HOPE
Members: Charlie Mole, Emily Biggs, Raquelle Gracie, Leah Lauder and Phoebe Brown
Age: Charlie - 23, Emily - 17, Raquelle - 20, Leah - 20, Phoebe - 16)
From: Sunderland (Charlie), Torquay (Emily), London (Leah and Raquelle) and Woking (Phoebe)
Job: Charlie's a beauty therapist, Emily, Phoebe and Leah are students and Raquelle's a singer
History: The girls were put together at Boot Camp after they received a no from the judges when they auditioned as soloists. Mentor Simon likes the girl's feistiness but wants them to lose their "attitude".
Leah lives in London with friends and is heavily into her spirituality. A keen singer all her life Leah has always looked for inspiring females in the media for people like herself and sister to look up too.
Charlie lives in Sunderland with her partner Lee and five-year-old son Jack. Having completed a beauty therapist course, Charlie was all getting geared up to start her new career before she got through to the finals.
Emily lives with her mum, dad and older brother Andrew in Torquay. She decided to audition for the show after singing in the audience of The Sharon Osbourne Show during an ad break. Both Louis and Sharon applauded, so she thought she'd give the X Factor a go.
Raquelle was born and raised in Manchester but now lives in London. She studied at Italia Conti for three years and has appeared in a couple of plays. Raquelle impressed Simon Cowell at Boot Camp because of her "ruthless" nature, and her ability to do the splits...
Phoebe, the youngest member of the group, has just finished her GCSEs and lives with her mum and younger brother in Surrey. She has been attending the Guildford School of Acting and has singing lessons twice a week.
HMVs Gennaro Castaldo says: "Girls Aloud wannabes, Hope, are very strong all round and are probably favourites for the whole competition. They have the looks and presence to really do well."
