Five

In 1997 Bob and Chris Herbert, creators of the Spice Girls, looked to replicate their earlier success with a boy band and placed an advertisement in The Stage encouraging male singers to audition. From more than 3,000 hopefuls, Five emerged who were signed by Simon Cowell at BMG/RCA.

The band's first UK single came with 'Slam Dunk (Da Funk)' in November 1997, debuting in the top ten. The self-titled debut album '5ive' was released in 1998, topping the UK Albums Chart, and further singles from the album continued to chart high. The group's second album 'Invincible' rose to number four on the UK Albums Chart, but the band finally scored a number one single with the title track from their album 'Keep On Movin''.

The beginning of 2000 saw a world tour, but the group then suffered a setback in July 2000 when they were dropped by their US label, Arista Records. The bad luck continued when the launch of their third album 'Kingsize' was hit by various ailments with individual band members, however the album eventually debuted at number two. Although the group disbanded in September 2001 - with several members launching solo careers with varying successes - five years later it was announced the band was reforming as a quartet following the departure of J. Brown. But, despite recording new material, the band failed to secure a record deal and in 2007 called off the comeback.

In 2012, original member Sean Conlon auditioned on 'The Voice UK', but after he failed to win over the judges, he decided to approach his former bandmates to, once again, discuss a reunion. The following year the group took part in ITV2's 'The Big Reunion' show where '90s bands were reunited for a special comeback performance. Just one year on, Abz Love also announced he would no longer be part of the band and so Conlon, Ritchie Neville and Scott Robinson vowed to continue Five as three.