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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Kyle O'Sullivan & Ryan Paton

X Factor Same Difference says Woolworths collapse played part in band's failure

Same Difference claim Woolworths collapse played a part in the X Factor band's failure.

Singing siblings Sarah and Sean Smith thrilled and baffled the judges in equal measure with their energetic rendition of I'll Be There For You in the audition stage. The judges took a chance on the brother and sister duo - and they eventually sailed all the way through to the final in 2007.

Same Difference eventually finished in third place behind Rhydian Roberts and show winner Leon Jackson. However, the band's rise to fame almost didn't happen as they initially auditioned separately before a producer suggested they sing together - as Mirror Online reports.

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