Same Difference are a pop duo that is made of Sean and Sarah Smith, a brother and sister from Waterlooville in the South of England. They came to prominence in 2007 following their third place on the fourth series of the X-Factor. Their music is predominently targeted at children and young teenagers.
Sean, 24, left home at 17 to become an entertainer. He performed in a number of pantomines and sang in an ABBA tour group before going on to sing on cruise-ships as well as in a local retirement homes.
Sarah, 21, left home at 16 to attend the Italia Conti Academy, Britain's oldest independent theatre arts training school. After graduating from the Academy in 2007, Sarah has worked as a professional model as well as appearing on Nickleodeon tv show Genie in the House, a British sitcom about a widowed father with two teenage daughthers. However, she claims that singing has always been her big passion.
Same Difference entered the Xfactor following an audition in London in 2007. However, they caused controversy amongst the judges whilst on the show. Simon Cowell, one of the show's judges, described them as "potentially two of the most annoying people I've ever met", before later ...