'One True Voice' was a
British boyband created by the
ITV television series '', which also produced
girl group Girls Aloud.
The group, whose name was later shortened to OTV, was made up of:
Anton Gordon (from
London),
Simon Ormston (from hyde, Manchester]),
Daniel Pearce (from
Kent),
Keith Semple (from
Larne,
Northern Ireland), and
Jamie Shaw (from
Cardiff).
Their debut single, "Sacred Trust/After You're Gone", went head-to-head with
Girls Aloud on
December 16,
2002, for the
Christmas number one spot. One True Voice lost out to the girls and had to settle for the #2 position. The group's manager,
Pete Waterman, has speculated that the show was fixed against OTV, but has not said how.
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One more Top 10 hit followed, in the form of "Shakespeare's (Way With) Words", which reached #10 in the UK, in June
2003, before the members disbanded. Since then, Matt auditioned unsuccessfully for ''
The X Factor'' in 2004 and Keith has reformed his pre-OTV band, the Keith Semple Band. Jamie has dabbled in a bit of TV presenting on local Welsh television.
The male runners-up from ''Popstars: The Rivals'' formed
Phixx.
The group appeared at number 32 in Chantelles Top 50 Reality Tv Stars, ahead of both Phixx and Clea who also appeared in Popstars The Rivals.