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District3 (formerly GMD3) are a three-piece harmony vocal band made up of Daniel Thomas "Dan" Ferrari-Lane (born 7 April 1993; age 19) from Porthcawl, Michael Curtis "Micky" Parsons (born 25 August 1994; age 18) from Cleethorpes and Gregory Simon "Greg" West (born 22 July 1994; age 18) from Essex.[19] They first met each other as schoolmates in Sylvia Young Theatre School. In 2007, they left the school and decided to form the band. They were managed by Jayne Collins, who also managed The Wanted.[20] They began performing locally the following year and cite American entertainer Chris Brown as one of their musical influences.[21][22]

District3 auditioned for The X Factor under the name GMD3 in London, performing "I'll Make Love to You" and "Can't Buy Me Love".[23][24] They received standing ovation from all the four judges. Walsh said, "This is what we've been looking for, I feel the same way about this band as when we first saw JLS". The band was put through to bootcamp round. For the first stage of bootcamp, they teamed up with Triple J (now Union J) and performed Maroon 5's "Moves like Jagger". Together with Triple J, they were put through to the next stage of bootcamp where they performed "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz for a spot in the judges' houses round.[25] The judges were unable to decide between GMD3 and Triple J when it came down to the final spot. Both bands had to compete in an a capella sing-off, where GMD3 performed "Bless the Broken Road". Afterwards, Barlow announced that GMD3 had won the sing-off and they were put through to judges' houses.

At the judges' houses stage, they performed their sing-off song in bootcamp, "Bless the Broken Road" and "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars in front of mentor Walsh and guest mentor Sharon Osbourne. Osbourne commented that she disliked the name of the band as "it sounded like a virus - which does not say anything about them".[26] Despite the dissatisfaction of the band name, their performance was well received by both mentors, with Osbourne calling them a "delight". They were put through to the live shows by Walsh as one of the final three in the "groups" category. On 1 October, GMD3 announced that they would change their name after receiving Osbourne's criticism, as well as an upcoming dispute with an American pipeline of the same name.[27][28] Members of the public could suggest new names, and on October 5, the band announced their new name, District3.[29][30][31]

In week 1 of the live shows, District3 performed their own arrangement of "The Best" and were put through by the public vote. In week 2, they were in the bottom two with Melanie Masson after performing "I Swear". They performed "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" for survival. Walsh and Contostavlos voted to saved them while Barlow and Scherzinger voted to eliminate them. The vote was deadlocked and it was revealed that Masson received fewer votes, and District3 were saved. In week 3, they performed a medley of "Beggin'" and "Turn Up the Music". The performance was well received by all the four judges and deemed as the comeback performance for the band after an unsatisfactory one in week 2.[32] In week 4, they performed a mash-up of "Every Breath You Take" and "Beautiful Monster" and in week 5, they performed "Dynamite". After two consecutive weeks of poor feedback from the judges on their performances,[33] District3 decided to "go back to their roots and where they came from"[33] in week 6. They performed "Tears in Heaven" and it was deemed as another comeback performance for the group.[33] The performance brought Scherzinger to tears; she stated "it has a deep personal meaning for me right now, today, so thank you for sharing that with us".[34] Contostavlos also mentioned that it was her favourite performance by the group so far.[33] They were for the second time in the final showdown along with Union J and performed "Just the Way You Are" for survival.[35] Walsh refused to cast his vote against any of his acts, while Barlow and Scherzinger voted to eliminate District3.[35] District3 were eliminated with majority votes from the judges. Contostavlos was not required to vote since there was already a majority, but later revealed that she would have voted to save District3.[35]

After heading out of the XFactor, the group decided not to let defeat to beat them and they set some dates for their first tour by themselves as the newly formed District3. They also set a lot of sights during the Christmas season. Although they might've been kicked out of the hit ITV show they continued to show their 3eeks proud. It will not be the end of the mischievous boys.