HomeTown were a six-piece Irish boy band, formed and managed by Louis Walsh. They were signed to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment UK. The six-piece vocal group were made up of singers from the four corners of Ireland. Walsh auditioned a thousand young hopefuls for his latest pop endeavour and spent over a year whittling the numbers down until he finally settled on 5 members. Dean was the only member lucky enough to not have to endure the long audition process. HomeTown consisted of Cian Morrin, Dayl Cronin, Dean Gibbons, Josh Gray, Ryan McLoughlin and Brendan Murray.