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. There were four members: Renee Armstrong,

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, Jess Smith and Patrice Tipoki.

Biography

The girls released their first single '' Party Girl'' in 2006. Their second single,

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, was released in 2007. In February 2007, the group traveled to

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, India to film a promotional song for

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's superhit

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film ' Heyy Babyy' starring superstar

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. Later that year, the group supported a national tour for The

before disbanding in April 2007.

Members

Jess Smith

Graduated from Brent Street School of Performing Arts and has appeared in Blue Water High (2005), Home and Away (2008) and Reef Doctors (2013), as well as appearing in a range of stage productions that include Caroline O'Connor - All That Jazz.

Renee Bargh Renee Bargh (born 18 October 1986) is an Australian entertainment reporter, who is best known as a host of '' Channel Australia''. She is currently the weekend co-host and correspondent for ''Extra'' in the U.S. On 23 January 2020, Bargh be ...

Australian born in 1986. After attending High School in

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moved to Sydney to attend the Brent Street School of Performing Arts. Prior to Girlband she had appeared in theatre productions including Hats Off 2005 and Wimbledon Charity Ball 2004. After Girlband disbanded she acted in National Bingo Night (2007) and Next Wave (2009) In 2010 she moved to Los Angeles to take on the continuing role of co-host and correspondent on Weekend Extra.

Renee Armstrong

Graduated from Australian College of Music and Brent Street School of Performing Arts and appeared in ''

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'' (both film and stage productions), Home and Away and

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. In 2011 she played Amber in the stage production of ''

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'' in both

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and Sydney. In 2014 she appeared in a short comedy film ''Clean and Jerk''. She became a

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. bikini coach, IFBB Competitor and in 2013 was NSW champion in IFBB Bikini open division.

Patrice Tipoki

Patrice Tipoki was born in New Zealand and grew up in Australia. She graduated from the

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n Academy of Performing Arts and has toured with a number of musical theatre productions, including ''We Will Rock You'' and Disney's ''The Lion King'' (as the lead character of Nala). She has also appeared in ''

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'' (Fay Apple), ''

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'', ''

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'' (Maria) and ''Prodigal'' (Maddy). In 2010, she joined the cast of the Sydney production of ''Wicked'', alternating the lead role of Elphaba with

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. She had been the understudy for the role in Melbourne and had taken time out to have a baby. In 2014, she played the role of

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in the Australian production of '' Les Miserables.'' Patrice went on to Play the Role of Fantine on the West End in London''.'' In 2015 she also released her first album, ''Patrice Tipoki - A Musical Heart''. In 2018, she was featured in a broadcast performance of '' Music & the Spoken Word'' with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Discography

Singles

References

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