S4 E2: Aston Merrygold: The real story of what happened after the X-Factor

Big Fish with Spencer Matthews

Global

Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Aston Merrygold is best known as a member of JLS - one of the most successful ever acts from the X-Factor. JLS have achieved five number one singles and a number one album - and sold more than 10 million records, making them one of the most successful British boy bands. They disbanded in 2013, before reuniting in 2020 with a huge sellout tour. In this episode we go behind the scenes of what it was actually like auditioning and filming the X-Factor.

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0:12.9	Use QuickBooks year-round to ensure your income tax return is shock-free.
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0:18.9	Into its QuickBooks.
0:22.0	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:25.6	Not that I slipped into any kind of depression, but I definitely slipped into a kind of like every day for two weeks.
0:32.7	I literally had drinking.
0:35.5	I had like my Shisha pipe out. I didn't like that slippery slope.
0:44.0	Welcome to Big Fish with me, Spencer Matthews. Each week I speak to inspirational people about how
0:48.9	they reach the top of their game and their mindset for success.
1:00.0	Astin Merigold is best known as a member of JLS, one of the most successful ever acts from the X Factor. They came runners-up to Alexander Burke in the show's fifth series back in 2008.
1:05.0	JLS have achieved five number one singles and a number one album and sold more than 10 million records, making them one of the most successful British boy bands in history.
1:14.8	They broke up in 2013 before reuniting in 2020 with a huge sellout tour.
1:19.8	But Aston is particularly candid and very honest about how that made him feel and the toll that it took on his mental health.
1:27.2	In this episode, we go behind the scenes of what it was actually like auditioning and filming the X Factor.
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