Photo: Deborah Anderson
ATTITUDE_ASTON MERRYGOLD
When JLS took the title of runners-up on The X Factor, the foursome narrowly avoided the curse that afflicts most series winners, namely a hit debut album followed by a quick decline into obscurity. Many of the show’s most successful acts have been those that didn’t win: Olly Murs, One Direction, Cher Lloyd, and Ella Henderson. While JLS may not have taken home the X Factor top prize, during their four years in the charts they went on to score themselves five No. 1’s, a massive ten million record sales, and perform a run of sell-out gigs.