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Union J Bring In Surprise X Factor Contestant To REPLACE George Shelley

After dramatically kicking boyfriend-goals George Shelley out of the band this year, Union J have gone and announced a BRAND. NEW. MEMBER.

It’s all gone a bit ‘Sugababes’, hasn’t it?

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Yes, poor old George has been replaced! But who is this relative unknown that’s been given the chance to sip from the golden chalice of boy band stardom? A Brits School alumnus? A former Boohoo.com model from some generic Midlands town? Another drone plucked from Simon Cowell’s boy band production line?

Well if you guessed the last one, you’re not far off – it’s only friggin’ Casey Johnson off of X Factor’s Stereo Kicks!

Yes, the frankly ridiculously-sized boy band super-group split last year and poor old Casey’s been wondering what to do with himself ever since – aside from dyeing his hair blonde and dating Betsy Blue off of Only The Young (remember them?)

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It’s all very hard to keep up with but incredibly interesting nonetheless.

Speaking to The Sun, the Union J boys – Josh, JJ, and Jaymi – said they got the idea of bringing Casey in from - SURPRISE SURPRISE - none other than Sun journalist Dan Wootton.

Move over Louis Walsh, eh?

Casey told the newspaper “When I went to meet the boys for the first time I asked what made them want me. They said, ‘Dan Wootton put your name on a piece of paper.’ ”

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“Union J were always a much bigger band than Stereo Kicks. These guys are more mature and I feel already that this is the type of music I want to do.”

He also made quite the dig at his former Stereo Kicks band mates, saying that there were too many egos and not enough chemistry:

“I have always wanted to be in a band, not a choir. What I was in before wasn’t like a boyband. Stereo Kicks was more of a choir.”

“There wasn’t really any chemistry, there were a lot of egos. Only one of them wished me happy birthday.”

Blimey.

Anyway, we can’t wait to see what the future holds for Union J 2.0 – let’s hope it’s not all handbags at dawn this time round.