Posted July 20, 200915 yr Well, seen as JLS, runners-up of the last series of The X Factor got to #1 on the singles chart yesterday, I thought we could come up with a list of songs by artists who didn't win the reality TV series, but still got a top 40 hit. If everyone posts them here, I'll keep adding them to the first post. I'll start and you follow: 2002 Jessica Garlick - Come Back 13 2002 Darius - Colourblind 01 2002 Rosie Ribbons - Blink 12 2002 Darius - Rushes 05 2002 One True Voice - Sacred Trust/After You're Gone 02 2002 The Cheeky Girls - The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) 02 2002 Liberty X - Just A Little 01 2002 Liberty X - Got To Have Your Love 02 2002 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody 01 2002 Gareth Gates - Any Of Us (Stupid Mistake) 01 2002 Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long And Winding Road/Suspicious Minds 01 2002 Gareth Gates - What My Heart Wants To Say 05 2003 Rosie Ribbons - A Little Bit 19 2003 Zoe Birkett - Treat Me Like A Lady 12 2003 Darius - Incredible (What I Meant To Say) 09 2003 Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down 02 2003 Ainslie Henderson - Keep Me A Secret 05 2003 Darius - Girl In The Moon 21 2003 One True Voice - Shakespeare's (Way With) Words 10 2003 Sinead Quinn - What You Need Is... 19 2003 Lemar - Dance (With U) 02 2003 Lemar - 50/50 & Lullaby 05 2003 Alistair Griffin - Bring It On/My Lover's Prayer 05 2003 Liberty X - Being Nodoby 03 2003 Liberty X - Jumpin' 06 2003 Sarah Whatmore - Automatic 11 2003 The Cheeky Girls - Take Your Shoes Off 03 2003 The Cheeky Girls - Have A Cheeky Christmas 10 2003 Gareth Gates & The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky 01 2003 Gareth Gates - Sunshine 05 2003 Gareth Gates - Say It Isn't So 04 2004 Lemar - Another Day 09 2004 Sam & Mark - A Little Help From My friends 01 2004 Darius - Kinda Love 08 2004 Sam & Mark - The Sun Has Come Our Way 19 2004 Lemar - If There's Any Justice 03 2004 Lemar - Time To Grow 09 2004 Liberty X - Everybody Cries 13 2004 The Cheeky Girls - Cheeky Flamenco 29 2004 Alistair Griffin - You And Me (Tonight) 18 2005 G4 - Bohemian Rhapsody 09 2005 Darius - Live Twice 07 2005 Lemar - Don't Give It Up 21 2005 Liberty X - Song 4 Lovers 05 2005 Liberty X - A Night To Remember 06 2006 Chico - It's Chico Time 01 2006 Lemar - It's Not That Easy 07 2006 Lemar - Someone Should Tell You 21 2006 Chico - D.I.S.C.O. 24 2006 Maria Lawson - Sleepwalking 20 2006 Andy Abraham Feat. Michael Underwood - December Brings Me Back To You 18 2007 Gareth Gates - Changes 14 2007 Gareth Gates - Angel On My Shoulder 22 2008 Lemar - If She knew 14 2008 Same Difference - We R One 13 2009 Lemar - Weight Of The World 31 2009 Escala - Palladio 39 2009 JLS - Beat Again 01 Edited July 21, 200915 yr by I Gotta Thёo
July 20, 200915 yr Fame Acamdemy had a few Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down = 2 Sinead Quinn - What You Need = 19 Ainslie Henderson - Keep me a Secret = 5 Alistair Griffin - Bring it on = 5 Lemar - Dance (with U) = 2 Lemar - 50/50 = 5 Lemar - Another Day = 9 Lemar - If There's Any Justice = 3 Lemar - Time to Grow = 9 Lemar - Don't Give it Up = 21 Lemar - Its not that Easy = 7 Lemar - Someone Should Tell You = 21 Lemar - If she knew = 14 Lemar - Weight of the World = 31 Pop Idol had a few Rosie Ribbons - Blink = 12 Rosie Ribbons - A Little Bit = 19 Zoe Birkett - Treat me Like a Lady = 12 Darius - Colourblind = 1 Darius - Rushes - 5 Darius - Incredible = 9 Darius - Girl in the Moon = 21 Darius - Kinda Love = 8 Darius - Live Twice = 7 Sam and Mark - A Little Help from my friends = 1 Sam and Mark - The Sun has come our way = 19
July 20, 200915 yr Author Fame Acamdemy had a few Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down = 2 Sinead Quinn - What You Need = 19 Ainslie Henderson - Keep me a Secret = 5 Alistair Griffin - Bring it on = 5 Lemar - Dance (with U) = 2 Lemar - 50/50 = 5 Lemar - Another Day = 9 Lemar - If There's Any Justice = 3 Lemar - Time to Grow = 9 Lemar - Don't Give it Up = 21 Lemar - Its not that Easy = 7 Lemar - Someone Should Tell You = 21 Lemar - If she knew = 14 Lemar - Weight of the World = 31 Pop Idol had a few Rosie Ribbons - Blink = 12 Rosie Ribbons - A Little Bit = 19 Zoe Birkett - Treat me Like a Lady = 12 Darius - Colourblind = 1 Darius - Rushes - 5 Darius - Incredible = 9 Darius - Girl in the Moon = 21 Darius - Kinda Love = 8 Darius - Live Twice = 7 Sam and Mark - A Little Help from my friends = 1 Sam and Mark - The Sun has come our way = 19 Whoah, that's loads. I'll add them ^_^
