6) Perrie and Leigh-Anne had babies just a few weeks apart! However, neither of these were aired on ITV. They knew all the same people but they never met! 5) Jade auditioned for The X Factor twice before making it with Little Mixīefore being put into a band alongside Jesy, Perrie and Leigh-Anne during the 2011 series, Jade previously auditioned as a solo artist twice before. Leigh-Anne added that if they were to change it, she'd like them to simply shorten it to LMX.Ĥ) Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards used to live in the same townĪlthough the girls never met before The X Factor, Perrie and Jade lived in the same town of South Shields, five minutes away from each other. 'I wouldn't say that I'm still, like, the biggest fan of Little Mix, but I feel like with every group name it just becomes.you don't even think about it anymore, it's just our name. She said: 'I really did not like the name for such a long time. Jesy revealed in an interview with Buzzfeed in May 2020 that she wasn't a fan of the name to begin with, but that she'd learned to love it.

However, the girls were forced to change their name due to a children's charity being called the same, and Little Mix were born. That's right! When the girls first formed on The X Factor in 2011, the band was originally called Rhythmix.

Do you think you guys could work together?' 2) The band weren't originally called Little Mix 'We truly feel like the four of you could bring something very special to this competition. When the four girls were called to the stage, Kelly commented to the judges: 'I like them together, they look fricking great together,' before telling the girls: 'You're probably wondering what you're doing up here, huh?

Little mix we are who we are