User:Lizzy Green/2 Shoes (band)

2 Shoes are a British-based pop duo from Essex, London. The girls became publicly noticed when the auditioned for the eighth series of The X Factor and finished as finalists in the live shows stage. 2 Shoes have since signed a one-album record deal with All Around the World productions, and their debut single "Turn Me On (Turn Me Out)" will be released in August 2012.

2009-11: Formation and The X Factor
2 Shoes was formed in 2009, orignally called "New Shoes", and have performed at various live destinations such as pubs and clubs. They first auditioned for The X Factor in 2010, but failed to make it past bootcamp.

In 2011, 2 Shoes re-auditioned for The X Factor, and sung All My Life. They recieved positive views from Tulisa, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh, but Kelly Rowland descirbed their performance as "kareoke". They successfully progressed past the bootcamp challenge, and made it to judges' houses where they performed a piano version of Kesha's Tik Tok. The duo were chosen by Tulisa and Jessie J to go through to the live shows. For the first live show they performed the Girls Aloud track Something Kinda Ooooh, but were elminated from the competition by mentor Tulisa. They were given the opportunity to return to the competition through public vote after Frankie Cocoazza was elminated, but were out-voted by Amelia Lily.

2012-present: Debut studio album
In January 2012, 2 Shoes appeared on This Morning, where they presented a part of the show called "The Hub". In March 2012 they made a short appearence on Celebrity Juice, and will be performing at Poptastic Party in Porthcawl in the summer of 2012.