One True Voice

One True Voice
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Pop
Years active	2002–-2003
Members
Anton Gordon Matt Johnson Daniel Pearce Keith Semple Jamie Shaw

One True Voice were a British boyband created on the ITV television series Popstars: The Rivals, which also produced girl group Girls Aloud. The band was created by the public, who voted for their favourite hopefuls each week. The male runners-up formed the boyband Phixx.

Members

The group, whose name was later shortened to OTV, was made up of:

• Anton Gordon
• Matt Johnson (from Deeside, Wales)
• Daniel Pearce (from Kent, England)
• Keith Semple (from Larne, Northern Ireland)
• Jamie Shaw (from Cardiff, Wales)

Career

Their debut single, "Sacred Trust/After You're Gone", went head-to-head with Girls Aloud on December 16, 2002, for the UK Christmas number one spot. One True Voice lost out to the girls and had to settle for the #2 position in the UK Singles Chart.^[1] The group's manager, Pete Waterman, has speculated that the show was fixed against OTV, but has not said how.^[2] The melody of "Sacred Trust" was derived from the 18th Variation in Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, though the classical composer was not credited on the single.

One more Top 10 hit followed, in the form of "Shakespeare's (Way With) Words", which reached #10 in the UK, in June 2003.^[1] The band were not allowed to write their own material, which the members found unacceptable. A few weeks later it was announced that Daniel Pearce, who as arranger and co-writer of some of their songs 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.

Band members' activities after OTV

Anton Gordon

• Anton Gordon continues with musical projects, including a joint single with Winta entitled "Hot Romance (Rok With You)". Anton Gordon auditioned for The X Factor in 2006, but did not make it through the preliminary screening.^[3] His music is available through his MySpace site.

Matt Johnson

• Matt Johnson signed a solo contract with Jive Records, but left the label after being unhappy with the music direction. Most recently, Matt has been working with record producer Jay Reynolds.

Daniel Pearce

• Daniel Pearce played a lead role in the musical Jailhouse Rock in London's West End, and makes his music available through his official MySpace. Pearce auditioned for the 6th series of The X Factor in 2009, by singing Seal's "Kiss From a Rose".^[4] He made it through the auditions, boot camp (singing Prince's "Purple Rain") and eventually made it to Judges' Houses (singing George Michael's "Praying for Time"). His mentor Simon Cowell, however, did not choose him for the finals. He was a backing singer for Dizzee Rascal when he performed on Jools Hollands 2009/2010 Hootenanny and also on the Top of The Pops 2009 show when he sang on the track "Holiday". He continues to be a backing singer for Dizzee Rascal and appeared on his No.1 hit "Dirtee Disco".

Keith Semple

• 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. He successfully auditioned in 2010 for the ninth season of American Idol, singing "Heaven" by Bryan Adams, but lost his place in due to immigration problems.^[5]

Jamie Shaw

• Jamie Shaw continues to produce music. On April 28, 2006, he released his solo single "Different" through Rockin' Nation Music. In the UK, he supported the Backstreet Boys for some of their live dates. In May 2006, he was on tour in Germany and Austria with boyband US5 for 18 shows. His music is available through his MySpace site.

Discography

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Certifications (sales threshold)	Album
		UK [6]	IRE [7]
2002	"Sacred Trust/After You're Gone"	2	9	UK: Gold[8]	Non-album songs
2003	"Shakespeare's (Way With) Words"	10	39

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 407. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
2. ^ "Pete Waterman interview". Popjustice. 2004-08-01. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7loMmmGRedk. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
3. ^ "Popstar Winner Anton Gordon Turned Away From X Factor @ Unreality TV". Unrealitytv.co.uk. 2006-08-29. http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/popstar-winner-anton-gordon-turned-away-from-x-factor/. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
4. ^ Friday, June 26, 2009, 11:28 BST (2009-06-26). "TV - News - One True Voice star in 'X Factor' audition". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/xfactor/a162192/one-true-voice-star-in-x-factor-audition.html. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
5. ^ "suntimes". suntimes. http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/television/2000493,CST-FTR-idol20.article. Retrieved 2011-01-02. 
6. ^ "Chart Stats - One True Voice". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=10101. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
7. ^ "irishcharts.com - Discography Once True Voice". Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=One%20True%20Voice. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
8. ^ "BPI Searchable Database". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 20 March 2011.