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Andy Flannagan

Andy is an Irish singer songwriter who released his first solo album with British label ICC after leading YFC's itinerant band TVB, throughout the UK and Europe. He also spent time working as a doctor before taking on his responsibilities with YFC. "Advertising the Invisible" was the fruit of those first few years, and was produced by Dave Lynch (Toploader, Matt Redman). Andy's current role is as YFC's national songwriter/performer/worship leader, while resourcing others to do the same.

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Westlife

Westlife is a four piece Irish vocal group composed of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan. They have had 14 #1 singles grace UK charts to date, which puts them third behind only Elvis and The Beatles. Westlife is the only group to have their first 7 singles debut at #1 on UK charts. They have proven successful around the world except in the United States, where they have a sparse fanbase in spite of their A&R manager, Simon Cowell's fame.

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Messiah J & the Expert

Here we are now… Introducing the third Messiah J & The Expert album, From The Word Go.
So what’s changed? Well, over the last few years a lot has changed. The news is jam-packed with wars, job losses, elections, early budgets, recessions, climate change and all manners of global socio-political realities. So, where the last Messiah J & The Expert album, the Choice Music Prize-nominated Now This I Have To Hear dealt with personal relationships, writer’s block and tennis, From The Word Go questions the state of the world we live in today.

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The Shower Scene

"This quartet makes pop-punk fun again...They promise fun, catchy pop-punk, and that is exactly what they deliver." - AbsolutePunk
"Punchy guitar riffs, very slick vocals and catchy choruses...TSS have all the hallmarks of being a very good band who could get very, very popular indeed." - Punktastic
The Shower Scene started as a solo acoustic project but was destined to become a full band. Goc joined Eoghan to play second guitar for Eoghan's E.P. entitled "Last Call For Lovers" in late 2007. Soon after, Mikey and Ally joined to make the full band complete.

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Janet Devlin

Janet Devlin is a 16 year old singer/songwriter from Gortin, County Tyrone. Janet had very little singing experience before X Factor, only singing in school and local talent shows. Devlin previously uploaded singing videos to YouTube on a regular basis. Janet performed "Your Song" by Elton John during the audition stage of the competition.
Janet later went on and sailed through the Bootcamp and Judges houses stages of the competition. She is now in the Final 12 contestants of the show and has impressed the judges with her renditions of 'Fix You' and 'Can't Help Falling In Love'.

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Humanzi

Humanzi are an alternative indie rock quartet hailing from Dublin, Ireland. Band members are Shaun Mulrooney (guitar, keys, lead vocals); Colm Rutledge (Guitar, vocals); Gary Lonergan (Bass); and Brian Gallagher (Drums, vocals). Humanzi combines guitars with dance beats and their sound shows influences spanning classic rock n roll, to Punk Rock and Dark electronic music. They cite as their main influences, Primal Scream, The Clash, Velvet Underground, Joy Division and The Stooges. Their dance background is informed by the likes of Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Peaches and LCD Soundsystem.

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