Six (band)

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The Irish band Six was formed on the television programme Irish Popstars in 2002. The program aired on RTÉ One on Sunday nights in the autumn and winter of 2001-02. The band were managed by Louis Walsh who also appeared as a judge on the show.

Sinead Shepherd, Emma O'Driscoll, Kyle Anderson, Sarah Keating, Andy Orr, and Liam McKenna were the winners of the show who earned a place in Six. Nadine Coyle was originally selected to be in the band, but she was disqualified after a slip-up revealed that she was only sixteen years old at the time when contestants were required to be eighteen or older. Coyle later appeared on the 2002 series Popstars: The Rivals, where she was the third girl selected to be in the British girl group Girls Aloud.

The members of Six released their first single, "Whole Lotta Lovin'," in February 2002. The single did very well, selling over 160,000 copies in its first week of sale. This single is still the biggest and fastest selling Irish single of all time. In July 2002, Six released their second single, "Let Me Be the One," which again reached number one on the Irish charts though it sold less than "Whole Lotta Lovin'". During August 2002, Six went on an Irish tour.

Following 'Popstars' being broadcast in New Zealand, Norway and South Africa, their debut single also charted in these countries, top 5 in New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Iceland and peaked at no.2 in Sweden.

After the tour, Six's album This Is It was released and debuted at #7 on the Irish charts.

[edit] After Six

Emma O'Driscoll is now a TV presenter on RTE's The Den, She also appeared on Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels and Celebrity Charity_252 as well as being a DJ on Live 95fm.^{[citation needed]}
Liam McKenna also did a celeb gossip slot weekly on RTE on a Friday afternoon in 2005/2006, and is now a lead presenter on music video channel Bubble Hits on Sky Digital.^{[citation needed]}
Andy Orr managed a band of which Emma O'Driscoll is the lead singer, the band 'Y23' also features Michael O'Conner, Chizz, Robbie Kirby and John McDonnell.^{[citation needed]} Orr has now left the world of showbiz and has joined Barclays Global Investors as a Securities Lending Trader.^{[citation needed]}
Sinead Shepherd has formed her own school of dance in her hometown of Cobh, her dance troop regularly provides the half-time entertainment for Premier Division football club Cobh Ramblers.
Kyle Anderson presented in 2007 Activity Breaks on TV3 and is now the assistant leasing manager at Multi Development UK.^{[citation needed]} He assists the leasing manager in liasing with retailers, marketing commercial units and liasing with prospective tenants. Anderson holds a degree in Estate Management from the University of Northumbria.^{[citation needed]}
Sarah Keating is training to be a broadcast journalist in London.