Girlband - X Factor 2008
Monday, 6th October 2008
Girlband are a super-sexy Bristol-based female quartet, aged 17 - 22. Here's all you need to know about the Bristol babes.
Bristol Waitress Tita Lau is one of the founder members of Girlband, having formed the group with bandmate Layla after the pair were turned down after a series of solo auditions.
They decided they stood a better chance as a girl group, so recruited Tita’s younger sister and a local friend Marisa to form Girlband.
Before Girlband, Tita experienced limited success in a band called Glitzzi Girlz - supporting Blue in a couple of concerts - but is determined to make more of a success with her new bandmates in the X Factor finals.
Phoebe Jay Lau is Tita's younger sister at 17 years-old and is the youngest member of the band.
She was due to start a Business course at University this month but decided to defer for now while she takes a shot at the big time.
Phoebe is seen by the rest of the band as the excitable one!
Unlike the band-member billed as the quietest one... that honour goes to Marisa Billiteri, a 19 year-old student also from Bristol.
Marisa was badly bullied by a gang of girls at school so is desperate to prove her doubters wrong and make a success of Girlband.
She bumped into the rest of the band at various auditions and competitions over the years but was a late addition to the group - the groups first performance in the early rounds of the X Factor was the first time she'd sang with them!
The only Girlband member not from Bristol, Layla Manoochehri is by far the most experienced singer in the group.
The Birmingham 22 year-old has been a song writer - co-writing a song for Lisa Stansfield, recorded a rock album in Germany and even supported Blue on tour.
Layla entered the first series of Pop Idol and reached the final 50, but like the rest of her bandmates, decided being in a group would be her best chance of success.
So in forming a girl group with Tita, Layla has taken a big step to becoming a major recording artist.
She claims to be the small cute one of the band.
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Photo: ITV
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