True Voice 'split' mystery

The group earlier denied they were splitting up due to poor sales

Mystery surrounds whether One True Voice singer Daniel Pearce remains in the group, after reports he had left the made-for-TV act.

BBC Radio 1 reported on Monday the 24-year-old singer had left the group, who were formed from the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals, alongside all-female act Girls Aloud.

Fellow One True Voice member Anton Gordon told Radio 1 he had left the five-piece on Monday.

But a spokesman for the act's label, Zomba, was unable to comment on the report on Tuesday morning.

"We're not splitting up, we're not splitting up at all... I don't think Daniel's happy," Gordon told Radio 1.

"I think he's leaving the band maybe, but we're not splitting up."

"He just has his own personal reasons really. And fair play to him - he's a talented guy and I wish him all the best," Gordon, 19, added.

Girls Aloud have achieved more success in the charts

The news follows reports last week the group - Pearce, Gordon, Matt Johnson, 17, Keith Semple, 21, and Jamie Shaw, 17 - were about to split up.

Johnson denied the claims on breakfast TV station GMTV.

The boy band, managed by pop svengali Pete Waterman, have trailed behind Girls Aloud.

They lost out in the two groups' first chart battle in December, with their debut single Sacred Trust selling 147,000 against Girls Aloud's 213,000 for Sound Of The Underground.

Girls Aloud's single became the Christmas number one and topped the charts for four weeks in total.

One True Voice were recently voted Britain's worst group in a poll, a day after their tour was cancelled due to poor ticket sales.