Our Difference Is Our Strength

As Il Divo celebrate 15 years, Sébastien Izambard shares the secret to their success

- Clare Saul

Could we have met if we didn’t have the band? I don’t believe so, we are way too different. Would we be best friends? No, I don’t think we would.”

Sébastien Izambard sits down and shares his thoughts on fellow band members, Spanish Carlos Marin, Swiss Urs Buhler and American David Miller. Collectively, they and the French singer-songwriter are better known as Il Divo – Italian for “divine performer”. And while they might all be very individual, like different instruments in an orchestra, they combine to make one special sound.

“We are four very different, strong personalities but actually that is our strength,” explains Sébastien. “With our differences we actually create a power. We all bring ideas to the table. We have a really good way of making decisions by voting. Three to one means a good idea.