The girls came in third place, bested by Tate Stevens and Carly Rose Sonenclar. Their numerical moniker didn’t last, as the band let X Factor viewers decide what they should be called via a vote.

The pre-existing group wasn’t pleased about their name being used, so the X Factor girls changed their name to 1432, which is code for I Love You Too.Īpparently, this goes back to the days when people used pagers, and the number of letters in a word was used to symbolise the words themselves. But another band named was already named the Lylas - the one made up of Bruno Mars’ four sisters. Initially, Fifth Harmony were called Lylas, an acronym for Love You Like a Sister. What’s their connection to Bruno Mars… or rather, his sisters? Reid and Simon Cowell - decided to put them into a group on July 27. The individual members failed to progress to the next step of the competition on their own, but the judges - Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, L.A. Much like their UK counterparts One Direction, they were strangers to each other and auditioned as solo contestants.

The group with former member Camila Cabello (second left) in 2016.įifth Harmony are an all-female pop group composed of Lauren Jauregui, Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane and Normani Kordei.įifth Harmony formed on the second season of The X Factor in America in 2012. Ahead of their show, we take a look at their evolution from five solo contestants on The X Factor to one of the high-charting girl groups, with moxie to spare. The band, who are down one member since their visit to Dubai in 2016, have achieved plenty since their formation six years ago. The girls of Fifth Harmony are zooming back into the UAE this March 16 with a headlining gig at du Forum, Abu Dhabi - and they’re ready to show us they’re worth it.

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