Triple 8 (a.k.a. 888) were a five-piece then four-piece British
boy band
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, who were signed to
Polydor Records and
Osmosis Records
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Many of the groups who began wit ...
. The group were promoted as the British equivalent of
NSYNC
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, and rivals to manufactured boy bands such as
Westlife and
A1.
The group had three successful singles: "
Knockout
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" "
Give Me a Reason" "
Good 2 Go", which charted at number 8,9 & 2 (independent chart) respectively in the
UK Singles Chart.
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 ''
Jungle Run'' 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The group was originally made up of: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,
Little Mix
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and
One Direction. He also co-wrote "
Running Scared" by
Eldar & Nigar
Azerbaijan participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song " Running Scared" written by Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman and Iain James Farquharson. The song was performed by Ell and Nikki. The Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant fo ...
.
In 2013, he co-penned "
Love Kills" which was performed by
Roberto Bellarosa, The Belgian Voice winner, in 2013 representing
Belgium. It qualified for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 final placing 12th in
Malmö.
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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Musical groups established in 2003
Musical groups disestablished in 2005
English boy bands
English dance music groups