Union J finished fourth during series 9 on The X Factor, and were the most popular act on social networks.
Union J are Jamie Hamblett (JJ), George Shelley, Josh Cuthbert, Jaymi Hensley.
Union J say: “We’re four normal down to earth guys who love to sing.” Jaymi, Josh and JJ auditioned for The X Factor as a three piece called Triple J and got through to Bootcamp. After Rough Copy left the show Louis asked them to come back to the competition for Judges Houses and he added 19 year-old George Shelley to the group.
They then became Union J. Jaymi is a part time singing and dancing teacher, Josh works in IT Sales, JJ works with horses and George works part-time in a coffee shop. JJ was a jockey from the age of 15 - following in his dad and brother’s footsteps and Josh starred in the West End musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when he was 14. His nan Jean spent over £800 on tickets to see him in the show – she went every week! George plays the guitar – he taught himself to play with help from his granddad when he got his first guitar at the age of 13.
Triple J were together for eight months before they auditioned for the show and they got on really well with George at Bootcamp so they are pleased he has joined the group: “We’re so happy to be a four piece. The group feels so right together, it feels like we’ve been together for years!”
Union J are due to release their debut studio album late summer 2013. They released their first single "Carry You" to strong positive reviews.
I EVENTUALLY SAW MY BABIES IN CONCERT AND THEY ALL SAW MY BANNER AND WAVED AND DID HEARTS IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE AND THEY WERE FRICKING AMAZING
AWESOME EVENT!
London, Hammersmith Apollo, 23/12/2013
Seeing Union J was my first ever gig and is defiantly the best highlight of my year:). It was so amazing just being able to see them in person and up close, defiantly never going to forget that!. Everyone was so nice and friendly that it made me and my sister feel safe and part of their J-Cat family. Everything was so memorable and we will never forget how nice it was to actually see Union J. Me and my sister was still talking about how much we loved it still days after we watched it. We are hop...
