The group consisted of Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matthew Pagan, Thomas J. Redgrave and Richard Hadfield, who left the band in June 2016.

Their fourth album Road to the Royal Albert Hall, was released on 31 August 2018 and peaked at number nineteen in the UK.

Pagan and Lambert knew each other already, and used social media to find three additional singers to complete the band's line-up.

[citation needed] In February, 2014, a month after forming, Collabro auditioned in London for the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent.

They received a standing ovation from both the audience and judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams for their rendition of the song "Stars" from the musical Les Misérables.

[4] During the live final on 7 June, Collabro performed a different arrangement of their audition song "Stars" for which they received 26.5% of the vote, winning the competition by a wide margin.

Following the departure of Richard Hadfield from the band, Collabro announced their third album Home would be released in March 2017 having set up their own record label "Peak Productions".

This new offering featured a selection of stage classics, fan favourites and their first original song "Lighthouse", co-written by Ben Adams.

On 20 March 2017, the band announced they would be joining Cliff Richard on his summer Just Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Tour of the UK.

[citation needed] In August 2018, the band released their fourth studio album Road to the Royal Albert Hall.

The tour started on 10 February in South Shields and ended on 20 April at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

On their social media accounts, the band said, "After 5 incredible years together, we're proud to announce we've signed a major new record deal with @BMG.

On 18 May 2014, Collabro (excluding Hadfield) appeared at the Soccer Six charity football tournament at The Valley, home ground of Charlton Athletic F.C.

[citation needed] In 2016, following the departure of Richard Hadfield, Collabro were invited back to Soccer Aid - performing live on ITV to 7 million viewers for the first time as a four pieces.

Jamie Lambert (born 19 June 1990), was brought up in Washington, Tyne and Wear and studied at Dame Allan's School, Newcastle.

At the time of Collabro's BGT audition, he was working part-time in the finance department of Barts Health NHS Trust in London.

He previously worked at the South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust of which his mother, Lorraine Lambert, is the chief executive.

Thomas became an ambassador for The IBS Network, the UK charity working to support people living with irritable bowel syndrome, in March 2017.