Search results
The Sidemen, initially formed as the Ultimate Sidemen, are a British online entertainment collective group that was officially formed on 19 October 2013, consisting of seven members since 2014. The group started out as a collaborative group of video game commentators on YouTube who were then known for playing various games, mostly FIFA.
- Quotes
A page for describing Quotes: Sidemen. TVTropes is licensed...
- RunningGag
Ms. Johnson accidentally reading the missing Mr. Carp's name...
- HoYay
With an all-male group with this much banter, there's bound...
- Funny
Sidemen / Funny - TV Tropes. Follow. Funny / Sidemen....
- Haiku
A page for describing Haiku: Sidemen. Ethan, Simon, Josh,...
- Memes
The Sidemen often get a kick out of the heinous...
- Heartwarming
When Ethan finally gets his one million subscribers on his...
- YMMV
The Sidemen Sunday sub-series Sidemen Tinder in Real Life...
- Deji
Mistaken for Gay: A Running Gag of his early career was a...
- Quotes
A page for describing Funny: Sidemen Gameplay. There was so much banter in the Sidemen's gameplay videos that we couldn't contain them in their main funny …
- Overview
- The Group
- History
- Events
- Accommodation
- Cars
- Supported Football Clubs
- Games
- Trivia
The Sidemen (formerly known as the Ultimate Sidemen), created on 19 October 2013, are a British YouTube group made up of Zerkaa (Josh Bradley), Miniminter (Simon Minter), TBJZL (Tobi Brown), KSI (Olajide "JJ" Olatunji), Behzinga (Ethan Payne), Vikkstar123 (Vikram Barn) and W2S (Harry Lewis) respectively. They are the biggest YouTube group in the United Kingdom.
The Sidemen are a group of friends who began playing video games online together in the early 2010s. As the decade progressed, they branched out into more varied content and created a commercial brand from their name. Since January 2018, they have uploaded weekly videos to their group channel under the banner of "Sidemen Sunday".
The members of the group are:
•Zerkaa / Josh Bradley (2013 — Present)
•Miniminter / MM7Games / Simon Minter (2013 — Present)
•TBJZL / Tobi Brown (2013 — Present)
•KSI / KSIOlajideBT / Olajide "JJ" Olatunji (2013 — Present)
•Behzinga / Ethan Payne (2013 — Present)
In 2005 (aged 12–13), Miniminter became friends with KSI and would help him record videos for fun. The two eventually ended up connecting with Zerkaa in 2012, who was already long-term friends with TBJZL from secondary school. On Josh's 21st birthday in September 2013, the four were all in a voice hangout and started watching a stream from Behzinga, whom they then invited to the group. This initial group was nicknamed - by Simon - as "The Original Five". Ethan coined the official name of the group, which is an allusion to a term to refer to those who are "behind the scenes" in a group and are much less popular than the main members. Originally, Simon was a "sideman" to JJ while Tobi was a "sideman" to Josh.
They started recording and playing Grand Theft Auto V together over the following months. After a while, they invited Vikkstar123 into a call to help with technical support. He fit the group despite not being as invested in FIFA/football as the others, but joined anyway as it was an informal group at the time. The Ultimate Sidemen - minus wroetoshaw - officially formed on 19 October 2013. A few months later, in early 2014, they asked Harry to record with them and he too fit in and eventually became integrated. The Sidemen released a video on their second channel in 2019 explaining in detail how each member was added into the group and how the group was officially formed. British rapper JME allegedly played a key part in the group's formation behind the scenes.
In August 2017, KSI "left" the group (he claimed it was "because of Ethan", triggering events known as the "Sidemen War/Beef") which in turn prompted a series of diss tracks and online spats. The majority of the "beef" was fabricated and was deemed by some as a ploy to gain more views/attention. In reality, JJ never actually left the group and the seven remained friends.
In 2018, the Sidemen launched a web television series for YouTube Originals called The Sidemen Show. It premiered in June 2018 to positive reviews and reactions. However, the group denied any intent to make further episodes due to the high costs involved.
The Sidemen have a diverse fan base. As shown in vlogs made by individual Sidemen members, the majority of the fans that show up to events are young teenage males. A majority of their fanbase has grown up with the group and spent a large proportion of their teenage years watching the Sidemen's videos.
