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| Rough Copy |
The X Factor has
got us feeling all discombobulated this morning, following the apparent replacement
of Rough Copy with another TWO bands at Judges’ Houses.
After the Boot
Camp episode, we were all under the impression that Rough Copy, MK1, GMD3,
Mitsotu, Poisonous Twins and Duke had got through to Judges’ Houses.
However, at some
point between the two stages, it was discovered that one of the members of
Rough Copy “has a visa application currently being considered by the UK Border
Agency” and could therefore not leave the country. While they could – but they
wouldn’t be allowed back in.
A source told
the Mirror at the time: “It’s a total disaster. The band’s progress into the
finals was almost a formality and producers were excited about them. But they
found out about the visa situation just as they were organising flights.
“They have no
option but to axe them from the competition and replace them with another band
which has proved a massive headache.”
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| Kazeem Ajobe |
Therefore Triple
J – who are now called Union J after adopting a fourth member, soloist George
Shelley (who didn’t get through Boot Camp) – and Times Red flew over to Las
Vegas to perform in front of Louis Walsh. If you’re wondering why Rough Copy
were replaced by two bands rather than one, it’s because there simply wasn’t
time to narrow it down.
Louis Walsh
said: “When Rough Copy left, I found it
difficult to choose between two groups to fill their place. In the end I
invited boyband Triple J to come to Judges Houses, but still felt that as I’d
lost such a strong group in Rough Copy that I wanted to make sure the category
was the best it could possibly be.
“I asked Gary,
Nicole and Tulisa if they minded if I took a seventh act. They were happy as
they felt they’d got the right six acts for their Judges Houses trips so I
asked Times Red to come along and they said yes.”
“We are all
totally gutted by this as the longer we were in the competition the more we
felt we had an opportunity to showcase that “sweet but street” urban flava to
the whole world that we do right here in London.” – Source
Mirror.co.uk
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