new girl band?

ChewChew

Ah lads. Louis Walsh & Kian Egan from westlife holding auditions in Dublin on friday and Saturday for a 4 piece girl band. Whats the point?? Is it frikkin necessary!!!

chopperbyrne

b*witched mark ii

"I fight like me da as well!"

Archeron

Sharon and the Skankettes, just what the world needs right now.

MooseJam

good name for the band "Whats the point"

dr.bollocko

What's the O2 you mean.

ejmaztec

Samantha's Mumblers

ChewChew

Pyjama-rama

Loopy

The Foreskins..

I await with baited breath.. Dont think they will be the New Bangles Somehow..

Archeron

looptheloop wrote: »

The Foreskins..

I await with baited breath.. Dont think they will be the New Bangles Somehow..

They could be the Irish equivalent, The Cankles.

ejmaztec

The Dublinwhores

Sherifu

They're gonna be great. *squint*

ejmaztec

Is there already a band called "Oblivion"?

Ghost Train

A-by-s-ma-l

Mossy Monk

I wont write them off until I see their syncronised dance routine.

antodeco

Im putting on me wig and heading down. Ill "accidentally" drop the hand and say "sorrdy luv, me gee is reefing, any chance you can hold me up while i give it a scratch". Then Ill whip out the lad and start skipping.

Might aswell might it interesting!

Best band Name: The GeeBaggers, or The Gee B's for short!

truecrippler

Thank Allah! I'm getting bored of Westlife... something new... wooo!

SUNGOD

antodeco wrote: »

Best band Name: The GeeBaggers, or The Gee B's for short!

and their gay male tribute band can be called " the hee bee gee b's"

JP Liz

Source Irish Times

Quote:
Celebrity band promoter Louis Walsh and a member of Westlife are to audition in Dublin this week for five talented young women to form Ireland’s latest girl band.
Walsh and the Sligo-born boyband heartthrob Kian Egan will co-manage the new band.
Open auditions will take place at The Pod venue on Harcourt Street in Dublin from noon to 6pm on Friday and Saturday July 25th and 26th, with call-backs on Sunday July 27th.
Walsh and Egan will judge the talent and all those who audition will be asked to sing a cappella.
The members of the five-piece band will be between the ages of 15 and 25, Walsh said.
Egan added: “I am really hoping we are going to see and hear some great talent from all parts of the country. I know how much an audition like this can change your life – so my advice is to go for it.”
Organiser and publicist Joanne Byrne said her advice for any girl coming to the auditions was simple.
“Know what you are going to sing, learn the lyrics and put some thought into your appearance”.
The Pod was also the venue for try-outs for Westlife and Boyzone, which both became massively successful internationally. Walsh also backs the Irish girl band Girls Aloud.
Its rumoured that Kian's girlfriend Jodie Albert (not Irish) is in the band already

FunkZ

I think you should enter ChewChew. It would take up a lot of your time

robinph

JP Liz wrote: »

Walsh also backs the Irish girl band Girls Aloud.

Thought only one of them was Irish, the one that got kicked out of RTE's attempt to create a "band" because she was too young.

Steve_o

Bernie Fontaine and Moonshine skanks...

Featuring: Eileen Over and Ulick McGee....:D

mr kr0nik

Archeron wrote: »

They could be the Irish equivalent, The Cankles.

So long as they are not the "Crankies"!

chin_grin

The Penny for the Baba's?

ChewChew

FunkZ wrote: »

I think you should enter ChewChew. It would take up a lot of your time

and you mean WHAT by this?? you little fúcktard!!

Karoma

ChewChew wrote: »

and you mean WHAT by this?? you little fúcktard!!

Oo
Banned.

Mossy Monk

Why the **** are they being called a band? Will they play instruments?

Steoob

dr.bollocko wrote: »

What's the O2 you mean.

yes...yes

Clare_Guy

JP Liz wrote: »

Its rumoured that Kian's girlfriend Jodie Albert (not Irish) is in the band already

She "auditioned" today with the rest of kian's fiances. It'll be a nail-biting wait for her to see if she made the cut! :rolleyes:

FunkZ

ChewChew wrote: »

and you mean WHAT by this?? you little fúcktard!!

Ohhh. That's insulting, I come from a long family chain of them and I'm not impressed. I hope someone sorts it out.

Karoma wrote: »

Oo
Banned.

Good work there, good work.