July 20, 200915 yr Gareth Gates came second on Pop Idol (please don't ask me to list his singles though :lol:)
July 20, 200915 yr Author Gareth Gates came second on Pop Idol (please don't ask me to list his singles though :lol:) Oh god that's a massive list I bet :lol:. Most of his were number 1 anyway :kink:
July 20, 200915 yr Author No that I like them but G4 had a top 10 hit in 2005 Did they?! I thought their album was a hit. I'll research it :kink: EDIT: They did indeed. Bohemian Rhapsody was a #9 hit for them in 2005 ;) Edited July 20, 200915 yr by I Gotta Thёo
July 20, 200915 yr One True Voice had a couple of hits, Phixx/ Clea did - but were made outside of the reality tv show they were part off
July 20, 200915 yr Author One True Voice had a couple of hits, Phixx/ Clea did - but were made outside of the reality tv show they were part off One True Voice were the male winners though ;)
July 20, 200915 yr Well they were, but ultimately the point of popstas the rivals was the create the boyband and girlband and see which one got the christmas number 1 - Girls Aloud got it so I always class them as the winners
July 20, 200915 yr Author Well they were, but ultimately the point of popstas the rivals was the create the boyband and girlband and see which one got the christmas number 1 - Girls Aloud got it so I always class them as the winners Oh okay, I'll add them. There's also Cheeky Girls and Liberty X
July 20, 200915 yr I read the miming auto-tuned Chav that fronts Crapcada went on a German talent show & was rejected?
July 20, 200915 yr Liberty X were the product of Popstars and also Javine was the 6th member of Girls Aloud !!!!
July 20, 200915 yr Sarah Whatmore - When I Lost You, wasnt she pop idol ? Also Jessica Garlick has a hit with Come Back she was Fame Academy cant remember if that was 1 or 2
July 20, 200915 yr Sarah Whatmore - When I Lost You, wasnt she pop idol ? Also Jessica Garlick has a hit with Come Back she was Fame Academy cant remember if that was 1 or 2 Jessica Garlick was in the first series of Pop Idol.
July 20, 200915 yr Sarah Whatmore - When I Lost You, wasnt she pop idol ? Also Jessica Garlick has a hit with Come Back she was Fame Academy cant remember if that was 1 or 2 Jessica actually finished 9th in the first Pop Idol and actually represted the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with that song. Also didn't the Cheeky girls have a couple of other hits including Hooray, Hooray its a Cheeky Holiday or something like that. I also vaguely remember Chico entering the top 40 for 1 week with D I S C O. Edited July 20, 200915 yr by Bigger Al
July 20, 200915 yr Author Yeah, Cheeky Girls had about 6 top 40's but I don't know the years for them :(
July 20, 200915 yr Does Escala with Palladino count? It just crept into the top 40 for 1 week and they were finalists in the 2nd edition of BGT.
July 20, 200915 yr Author Does Escala with Palladino count? It just crept into the top 40 for 1 week and they were finalists in the 2nd edition of BGT. Yup ;) Thanks :D
July 20, 200915 yr Jessica actually finished 9th in the first Pop Idol and actually represted the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with that song. Also didn't the Cheeky girls have a couple of other hits including Hooray, Horray its a Cheeky Holiday or something like that. I also vaguely remember Chico entering the top 40 for 1 week with D I S C O. Chico - D.I.S.C.O. = 24 Maria Lawson - Sleepwalking = 20 Andy Abraham - December Brings me to You = 18 Jessica Garlick - Come Back = 13 Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody = 1 Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us = 1 Gareth Gates/ Will Young - Long and Winding Road = 1 Gareth Gates - What My Heat Wants to Say = 5 Gareth Gates - Spirit in the Sky = 1 Gareth Gates - Sunshine = 3 Gareth Gates - Say it Isn't So = 4 Gareth Gates - Changes = 14 Gareth Gates - Angel on my Shoulder = 22
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