The Collective
Who Are They?
The Collective is a boyband formed on Xfactor Australia in 2012. The members are Jayden Sierra, Julian De Vizio, Trent Bell, Will Singe, and Zach Russell.
They placed third in the competition, and signed a contract with Sony. They released their first self titled mini album in December 2012, which placed at number 11 on the ARIA charts.
The Collective - Surrender
How were they formed?
Originally, all five boys auditioned as solo artists, and got through to X Factor boot camp. They didn't make it to the under 25 boys final 6, but the judges knew they were very talented and put them together in a boy band for home visits.
The Collective: Domino - Live Show 1 - The X Factor Australia 2012
The Collective - Buzzers of Death - NOVA FM
Songs
On the X Factor, The Collective covered
- We Found Love - Rihanna (their first performance as a band)
- Domino - Jessie J
- Footloose - Kenny Loggins
- You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids on the Block and
- A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
- Like A Prayer - Madonna
- Lego House - Ed Sheeran
- Incredible - Timomatic
- Beauty and a Beat - Justin Bieber
- Apologize - OneRepublic
- Yeah 3x - Chris Brown
- Brokenhearted - Karmin
They have two original songs which were released as singles, Surrender and Another Life.
The Collective - Another Life