Triple 8 (a.k.a. 888) were a five-piece then four-piece British

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, who were signed to

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and

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. The group were promoted as the British equivalent of

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, and rivals to manufactured boy bands such as

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and A1. The group had three successful singles: "

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" " Give Me a Reason" " Good 2 Go", which charted at number 8,9 & 2 (independent chart) respectively in the

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. The group parted company with their record label polydor in 2003, leaving their album, ''Heavy W8'', unreleased. In 2004, they reformed with new member Stewart Macintosh, and released a third single, "Good 2 Go", which reached number 2 UK Indie chart. McIntosh replaced Iain James Farquharson. The group appeared once in CITV's children game show ''

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'' on special Christmas episode in 2003.

Members

The group was originally made up of: * David Wilcox: 2001–2003 * Iain James Farquharson, aka Sparx: 2001–2003 * Jamie Bell: 2001–2005 * Josh Barnett: 2001–2005 * Justin Scott: 2001–2005 ;New members Iain James Farquharson left the band in 2004 and was replaced by: * Stewart Macintosh: 2004–2005

After break-up

After Triple 8, Iain James Farquharson, now known as Iain James, subsequently worked with many of the UK's major pop/R&B acts, such as Emeli Sandé,

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and

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. He also co-wrote " Running Scared" by

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. In 2013, he co-penned " Love Kills" which was performed by

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, The Belgian Voice winner, in 2013 representing

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. It qualified for the

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final placing 12th in

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. Justin Scott is now a property developer, married to Kimberley Walsh. Stewart Macintosh (now Stewart Mac) is a recording artist, who is now writing and performing his own material.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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