User:Lizzy Green/2 Shoes (band)
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2 Shoes | |
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| Origin | Essex, London, England |
| Genres | Pop, dance, electro, house |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | AATW (2012-present) |
| Members | Charley Bird Lucy Texeira |
| Website | 2shoesofficial |
2 Shoes are a British-based pop duo from Essex, London. The girls became publicly noticed when the auditioned for the eighth series of The X Factor and finished as finalists in the live shows stage. 2 Shoes have since signed a one-album record deal with All Around the World productions, and their debut single "Turn Me On (Turn Me Out)" will be released in August 2012.
History
[edit]2009-11: Formation and The X Factor
[edit]2 Shoes was formed in 2009, orignally called "New Shoes", and have performed at various live destinations such as pubs and clubs. They first auditioned for The X Factor in 2010, but failed to make it past bootcamp.[1]
In 2011, 2 Shoes re-auditioned for The X Factor, and sung All My Life. They recieved positive views from Tulisa, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh, but Kelly Rowland descirbed their performance as "kareoke".[2] They successfully progressed past the bootcamp challenge, and made it to judges' houses where they performed a piano version of Kesha's Tik Tok. The duo were chosen by Tulisa and Jessie J to go through to the live shows.[3] For the first live show they performed the Girls Aloud track Something Kinda Ooooh, but were elminated from the competition by mentor Tulisa.[4][5] They were given the opportunity to return to the competition through public vote after Frankie Cocoazza was elminated, but were out-voted by Amelia Lily.
2012-present: Debut studio album
[edit]In January 2012, 2 Shoes appeared on This Morning, where they presented a part of the show called "The Hub".[6] In March 2012 they made a short appearence on Celebrity Juice, and will be performing at Poptastic Party in Porthcawl in the summer of 2012.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "2 Shoes. History". Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "2 Shoes' audition". 17 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "The X Factor 2011 final 16: Finalists revealed for the live shows". 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "A tearful elimination: Tulisa and Kelly break down as Jonjo Kerr, James Michael, 2 Shoes and Amelia Lily say goodbye to their X Factor dream". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "'X Factor' Amelia Lily, 2 Shoes, James Michael, Jonjo Kerr first out". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Meet my Baby Shoe! X Factor singer Charley Bird gives son Beaux his television debut on This Morning". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "X Factor 2011 finalists: where are they now?". BBC. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
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