The truth about pop's golden era: '5ive say Westlife were not the sort of angelic band behind the scenes'
Did you know that the earliest incarnation of Westlife, which featured Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan at the time, were rejected by Simon Cowell, who called them the ugliest band he had ever seen in his life? Or that Una Healy had auditioned alongside Nadine Coyle on Irish Popstars to become a member of Six?
Source: independent.ie