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03.05.2022 / 12:47
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X Factor's Rak-Su told they'd be 'bigger than One Direction' before career-changing row
X-Factor champions Rak-Su instantly won over the nation with their catchy tunes but singer Myles Stephenson says they were promised a huge career.The group became the first boy group to win the former ITV talent show in 2017 melting the audience with their audition, offering a cover of Senorita by Justin Timberlake, before performing their own song.Over the course of the competition, the group consisting of Ashley Fongho, Jamaal Shurland, Mustafa Rahimtulla and Myles Stephenson performed their own material, as well as two cover songs.They won with over 50 per cent of the public vote, with several of their songs entering the charts.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Myles, 30, claims they were promised the world but the promises didn't materialise, after their record label had a falling out with their management teamThe dad-of-one said: "Simon [Cowell] and Nicole [Scherzinger] and all of them lot said we were going to be bigger than One Direction."Then one day you wake up in the morning, you've got 100 messages saying Syco and Modest! have had a falling out and you have an ultimatum to decide whether you want to stay with one or the other."It was alright for Little Mix because they were the biggest girl group in the world, they can go wherever they want, but we were just tagging along with Little Mix wherever they go."He went on to add: "Guess what, the new don't really care about us that much because you're an X Factor band, Syco had overspent, they'd spent well over £1 million on us in the first year."There was no money in the pot, that's why we parted ways.
