Fangirls can rejoice, because Union J have decided to get the band back together for a one-off show at the London Palladium and a documentary about their return.
Much to the delight of their huge following of dedicated fans, George Shelley, Josh Cuthbert, JJ Hamblett and Jaymi Hensley, secretly decided to regroup during the pandemic.
In May, the band will reunite for the concert, which will mark 10 years since their first performance as a band.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, the boys revealed that it was Jaymi who headed up the reunion talks.
He said: “All offers were off the table for two years, so the relationships started blossoming again between all of us as a four.
“I went to George first, then I went to Josh and then I rang JJ and said, ‘Well you haven’t got any choice, you’re still in the contract’.”
Jaymi explained how the foursome are like brothers and that their bond is "so natural."
For those who don't know, Union J are an English boy band who shot to fame when they appeared on The X Factor in 2012 – at the height of the boyband obsession among young girls.
Splitting in 2019, the band are now rekindling and gearing up to take the music scene by storm once more.
The X-Factor's G4
Known for their operatic take on pop songs, G4 narrowly missed out on winning The X Factor in 2004.
Jonathan Ansell, Matthew Stiff, Mike Christie and Ben Thapa were offered a music deal by Sony after the show, despite not winning.
In 2005, the band released a self-titled debut album and topped the UK charts.
Their second album, G4 & Friends, hit the charts at number six.
In 2007, after the release of their third album, that the group announced on GMTV that they would be splitting.
The split was down to internal rows, reportedly.
In 2014, the band reunited but Matthew wasn't present – replaced by Nick Ashby instead.
The band have since remained united and do regular gigs and album releases.
The pandemic forced the postponement of their 2020 Christmas tour until this year. However, they kept fans entertained with a series of online shows during lockdown.
Popstars: The Rivals' One True Voice
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One True Voice were up against Girls Aloud during Popstars: The Rivals back in 2002.
The boyband comprised of heartthrobs: Anton Gordon, Matt Johnson, Keith Semple, Daniel Pearce and Jamie Shaw.
One True Voice went head-to-head with Girls Aloud that year for the coveted Christmas number one, with their single Sacred Trust hitting the number two spot, while Girl's Aloud pipped them to the post with their debut smash Sound of the Underground.
Girls Aloud, which comprised of Cheryl, Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Sarah Harding, ended up taking the pop world by storm.
One year on, in 2003, the band split before even releasing an album.
Anton Gordon now goes by Anton Romero, and often pleases fans by taking on their song requests.
Matt Johnson still sings and still has a group of fans, garnering around one million monthly streams on Spotify.
Daniel Pearce went on to sing backing vocals for Dizzee Rascal on his number one hit Dirtee Disco.
Keith Semple starred on the US version of The Voice, but now fronts his band Semple.
Jamie Shaw segued to TV in 2014 when he was an executive publicity assistant for BBC's Doctor Who.
The X-Factor's District 3
District3 were a three-member British male pop group consisting of members Dan Ferrari-Lane, Micky Parsons and Greg West – originally named GMD3 but this was changed before the live shows.
The band rose to fame during series nine of The X Factor and were a part of the Groups category mentored by Louis Walsh, and up against Union J throughout the competition – battling it out for a fan-base.
The boys were the sixth act to get knocked out after losing a sing-off to fellow boy band Union J.
And soon after the trio called time on the band weeks after debut record, the imaginatively titled District 3 EP was released in 2013.
In a statement, the boys thanked their fans - nicknamed 3eeks - for their support.
They wrote: "It's impossible to express our appreciation to you in one message, but 3EEKS, all around the world, you have been more than everything we could ever have asked for.
"The support you have given us has been overwhelming, which only makes it harder to tell you that we have decided to bring our time as District 3 to an end.
"It has not been easy to make this decision," they explained in their statement at the time back in 2013.
The boys are now working as music producers, with Dan Ferrari-Lane at Universal Publishing as a producer and songwriter; Greg West also a songwriter and producer; and Micky Parsons works as an artist, writer, producer, and director – as per each of their Instagram bios.
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