Background
Gill is the son of Cynthia and Keith Gill and has one brother, Neequaye. Gill grew up, mostly, in Croydon and began making music at the age of seven when he played the recorder, piano, flute and guitar.
Gill is the son of Cynthia and Keith Gill and has one brother, Neequaye. Gill grew up, mostly, in Croydon and began making music at the age of seven when he played the recorder, piano, flute and guitar.
They went on to have five number-one singles and sold over 10 million records worldwide before disbanding in December 2013. He spent the first five years of his life living in Antigua, discovering his musical talent at a very early age. After completing his exams at university, he decided to audition for The X Factor in 2007.
Gill concentrated on his music and began studying at The Centre for Young Musicians, After leaving the CYM, Gill stayed involved with the school music scene.
He was involved with the choir at school. He continued this until he was 15 but had to give it up due to the pressures from the school to concentrate on his rugby career.
He was involved with London Irish rugby club until he was 18. He eventually decided that he wanted to sing rather than play rugby and took up vocal coaching during a year out before attending university.
During this period, Gill was contacted by Oritse to try out for the band because of his musical ear and attention to harmonies.
He studied theology at King"s College London, staying in halls in Russell Square, before dropping out to pursue a music career. Gill joined boy band unidentified flying object, later known as JLS, in 2006. The group auditioned for The X Factor in 2008, managed by Louis Walsh.
They finished runners-up behind Alexandra Burke.
They later signed a record deal with Epic Records. In 2013, JLS announced via Twitter they had decided to split up after their farewell tour and album and book
In 2014, Gill competed on Celebrity MasterChef. Beginning on 1 February 2015, he took part in the second series of The Jump.
In August 2015, he is one of the main presenter"s on Cbeebies new program "Down On The Farm".
In November 2015, he appeared on the show, Countryfile as a farmer.
He is best known as a former member of boy band JLS, who came second place on The X Factor in 2008. lieutenant was at this point that he came into contact with the other members of JLS. In January 2014, it was revealed that Gill would team up with DJ and music producer Charlie Hedges to release his debut solo single Best Night of My Life, making him the first member of JLS to release solo material.
