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The banner logo used in the group's videos. The full form has silhouettes of sharply-ressed men above the banner.

The Sidemen (formally the Ultimate Sidemen) are a group of seven British YouTubers who have boosted in popularity throughout 2014, 2015 and 2016. They are all good friends (most of the time) and play video games together.

The name is an allusion to a term to refer to those who are "behind the scenes" and are much less noticed than the main people.

Formation

Originally, JJ (KSI) was the only YouTuber; he and Simon (miniminter) became friends in Year 8 (aged 12-13). Simon would help him record videos by holding the camera and such. The two eventually ended up connecting with Josh (Zerkaa), who was long-term friends with Tobi (TBJZL). On Josh's birthday, the four were all in a voice hangout and started watching a stream from Ethan (Behzinga); they then invited him to the group. This group was nicknamed - by Simon - as "The Original Five". They started recording and playing GTA together, and then invited Vik (Vikkstar123). He was a fit - despite not being as invested in FIFA/football as the others - so naturally he joined the group, as it was an informal group at the time. The 'Ultimate Sidemen' - minus Harry (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 THEN THERE WAS CAMERON....

The Members

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All of the Sidemen together during a shoot with Comedy Central UK for The Sidemen Experience web miniseries. From left-to-right, standing: TBJZL, Zerkaa, KSIOlajideBT, miniminter, Vikkstar123. Lower two, Behzinga and wroetoshaw.

The members are:

Olajide Olatunji
Simon Minter
Josh Bradley
Tobi Brown
Ethan Payne
Vikram Barn
Harry Lewis

In addition to these seven, a British rapper "JME" is considered an official/unofficial member of the Sidemen, since he allegedly played a key part in the groups formation (he has still been said to be a part of the Sidemen by multiple members as of 2016):

Jamie Adenuga

Games

The Sidemen XIX logo, used on the Sidemen Clothing line. XIX is the Roman numeral for nineteen (19), the day in October 2013 when the group formed.

All of the Sidemen are fans of association football and FIFA is the main game that is commonly associated with most them. Each member of the group has 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 is an exception; his main channel is not FIFA-focused and his second channel is Minecraft-focused (although he also runs a third Let's Play channel and a fourth Call of Duty community channel).

More Games

Cards Against Humanity
Drawing games (Pinturillo 2, Draw with Friends and Draw my Thing)
Rocket League
FIFA
Call of Duty
Grand Theft Auto 5
Minigolf (Tower Unite Minigolf, Golf with Friends and 3D Ultra Minigolf)
Dead by Daylight
Garry's Mod (GMOD)
Trivial Pursuit Live
Pokémon Go
Shellshock Live
Uno and Uno Rush
Geoguessr
Ultimate Chicken Horse

External links

UltimateSidemen.com, an unaffiliated portal fansite
Ultimate Sidemen on TV Tropes


Behzinga Ethan Payne	W2S Harry Lewis	Zerkaa Josh Bradley	KSI Olajide "JJ" Olatunji	Miniminter Simon Minter	TBJZL Tobi Brown	Vikkstar123 Vikram Barn

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 == Formation ==
-Originally, Cameron and  JJ ([[KSIOlajideBT|KSI]]) was the only YouTuber; he and Simon ([[miniminter]]) became friends in Year 8 (aged 12-13). Simon would help him record videos by holding the camera and such. The two eventually ended up connecting with Josh ([[Zerkaa]]), who was long-term friends with Tobi ([[TBJZL]]). On Josh's birthday, the four were all in a voice hangout and started watching a stream from Ethan ([[Behzinga]]); they then invited him to the group. This group was nicknamed - by Simon - as "The Original Five". They started recording and playing [[Grand Theft Auto V|GTA]] together, and then invited Vik ([[Vikkstar123]]). He was a fit - despite not being as invested in FIFA/football as the others - so naturally he joined the group, as it was an informal group at the time. <span style="font-weight:normal;">The 'Ultimate Sidemen' - minus Harry </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">(</span>[[wroetoshaw]]<span style="font-weight:normal;">) </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">- officially formed on 19 October 2013.</span> A few months later, in early 2014, they asked Harry to record with them and he too fit in. AND THEN THERE WAS CAMERON....
+Originally, JJ ([[KSIOlajideBT|KSI]]) was the only YouTuber; he and Simon ([[miniminter]]) became friends in Year 8 (aged 12-13). Simon would help him record videos by holding the camera and such. The two eventually ended up connecting with Josh ([[Zerkaa]]), who was long-term friends with Tobi ([[TBJZL]]). On Josh's birthday, the four were all in a voice hangout and started watching a stream from Ethan ([[Behzinga]]); they then invited him to the group. This group was nicknamed - by Simon - as "The Original Five". They started recording and playing [[Grand Theft Auto V|GTA]] together, and then invited Vik ([[Vikkstar123]]). He was a fit - despite not being as invested in FIFA/football as the others - so naturally he joined the group, as it was an informal group at the time. <span style="font-weight:normal;">The 'Ultimate Sidemen' - minus Harry </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">(</span>[[wroetoshaw]]<span style="font-weight:normal;">) </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">- officially formed on 19 October 2013.</span> A few months later, in early 2014, they asked Harry to record with them and he too fit in. AND THEN THERE WAS CAMERON....
 == The Members ==