X Factor finalists G4 have reflected on the loss of their bandmate, Ben Thapa, as they continue to tour without him following his death. Thapa, one of the original members of the vocal troupe who left in 2018 to pursue his own music career, died earlier this month, aged 42.

The stars of the first ever series of X Factor have said it has been 'cathartic' to perform the songs they used to sing with their late bandmate Ben Thapa on their 20th anniversary tour following his

The operatic group rose to fame on the first series of the hit ITV singing competition in 2004, where they finished in second.