I owe you a beer at the next Beers

Doctor DooM

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Why the **** are they being called a band? Will they play instruments?

This is where I make a joke about them feeling free to play mine.

Dempsey

According to the Sunday World, Una Healy will be picked regardless, a nice thurles lass

FunkZ

I wish I was the only male member in teh band!

gcgirl

Dempsey wrote: »

According to the Sunday World, Una Healy will be picked regardless, a nice thurles lass

She is in some other band though Called ''The Saturdays''?

gcgirl

FunkZ wrote: »

I wish I was the only male member in teh band!

You mean you wish you were the only male member in all the girls that are in the band(though its not a real band more of a group they don't play their own instruments:mad:) :D:D!!!

dr.bollocko

FunkZ wrote: »

I wish I was the only male member in teh band!

Or... devil's advocate I know but maybe he wishes he was the only member in the hand.
:eek:

heyjude

I thought Louis Walsh had said that he never wanted to manage an all girl 'band' again, as they are too much trouble.

Me thinks Louis just loves all the attention and fawning that he gets, "oh please mister, please make me a superstar".

They won't be a band as they won't be playing any instruments and I suspect that their appearance and ability to dance, may prove to be more important than their actual singing voices, as they have computer programmes that can sort out dodgy sounding recordings.

Santa Claus

heyjude wrote: »

I thought Louis Walsh had said that he never wanted to manage an all girl 'band' again, as they are too much trouble.

Me thinks Louis just loves all the attention and fawning that he gets, "oh please mister, please make me a superstar".

Louis much prefers the young fellas fawning over him.

There's a potential bright side to this story, didn't boyzone split up and Ronan Keating started westlife with Louis so maybe Cian is going solo and westlife will split......*crosses fingers*

As regards his fiance Jodi Albert, she was alright a few years ago but she's losing it fast !

JP Liz

Dempsey wrote: »

According to the Sunday World, Una Healy will be picked regardless, a nice thurles lass

Who is she???

JP Liz

http://www.showbizireland.com/news/july08/28-jodi-albert-doesnt-do-queues-baby-.shtml

all the stars

From my other post in music forum:

So,
I actually went to these auditions. (im embarrassed to admit it but i did)
I went on saturday morning. Q was grand - spotted so many ooompa looompa's riduculosly over-dressed it wasn't funny.Massively overdone hair, make-up, tan, outfits etc..

So, set up was - 20 girls at a time brought into stage area. 5 at a time on stage, each stepped forward and sing few lines til "thank you" was said by louis.

Have to say, some great singers, and more awful singers.

Fully equipped - stage, lights, video recording, monitors, sound engineers (well - he must have gone for coffee coz he had no clue how to adjust levels)

I'm now going to say, 2 girls were already part of the line up as we had known before applying Jodie - Kians from westlife other half (not irish) and this Michelle (model not a singer) so already he is now looking for 3 not 5 as advertised.

Now, the only girl i got speaking to, was from UK also, and had been personally invited by louis by phone to come over and audition(also not irish as advertised). so now he is looking for 2 not 5.

She is a lovely girl - now i didn't get to hear her sing but hopefully she gets it - she was such a sweet girl.

But it really upset me that really, there wasn't 5 places up for grabs- not really. So, it was a waste of time me taking a day off work etc.

And really, if the packaging isn't on point, it doesn't matter if you have incredible talent...

It was all looks, i know you can make anybody sound great in studio these days with all the vocal effects.... Really dis-heartening..

Now, vented. all better

so, just after seeing that another girl Linzi cowap was also selected before auditions to be included.

That means 4 people of the 5 were already in there.

PR stunt - the whole thing me thinks.

JP Liz

Apparently the band will be built around Jodie Albert (Kian's gf who is not Irish and can't sing remember Girl Thing and her awful singing in Hollyoaks she cant act either)

JP Liz

Apparently the band will be built around Kian's girlfriend Jodie and 3 members were already cast before the auditions

_feedback_

JP Liz wrote: »

Apparently the band will be built around Kian's girlfriend Jodie and 3 members were already cast before the auditions

Eh, you already said that last month

Dempsey

JP Liz wrote: »

Who is she???

Ah I got it wrong. She's now in Louie's girl band, the Saturdays

stovelid

heyjude wrote: »

I thought Louis Walsh had said that he never wanted to manage an all girl 'band' again, as they are too much trouble.

Possibly that he has zero interest in girl band audition entrants blowing him to get picked? Now, boybands on the other hand....