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Stereo Kicks are a British 8-piece boy band that consists of Barclay Beales, Chris Leonard, Tom Mann, James Graham, Reece Bibby, Jake Sims, Casey Johnson and Charlie Jones. They were formed in series 11 of The X Factor UK.

2014: Formation and The X Factor
All of them originally auditioned as soloists for series 11 of The X Factor UK. They were all rejected at the bootcamp stage. They were formed by the judges because they felt they were too good to let them go.

They first sang together at bootcamp within hours of being put together as a group; they performed Leona Lewis' cover of "Run"; they got through straight to the judges' houses stage. At that stage they sang Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors" and later got sent to the live shows. The fans suggested names through the ITV website; they received over 46,000 entries. Stereo Kicks' reception has been very favourable with Simon Cowell himself saying: "one of the best [groups] ever [to feature on the show]", also they've been compared to be "as good as One Direction" by the public, and their performance of "Run" reached 1 million views on The X Factor 's YouTube channel after a week of its upload on 28 September.

They performed Katy Perry's "Roar" in the first week of the live shows. They got through to the next week of the live shows. They sang Don Henley 's " The Boys of Summer" in the second week of the live shows, with Cheryl saying that they didn't catch her attention and she compared them to One Direction by saying that the room should be filled with hysteria because they are a boy band and there are eight of them, but Simon, Mel B and Louis defended them and said it was a good performance and that: "the show would be boring without you". Leonard replied to Cheryl after the comments saying: "We're not One Direction, we're Stereo Kicks". In the results show they landed in the bottom two with Chloe Jasmine, but were saved by Cowell, Mel B and Walsh, who claimed they had more potential and wanted the place on the show more than Jasmine. On the Xtra Factor, Louis blamed Simon for the 8-piece boy band claiming: "I never wanted an 8-piece boyband", and added that he was going to talk to the boys to see what they could change. Reece (he and Charlie were rumored to leave the group) later said on Twitter that they were continue to be an 8-piece. Walsh later apologized to the boys after what he said on the Xtra Factor. In the third week of the live shows they sang a medley of "Let It Be/Hey Jude" by The Beatles; they wowed the judges and the audience. In the results show they got through to the next week.

Influences
Their main influences are Justin Timberlake and Ed Sheeran and they've claimed they'd like to duet with them.

Barclay Beales
Barclay Beales (age 19) is from Devon. He auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor UK and got eliminated in the bootcamp stage by Louis Walsh. He used to yodelled. He came back for series 11. He performed Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game'" in his Room Audition and Robbie Williams's "Angels'" at the Arena.

Chris Leonard
Chris Leonard (age 19) is from Meath, Ireland. He also auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor UK and got eliminated in the Bootcamp stage by Gary Barlow, but as part of the boyband "Out of the Blue" (fomerly 5th Base); because they forgot their lyrics. He came back for series 11, but as a soloist. Non of his auditions were broadcasted.

Tom Mann
Tom Mann (born 3 November 1993) is from Southampton. He also auditioned for the tenth series of The X Factor UK and got eliminated in the Bootcamp stage by Louis Walsh. He came back for series 11. He sang at the Arena an original song that wrote the day after Louis Walsh eliminated him in the tenth series, but Simon Cowell stopped him (then he got a good reaction by the audience) and said: "I think if you were ugly you never would have got that reaction", Walsh himself and Cheryl told Simon to give him a second chance and then Mann performed an acoustic version of Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" and got three yeses. He is the oldest member of the group.

James Graham
James Graham (born 12 October 1996) is from Essex. He performed James Morrison's "You Give Me Something" in his Room Audition, getting a very good reaction from the judges, and Adele's "I Can't Make You Love Me" at the Arena; Mel B said that his performance was "soulful and sexy".

Reece Bibby
Reece Bibby (age 17) is from Lancashire. He auditioned at the Room with an acoustic rendition of Disclosure's "Latch" and wowed the judges.

Jake Sims
Jake Sims (age 19) is from Bristol. He sang Stevie Wonder's "Superstitious" in his Room Audition, with his little sister present, and Arctic Monkeys' "When the Sun Goes Down" at the Arena.

Casey Johnson
Casey Johnson (age 19) is from London. He performed Olly Murs' "Please Don't Let Me Go" in his Room Audition.

Charlie Jones
Charlie Jones (age 14) is from Kent. He sang One Direction's "Little Things" in his Room Audition, and Spice Girls' "Wannabe" at the Arena, stunning the judges and the audience. He's also well-known for his viral song on YouTube "Belieber For Life".