X Factor 3 Preview - 4Sure

4Sure
Manager – Louis Walsh
Odds – Eliminated

4Sure are named as such because they are four men sure of their destiny. They have performed around the country in clubs and holiday parks but decided to audition for the X Factor to raise their profile and ultimately secure a professional recording contract.

4Sure are as follows:

Donovan Bailey is a 38 year old IT Consultant from Tipton and formed the band just over a year ago after persuading Kriss Jones to sing to him down the telephone line. Donovan lives with his partner Maureen and three children and he has another two children who live with their mother. Donovan is an accomplished musician and can play both the guitar and keyboard. He has sung with a cappella gospel music sextet Take 6 at a workshop in Birmingham.

Kriss Jones is a 24 year old singer and entertainer from Wolverhampton who now lives in Bilston. Kriss is no stranger to the X Factor as he auditioned for the first series with a band called Platinum, who he left to be part of 4Sure who has now sang with for a year. His musical influences are Motown, Boyz II Men, Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross.

Jermaine Sanderson is a 23 year old day centre officer from Wolverhampton who now lives in Eastfield. Jermaine realised he could sing from an early age in church choirs and can play percussion and the bongos. He has since left his job to concentrate on singing following the band's qualification to the final 12. The keep fit addict has a sporty aunty in former athlete Tessa Sanderson and winning the competition would allow him to afford a personal trainer.

Jermain has a more personal reason for wanting to win the X Factor. His mother has Lupus, a kidney disease and winning would mean being financially sound enough so she would not have to work again. He has offered her is own kidney but she refused.

Andrew Fisher is a 30 year old social worker from Wolverhampton. He is one of nine children and has two of his own. Andrew and Jermain are mutual friends and joined the band at the same time. One of his hobbies is playing the guitar.

The band have so far impressed with renditions of Daniel Bedingfield's 'If You're Not the One', REM's 'Everybody Hurts' and on the first live show, 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted'. Winning the competition outright would be the culmination of years of hard work but they were eliminated in the second week.