All About Artist-Actor Hollywood

Nathan

• His full name is Nathan James Sykes
• He was born on 18th April 1993
• Has a Sister called Jessica
• Was born in Gloucester
• Supports Manchester United
• Also supports Gloucester Rugby Union
• Went to Sylvia Young Theatre School
• Is always late
• Came 3rd in the competition to represent UK at Junior Eurovision in 2004
• Won Britney Spears Karaoke Criminals in 2003
• His favourite band is Boys II Men
• Loves a good cup of tea
• Is the baby of the band
• Thinks he looks like sid the sloth from Ice Age
• Plays the keyboard

Max

• His full name is Maximillian Alberto George
• He was born on 6th September 1988
• Is a Virgo
• Has a brother called Jack
• Was born in Manchester
• Supports Manchester City
• Only member of the band not to have a flat in London
• Was in a band called Avenue with Andy from Lawson before being in The Wanted
• Loves playing with the other boys ears
• Had a contract at Preston North End football club
• His dream is to swim with sharks
• His favourite band is Queen
• Plays bass guitar
• Was engaged to Michelle Keegan
• Loves performing gigs in Manchester

Jay

• His full name is James McGuiness
• Was born on 24th July 1990
• Has a twin brother called Tom
• Also has an older brother called Luke and a younger brother called Sean
• Has a younger sister called Eleanor
• Is obsessed with Avatar
• Has a pet bearded dragon called Neytiri or Tia for short
• Was born in Nottingham
• Attended a dance school before joining the band
• Consistently losing his phone
• Loves Skittles
• Is a vegetarian
• Was named sexiest vegetarian in 2011
• Is called ‘JayBird’ or just ‘Bird’ by the rest of the band
• Plays the tambourine or drums on tour

Siva

• His full name is Siva Kaneswaran
• Was born on 18th November 1988
• Has an identical twin brother called Kumar
• Has 6 other siblings
• Was a model before joining The Wanted
• Is half Sri-Lankan, half Irish
• Was born in Dublin
• Loves chocolate brownies
• Has a longterm girlfriend called Nareesha
• Has silk sheets on his bed
• The other boys constantly take the mickey out of his for his love of candles
• Plays the guitar
• Loves Star Trek
• His favourite animal is a dog
• Nicknamed ‘Siva the Diva’ by the other boys

Tom

• His full name is Thomas Anthony Parker
• He was born on 4th August 1988
• Has an older brother called Lewis
• Is from Bolton
• Supports Bolton Wanderers
• Auditioned for The X Factor but didn’t get past the first audition stage
• Also played Mark Owen in a Take That tribute band
• Went to Uni to study Geography but dropped out
• Has a girlfriend called Kelsey
• His favourite animal is a parrot
• Is known for his tantrums
• Plays the guitar
• Is the oldest member of the band
• Is a self proclaimed shocking dancer
• Has a tattoo on his side that says ‘Rock and Roll’

The Wanted

• They were formed by mass audition in 2009
• They were put together by Jayne Collins, the same woman behind The Saturdays and District 3
• Their first UK Single was All Time Low
• It was released on 25th July 2010
• It reached number 1
• Before their debut single the boys did a long schools and clubs tour
• Their first US release was Glad You Came
• It also became their second UK number one
• Their first performance in the US was on The Ellen Show
• The video for their second single Heart Vacancy was filmed in Croatia
• They are managed by Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun
• They supported The Bieber on a tour of South America
• Their first album was called The Wanted
• Nathan came up with the band name after hearing album track Let’s Get Ugly
• Were banned from switching on Manchester Christmas Lights in 2010 due to health and safety fears
• Their debut headline tour was called ‘Behind Bars’
• They were supported by Lawson, TwentyTwenty and Starboy Nathan
• Their first arena tour was called ‘The Code’ despite fans wanting it to simply be called ‘The Wanted Arena Tour’
• At the request of fans they added album track ‘The Weekend’ to the tour setlist
• Their second album was called Warzone
• ‘Glad You Came’ was performed on Glee
• In 2011 they did the Comic Relief single called ‘Gold Forever’
• ‘Chasing the Sun’ was the theme song for ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’
• In 2013 they won ‘Best Group’ at the Virgin Media Awards, beating One Direction
• Their own TV show ‘The Wanted Life’ starts in Summer 2013