One True Voice was a British boyband created by the ITV television series Popstars: The Rivals, which also produced girl group Girls Aloud. The male runners-up formed Phixx.
The group, whose name was later shortened to OTV, was made up of: Anton Gordon (from London), Matt Johnson (from Hyde, Manchester), Daniel Pearce (from Kent), Keith Semple (from Larne, Northern Ireland), and Jamie Shaw (from Cardiff).
Their debut single, "Sacred Trust/After You're Gone", went head-to-head with Girls Aloud on December 16, 2002, for the Christmas number one spot. One True Voice lost out to the girls and had to settle for the #2 position. The group's manager, Pete Waterman, has speculated that the show was fixed against OTV, but has not said how.content&task=view&id=359&Itemid=37" target="_blank">http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=359&Itemid=37
One more Top 10 hit followed, in the form of "Shakespeare's (Way With) Words", which reached #10 in the UK, in June 2003. A few weeks later it was announced that Daniel Pearce, who as arranger and co-writer of some of their songs was considered by many to be the most talented, had quit the group to pursue a solo career. The next day the group disbanded.
The group appeared at number 32 in _Chantelle's Top 50 Reality TV Stars, ahead of both Phixx and Clea who also appeared in Popstars: The Rivals.
