JOURNEY SOUTH

'Journey South' were a musical duo originating from Middlesbrough, England, consisting of brothers Carl and Andy Pemberton. They initially performed in pubs and clubs throughout Great Britain for over eight years prior to achieving third place fame on the British television talent show, The X Factor in 2005. The duo have stated that Bon Jovi, U2 and Mary J Blige have been influences for their work.

Contents

Post X-Factor

''The X Factor'' performances

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

See also

External links

Post X-Factor

The 28 December 2005 edition of the Teeside Evening Gazette^[1] reported that Journey South received five record contract offers and have signed with the one they 'wanted to work with most'. This was later confirmed to be Sony-BMG, the label on which they released their debut album, ''Journey South'', on March 20, 2006. Andy Abraham, Chico Slimani and Shayne Ward have also been signed up by this record company.
On 26 March 2006, their debut album entered the UK album chart at No 1 selling 216,000 albums in its first week, beating the first album by fellow X Factor finalist Andy Abraham. Also their first week sales were higher than Shayne Ward's (''The X Factor'' winner) first album which sold 201,000 even with the help of a single for promotion. Journey South released their first single on 19 June 2006. It was a double A-side featuring their cover of Ocean Colour Scene's "The Circle" and a re-recorded version of "Desperado".
Journey South are due to appear on the P&O Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry in June 2007 as a cabaret act, together with Chico Slimani and Steve Brookstein.^[2]
Journey South's second album was due to be released in October 2007 along with a single "What I Love About Home" a week earlier. Their second album was to be called 'Home'.
Journey South appeared at number 38 in Chantelles Top 50 Reality Tv Stars on music channel Smash Hits.

''The X Factor'' performances

★ "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (Elton John) - 15 Oct

★ "Desperado" (The Eagles) - 22 Oct

★ "Angel of Harlem" (U2) - 29 Oct

★ "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - 5 Nov

★ "Livin' on a Prayer" (Bon Jovi) - 12 Nov

★ "Angels" (Robbie Williams) - 19 Nov

★ "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (U2) - 26 Nov

★ "Candle in the Wind" (Elton John) - 03 Dec

★ "Bad Day" (Daniel Powter) - 03 Dec

★ "Let it Be" (The Beatles) - 11 Dec

★ "You're in my Heart" (Rod Stewart) - 11 Dec

★ "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (Elton John & George Michael) - 17 Dec

★ "Merry Christmas (War is Over)" - 17 Dec

★ "Let it Be" (The Beatles) - 17 Dec

Discography

Studio albums

★ 2006: ''Journey South'' #1 UK (Double Platinum))

★ 2007: ''Home'' (October 22 2007) (cancelled)

Singles

★ 2006: "The Circle / Desperado" chart ineligible (June 2006)

★ 2007: "What I Love about Home" (October 15 2007) (cancelled)

See also

★ Shayne Ward - Series Two X Factor Winner

★ Andy Abraham - Series Two X Factor Runner Up

★ Chico Slimani - Series Two X Factor Fifth Place Contestant

★ Maria Lawson - Series Two X Factor Eighth Place Contestant

External links

★ Journey South Site

★ Journey South Official Myspace

★ Journey South on Bebo