14 Facts About Stereo Kicks

1.

Stereo Kicks were an English-Irish boy band who were formed and finished fifth place on the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,941
2.

Stereo Kicks consisted of; James Graham, Jake Sims, Chris Leonard, Charlie Jones, Casey Johnson, Barclay Beales, Reece Bibby, and Tom Mann.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,942
3.

All eight members of Stereo Kicks originally auditioned as soloists for series 11 of The X Factor in front of judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Mel B, but were all rejected at the bootcamp stage.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,943
4.

Stereo Kicks performed Katy Perry's "Roar" in the first week of the live shows.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,944
5.

Stereo Kicks auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor in 2013 and got eliminated in the Bootcamp stage by Louis Walsh.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,945
6.

Stereo Kicks came back for series 11, performing Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" in his Room Audition and Robbie Williams's "Angels" at the Arena.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,946
7.

Stereo Kicks auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor and got eliminated in the Bootcamp stage by Gary Barlow, but as part of the boyband Out of the Blue; because they forgot their lyrics.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,947
8.

Stereo Kicks sang an original song at the arena that he wrote the day after Walsh eliminated him, but Simon Cowell stopped him and said: "I think if you were ugly you never would have got that reaction", Walsh himself and Cheryl told Cowell to give him a second chance and then Mann performed an acoustic version of the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" and got three yeses.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,948
9.

Stereo Kicks auditioned at the Room with an acoustic rendition of Disclosure's "Latch" and wowed the judges.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,949
10.

Stereo Kicks sang Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" in his Room Audition, with his little sister present, and Arctic Monkeys' "When the Sun Goes Down" at the Arena.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,950
11.

Stereo Kicks performed Olly Murs' "Please Don't Let Me Go" in his room audition In May 2016, Johnson joined the band Union J, but later left in April 2017.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,951
12.

Stereo Kicks sang One Direction's "Little Things" in his Room Audition, and the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" at the Arena, stunning the judges and the audience.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,952
13.

Stereo Kicks is well known for his viral song on YouTube, "Belieber for Life".

FactSnippet No. 1,991,953
14.

Stereo Kicks became a member of the 5-piece band Over Atlantic, who were active from 2016 to 2018.

FactSnippet No. 1,991,954