JLS

'Jack the Lad Swing' - more commonly referred to as JLS - were a boy band consisting of members Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Jonathan 'J.B.' Gill and Oritsé Williams, all from different areas of London (England) with the exception of Aston who is originally from Peterborough (but later moved to London). JLS were originally known as 'UFO' (Unique Famous Outrageous), but changed their name to JLS when they entered the 2008 series of The X Factor UK (2004). While in The X Factor JLS were mentored by Louis Walsh and were Walsh's last remaining group as other two groups Walsh mentored - Bad Lashes and Girlband - received the least votes were sent home in the first two weeks. Along with the other 2008 X Factor finalists, JLS were included in the recording a cover version of Mariah Carey's 'Hero' which was released to support the Help for Heroes charity. The single went straight to number one in the first week of release and sold more copies than the remaining top 10 singles combined. J