Weekend Presents: SYNCO!
The World's Biggest Pop Group Form A 'Female Weekend'


(L-R; Dustyn, Riley, Billy, Scott & Oscar debate which girls should make the final cut)

They've sold millions of records, assaulted charts around the world, have a string of top ten hits, signed to one of the biggest record labels, having high profile relationships, Dustyn Blue played the lead role in the hit sci-fi TV series Echo and most recently; Billy Khan became the winner of one of the biggest reality TV shows on earth; Big Brother and just landed a role in . However, that doesn't seem to be enough for the multicultural and multi-talented Weekend.

Their new TV show 'Weekend: The Big Search', which aired consecutively over the weekend that just past, showed the fabulous fivesome travel around the UK and USA in search of five girls who had the looks, talent and attitude to become part of the soon to be huge female counterpart of Weekend, titled 'SYNCO'. The boys travelled all around the UK earlier this year to see thousands of girls audition for them but many weren't up to the high standard and some only arrived just to get a glimpse of the boys. The USA auditions fared better and the five boys all admitted it was tough when it came down to decided who would progress further into the competition.

A few months down the line, the auditions and mini interviews with the boys have all been edited and were shown in Episode 1 which aired on Friday to a huge number of viewers. The second and third episodes were only filmed a few days prior to airing and the winning girls had to keep tight lipped for several days as they weren't allowed to spoil the surprise of seeing which girls made it into the band. This episode was aired on Sunday night and again, millions around the world tuned in to see who made it and will now be a member of SYNCO. Who are these girls we hear you ask? They are; 16 year old Jamie Jackson from Bradford who is the only British girl to make it into the band, Layla Sanchez (16) and Alexis 'Alex' Grey (17) who both hail from Miami, Florida. 18 year old Naomi White from Houston, Texas and 19 year old Nicole Wright from San Antonio, Texas complete the line up.

(SYNCO [From Left to Right]; Nicole Wright, Jamie Jackson, Naomi White, Alex Grey and Layla Sanchez)

We were lucky enough to get a few quotes from the girls this morning as they were heading into the recording studio for this time. Speaking on meeting the boys and what type of judges they were, they girls had this to say;









We were also extremely lucky to get an insight as to why some of the girls decided to audition for the show. The youngest girls in the group, Layla and Jamie (both 16), spoke to us a little before being whisked away by security who are extremely strict already.





What most people want to know is what the girls think of each other is and what can we expect from them in the coming months. Being compared to Weekend, they have a lot to live up to and must really bring something new to the table if they plan on being on the same level as them. Eldest member, Nicole, said the following;



So, Weekend have now created a female variant of the band to help them rule the charts. As the year closes in, could it mean that 2013 will be the year of SYNCO as 2012 was definitely Weekend's year? Well we'll have to wait and see. We would like to know what you think of the girls. Are they just another money making tool for Weekend? Will they be as big or will they receive a negative reception for being another pop band?