Journey South confirm Help For Heroes single

X Factor stars Journey South have confirmed that they are releasing a Help For Heroes Christmas single.

Andy and Carl Pemberton, who finished third in the second series of the ITV1 reality show, will re-release their track 'What I Love About Home' with all proceeds going to the British charity for wounded servicemen and women.

"It's a song about when you are away from home, how much you miss home. For all the guys out in Afghanistan, missing their families, it must be a terrible time. To realise they are not coming home for Christmas, well we think the song is very apt for that," Carl told DS.

The brothers are hoping that the single will challenge this year's X Factor winner for the festive number one spot.

"It did really well on the forces radio station. They told us, 'We're not in the game of breaking artists, but we have heard the song and just thought it was very apt'," said Andy. "They played it and it got a massive response from the troops and troops' families.

"Two years later, with all the current issues, we thought it would be good to re-release it alongside Help For Heroes and give all the proceeds to them. That's what we're doing in time for Christmas and hopefully it will compete with the X Factor single."

The song is currently being re-recorded in Sweden with producers Carl Falk and Didrik Thott. It will be available to download from Sunday, December 13.