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- By the time the band came to
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- showcase for record
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- companies all of the major
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- labels flew out to Ireland and
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- a bidding war began for
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- Westlife. "We were flooded
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- with offers - I've never known
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- anything like it" remembers
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- Louis. "But RCA were our
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- favourite team from the start
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- because of their fantastic
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- history breaking great male
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- pop acts like Take That and
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- Five."
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- Then came the name
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- change as IOU didn't seem
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- right for the re-styled band.
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- Louis chose Westside after
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- seeing the name on the side
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- of a skip! Then that name
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- had to be changed because
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- someone else owned the
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- rights. Finally, the name
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- Westlife was born. "We
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- made damn sure nobody else
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- was called Westlife - third
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- time lucky!" says Kian.