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For every Westlife that leaves the sweat shop there's a Phixx waiting in the wings. Which makes this round-up of the worst ever boy bands an easy task...

One True Voice

Big break: Being made the crowning battery-farmed victors during 2002 reality TV show Popstars: The Rivals.
High point: Picking a One True Voice high point is like trying to spot a heterosexual man at a Kylie gig. Unfortunately, these boys never reached boyband nirvana - as soon as they were crowned winners, they were pipped to the pop post by rivals Girls Aloud, who scored the Christmas No.1 that year and have gone on to become one of the UK's most successful girl groups.

Low point: Where do we start? The group appeared at number 32 in Chantelle Houghton's Top 50 Reality TV Stars. Game over.