The Reason 4 was a British boyband based in Southampton who rose to fame after reaching the judges houses stage during the UK talent show The X Factor in 2010 in the program's seventh series.
Originally called The Reason, the four applied to the ITV talent show UK's The X Factor in summer of 2010 as a vocal group, composed of: All were residents of Southampton, Hampshire and working in that area.
After practising a few months, they auditioned to the seventh series of UK's The X Factor competition performing an acoustic version of Cheryl Cole's "Fight For This Love".
After sailing through their audition and bootcamp stages, The Reason reached the judges houses stage and sang in front Simon Cowell's house in his residence in Marbella, singing Daniel Bedingfield's song "If You're Not The One", but were dropped by Simon, the mentor for the groups that year, in favour of One Direction, F.Y.D, Belle Amie and Diva Fever After their elimination, The group were forced to change their name when Canadian band The Reason filed a lawsuit against their name.
In March 2011, The boys embarked on recording their first album which has been co written and produced by Eliot Kennedy famous for The Spice Girls, Take That, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion etc.