love” with X Factor singer Stacey Solomon.
Aston reportedly wrote on his Facebook wall:
“I think I’m in love with stacey lol shes my kind of girl.”
Multi-Grammy Award winning group Bon Jovi and The X Factor finalists and double MOBO award-winning JLS are to perform live on The X Factor on Sunday 1st November. The theme of the show will be Rock Week, Jamie Afro will be pleased.
Bon Jovi will perform their single ‘We Weren’t Born to Follow’, ahead of the launch of their new album ‘The Circle’ on 2nd November. JLS will perform their single ‘Everybody in Love’, released on 2nd November, ahead of the release of their debut album ‘JLS’ on 9th November.
Alexandra Burke has insisted that she is not dating any of the men she has recently been linked to, including JLS singer Aston Merrygold.
Burke told The Sun:
“Aston is like my brother. We dance all the time together. Don’t get me wrong, he is a great-looking dude. But nothing is going to happen.”
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