They originally auditioned for the ninth series in 2012 and got to the "judges' houses" stage, but were forced to back out as Nigerian-born Ajobo was unable to obtain a visa in time, which would have made it almost impossible for him to re-enter the UK.
After Brown left the group Ajobe, Thomas and Ramsey stayed together as a three-piece and renamed themselves to Rough Copy.
However, before flying out to Las Vegas, Rough Copy were forced to leave the show as Ajobe, who was born in Nigeria, would have difficulty getting back into the UK.
After getting to bootcamp, it became apparent that Ajobe, yet again, was unable to obtain a visa in time for judges' houses, so Ramsey and James decided to continue on without him.
[7] They performed "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" at bootcamp[7] and "Boyfriend" and "I Can't Make You Love Me" at judges' houses.
[citation needed] In the semi-final, Rough Copy were in the final showdown with Luke Friend and were eliminated after the result went to deadlock.
[citation needed] Although James and Ramsey also took part in the X Factor 2014 live tour, Ajobe was kicked off following a 'backstage incident' with fellow contestant Sam Callahan.
The group was subsequently dropped from their record label when their debut single "Street Love" failed to make the top 100.