One True Voice

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One True Voice
Origin	United Kingdom
Genre(s)	Pop
Years active	2002–-2003

One True Voice was a British boyband created by the ITV television series Popstars: The Rivals, which also produced girl group Girls Aloud. The male runners-up formed Phixx.

The group, whose name was later shortened to OTV, was made up of: Anton Gordon (from London), Matt Johnson (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.[1]

One more Top 10 hit followed, in the form of "Shakespeare's (Way With) Words", which reached #10 in the UK, in June 2003. A few weeks later it was announced that Daniel Pearce, who as arranger and co-writer of some of their songs was considered by many to be the most talented, had quit the group to pursue a solo career. The next day the group disbanded.

The group appeared at number 32 in Chantelle's Top 50 Reality TV Stars, ahead of both Phixx and Clea who also appeared in Popstars: The Rivals.

[edit] Band members' activities after OTV

All the former band members continue with musical projects, which they make available online.

Daniel Pearce maintains an official website with downloadable music and news about live performances.

Matt Johnson signed a solo contract with Polydor Records but he never released an album or single and is thought to have left the label just a few months after signing for them. Most recently, Matt started a new 5-piece band called State Warning, whose music is available through www.myspace.com/statewarning

Jamie Shaw signed to RNM, a German label and Toured with US5 in 2006 and is set to release the album Different. He has done some TV presenting on local Welsh television. He has an official MySpace

Keith Semple initially reformed his pre-OTV band, the Keith Semple Band, then fronted the band Alibi. He is now based in Chicago and performs with the band 7th Heaven. He maintains an official website and MySpace.

Anton Gordon continues with musical projects which are available through his official MySpace.

Matt Johnson and Anton Gordon both later auditioned for The X Factor. Matt made it to the "Boot Camp" stage in 2004, but Anton did not make it though the preliminary screening when he auditioned in 2006. [2]

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Chart position
		UK
2002	"Sacred Trust"	2
2003	"Shakespeare's (Way With) Words"	10