Wonderland

Pursuing Bellefire’s failure to contend with famous brands Sugababes and Ladies Aloud, Irish five-piece Wonderland had been The X-Factor assess Louis Walsh’s further attempt to muscle mass in on the lady band market. Particular from the pop svengali and Westlife vocalist Kian Egan from over 700 Dublin auditionees, Sharon Condon, Corrina Durran, Leigh Learmont, Kasey Smith, and Jodi Albert — the final previously of Simon Cowell’s flop Spice Ladies copycats Lady Thing and teenager cleaning soap opera Hollyoaks — authorized a six-figure cope with Mercury Information in 2008 after producing their first Television appearance around the Late Late Display. Two years later on, the group ultimately launched having a behind-the-scenes ITV2 documentary, Louis Walsh & Kian Egan’s Following Big Thing, a support slot machine on Westlife’s Where We Are tour, and a overall performance in the Isle of Wight Event. After starting for Boyzone, Olly Murs, and Taylor Swift on the U.K. trips, they embarked on the nationwide college tour, and released their 1st single, “Not really a Like Song,” that was swiftly accompanied by their Intro to Wonderland EP. Their self-titled debut recording, featuring songs compiled by Consider That’s Tag Owen, Andy Hill (Susan Boyle), and Bob Clearmountain (Robbie Williams), and cover variations of Woman Antebellum’s “I WANT You Right now” and Ryan Adams’ “When the Celebrities Proceed Blue,” premiered in 2011.