Young Men Society are an Australian

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consisting of members Andi Tahta, Josh Fonmosa and Nathan Tamati. They rose to fame as grand finalists on the third season of ''

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'' in 2011. The group later signed with Sony Music Australia and released their debut single "We Own the Night" in March 2012, which reached the top thirty in New Zealand.

Biography

Early life and formation

Young Men Society were formed in 2009 at a hip hop dance class. One of their friends came up with the group's name and initially they thought it sounded "corny", however the name eventually grew on them and they have since loved it. Josh Fonmoa was born and raised in

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, while Andi Tahta originally came from

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, Indonesia, and Nathan Tamati from

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. At the age of 10, Tahta and his family relocated to Australia "in search of a better life". Tamati decided to take a break from college and moved to Australia in 2005 to live with his brother Damon. All members worked together in retail and as dance teachers.

2011: ''The X Factor Australia''

Young Men Society successfully auditioned for the third season of ''

'' in 2011, singing Mike Posner's " Cooler Than Me". They eventually progressed through to the live shows and were mentored by

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. Young Men Society were eliminated from the competition on 18 October 2011. Young Men Society performed the following songs on ''The X Factor'':

2012–present: Record deal and debut single

Following their departure from ''The X Factor'', Young Men Society did not receive any offers of recording contracts from record labels. They decided to record their first single titled "We Own the Night" as independent artists and filmed their own

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for the song. In an interview with '' The Music Network'', Tahta stated "After the show we actually didn't have any kind of abeloptions, there was a point in time where we were really down, but we just told ourselves, 'Let's just keep going, let's make this track, let's just keep recording, let's do a video for it". Sony Music Australia were impressed with the single and its accompanying video, and decided to sign Young Men Society to their record label. During January and February 2012, Young Men Society were supporting acts for

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's Sexy and I Know It Tour. The single "We Own the Night" was released via

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on 16 March 2012. It debuted and peaked on the

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at number 28, but failed to impact the Australian

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. In April 2012, Young Men Society were supporting acts for Reece Mastin's New Zealand tour. The group are no longer signed to Sony Music Australia.

Discography

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

* {{authority control Australian boy bands Australian pop music groups Musical groups established in 2009 The X Factor (Australian TV series) contestants