In the 2020s, the Sidemen cemented themselves as a commercial brand. The seven members are all directors for the main Sidemen companies (Sidemen Clothing Ltd., Sidemen Holdings Ltd., Sidemen Entertainment Ltd. and Sidemen Ventures Ltd.) with all these companies officially operating from their headquarters in Worthing, West Sussex.
As their popularity began to grow, the Sidemen began to branch out and started hosting their own events. Appearances at commercial gaming events such as Insomnia, as well as unofficial meet-ups are not counted as there are too many of them:
Released Events:
•2016 Charity Football Match (3 June 2016)
•Release of Sidemen: The Book and Sidemen: The Audiobook (18 October 2016)
•Upload Event #1 (TBA November 2016)
•2017 Charity Football Match (21 May 2017)
This is an overview of where each of the Sidemen has lived since their formation in 2013. Prior to moving into the locations below, most of the members lived with their parents/family except Zerkaa who had a flat:
As the Sidemen have grown more popular and individually grown wealthier, their cars have become more high profile and notable. Here is a gallery of some of the current and former cars owned by each of the Sidemen.
KSI's purchase of a Lamborghini Aventador LP700 in 2014 first made people aware of how much money YouTubers can make and spend, and it has become a trend for YouTubers to show off their expensive cars in the years since.
Football is a sport which has been a constant in the Sidemen's development. Many of the members built their channels off FIFA videos so naturally most of them are fans of major clubs in the English Football League (EFL). Some of the group are more committed football fans than others - W2S is known for wearing any branded football kit he feels like.
All of the Sidemen are fans of association football and FIFA, specifically pro clubs, is one of the main games that is commonly featured on the MoreSidemen channel. Each member of the group used to have at least two YouTube channels; one for FIFA and "real life" videos and one for other games such as Grand Theft Auto V and Call of Duty. Vikkstar123 was an exception; his main channel was not FIFA-focused and his second channel was Minecraft-focused. Now, however, they rarely use their main channels to play these games, instead playing on their second channels or on the MoreSidemen channel as a group.
This is a list of video games played by the Sidemen since the group began in 2013.
•This list is potentially endless. You can help out by adding any video games we may have missed. Please make sure they are genuine and you have sourced them reliably.
•A game that gains a position on this list must have had AT LEAST two Sidemen playing together (i.e. a video game that Miniminter has played on his own would not count towards this list).
•Simon runs and maintains the "MoreSidemen" channel.
•XIX, which represents the number 19, stands for the day the Sidemen were formed (19/10/2013).
•Their club on FIFA is also named XIX.
•The group, mainly those that lived in the Sidemen House, would record game play throughout the night and spent up to 14 hours a day sat at their desks. This resulted in abnormal sleep patterns/schedules. Vik revealed that, in order to sustain his near-constant upload schedule on YouTube, he went to sleep at around 11:00 am and woke up at 6:00 pm. This was seen a lot, especially when streaming with friends overseas.
•During the time that Simon and JJ shared a flat (2019 until 2022), the Sidemen would use it as base to film their less-extravagant group videos such as Q&A's and indoor low-budget challenges.
•The Sidemen have a system in which they count how many videos each member has made (presented or organised) a year. A yellow card is given if a member is late/does not show to a video shoot. Two yellow cards introduce a red card. If a member receives a red card, one of their videos is discounted. The member with the most yellow/red cards, or least amount of videos made that year, is given the next available video to organise.
People also ask
Who are sidemen on 'the sidemen show'?
What happened to the sidemen?
Is the sidemen show free?
Who are the sidemen & why are they so popular?
The Sidemen Show is a web television series starring the Sidemen. It premiered on 18 June 2018 on YouTube Originals, with the first episode made available for free. The show is narrated by actor Iain Glen, best known for his role as Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones.
YouTube Premium. Release. 18 June 2018. ( 2018-06-18) The Sidemen Show is a British reality stunt web television series starring British YouTube group Sidemen, composed of JJ Olatunji, Harry Lewis, Ethan Payne, Vik Barn, Simon Minter, Josh Bradley, and Tobi Brown. The series is produced by Blue Ant Digital Studios in association with Antenna ...
Jun 18, 2018 · The Sidemen Show : Season 1. Sidemen. 7 videos 8,396,945 views Last updated on Jun 18, 2018. Watch JJ, Simon, Tobi, Vik, Josh, Ethan, and Harry take on epic challenges in The Sidemen...
