Kingsland Road

Kingsland Road
Contestant Profile
Hometown	East London
10
Category	Groups
Mentor	Gary Barlow
Placement	9/12
Gallery

Kingsland Road were a five-piece boy band consisting of Joshua Syrus "Josh" Zaré, Joe Brian "Connor" Conaboy, Jon James "JJ" Thompson, Matthew "Matt" Cahill and Jay Scott. They participated in Series 10 of The X Factor as part of the Groups category, mentored by Gary Barlow, finishing in 9th place.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Room Audition	Free choice	"Don't You Worry Child"	Advanced
Arena Audition	Free choice	"Treasure"	Advanced
Bootcamp	Group performance		Advanced
Six Chair Challenge	Free choice	"For Once in My Life"	Advanced
Judges' houses	Free choice	"Dance with Me Tonight"	Advanced
Week 1	Songs from the 1980s	"I'm Your Man"	Safe
Week 2	Love and heartbreak	"Marry You"	Bottom two
	Save Me songs	"Try"	Saved
Week 3	Movie week	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Safe
Week 4	Disco	"Blame It on the Boogie"	Bottom two
	Save Me songs	"I Won't Let You Go"	Eliminated (9th)

Post The X Factor

Post-show they funded the release of their debut album via Pledgemusic and released their debut single "Dirty Dancer" in 2014, which reached #85 in the UK charts. Their follow-up single failed to chart.

In October 2014, they signed a record deal but the same month Jay Scott decided to quit the band. Their debut album was released in spring 2015 and on June 1 it was announced that they would be splitting up.

In 2023, Jay Scott appeared upon BBC3 Reality Show 'Project Icon: The UK's Next Music Star' judged by Jason Derulo, Becky Hill & Frank Harris, wherein he was dropped in the first round when Derulo expressed distaste for his original song entitled 'Rice, Peas 'N' Chicken'.

Trivia

• In Week 2, Kingsland Road finished last in the Saturday Flash Vote which meant if the judges votes were tied, Kingsland Road would have been eliminated.
• In Week 4, Kingsland Road received more votes than Tamera Foster which meant if the result went to deadlock, Kingsland Road would have been saved.