Sean Smith's dreams of being a frontman like Robbie Williams were shattered when he was seen as 'asexual' on The X Factor, despite his participation alongside his sister Sarah.
LINING up to audition for The X Factor , Sean Smith dreamed adoring and screaming girls would soon fall at his feet, just like his idol Robbie Williams .His life “changed overnight” but not in a way he’d expected - because instead of girls screaming his name and lusting for him, he was seen as the "asexual” brother of star Sarah.
The siblings were picked out from around 250,000 people who came to audition for The X Factor - which was one of ITV's biggest shows at the time. “Years earlier, I tried out for Popstars: The Rivals and the same thing happened to The Cheeky Girls. So I know they thought highly of us and we would get a lot of good air time.”Sarah and Sean were initially asked to audition separately for producers - before going in front of the judges - and while neither of them got through, all wasn’t lost.“We hadn’t rehearsed anything and annihilated the song - I’m glad that wasn’t shown on TV," he says.
Simon had labelled them “most annoying”, mocked their “crazy faces”, said they looked “insane” and that he “pitied” their parents in that first audition. “He told me it was the acts in the middle, who don’t get good or bad comments, that end up going out.” “When I listened back to us we sounded in tune but always did what we were told. We were just young kids with a dream, rolling with the punches and trying to make it happen.Same Difference lost out in the final, which Sean admitted was “the best and worst day of my life”, and he suspects a football reference may have cost them the win.singer Rhydian Roberts and winner Scottish crooner Leon Jackson, who went on to have the best-selling single from a British Male artist in 2007.
“They then tried to do an S Club 7-style kids TV show with us but it didn’t get off the ground. They said it was cheaper to make a kids’ cooking show than commit to a series like that.” “It felt like Syco either considered you a complete smash hit or bust and he pulled no punches in delivering the hammer blow.
“Sometimes we were doing three or four gigs in a day, all in different parts of the country. It’s great money but you’re absolutely shattered and can’t get a good night’s sleep. “It didn’t help that I was with my sister all of the time, so I wasn’t going to crack on with someone in front of her," he adds.
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