Jack Goldstein - 101 Amazing Facts About The Wanted

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101 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE WANTED

Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor

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Introduction

Are you the worlds biggest fan of The Wanted? Or do you want to find out everything there is to know about the worlds greatest boy-band?

If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 amazing facts about how they boys got started in the music industry, the women they have dated, incredible things about their personal lives plus many more. The book is easily organised into sections so you can find the information you want fast!

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The Band

1. The Wanted were formed in 2009
2. Auditions were held for the band by Jayne Collins, a casting agent who also formed successful girl-group The Saturdays.
3. It took a full nine months to choose the band as we know them today.
4. At the time of writing, the boys have released two studio albums and are currently working on a third.
5. Justin Bieber personally asked The Wanted to support him in his tour of South America - what a recommendation!
6. Nathan apparently suggested the name of the band, as he thought it would be funny to see the boys faces on Wanted posters!
7. Their debut album was produced by Taio Cruz.
8. In 2010 The Wanted won an award for being the years hottest boys!
9. In February 2013 it was announced the lads would star in their own realty television series entitled The Wanted Life produced by Ryan Seacrest.
10. The first season proved to be a success in both the US and UK and although a couple of the boys were initially a little unsure about filming a second season it looks as if itll go ahead.

Max

1. Max was born on the 6 th of September, 1988.
2. His full name is Maximillian Albert George.
3. He was born and grew up in Manchester.
4. Max supports super-rich football club Manchester City.
5. He was once a member of a band called Avenue.
6. When he was in Avenue, they entered The X Factor and even made it through to the bootcamp stage.
7. They were banned from the competition however for breaking the rules - it was found out that they had previously been signed by someone related to the show.
8. As a member of Avenue, Max even supported McFly on tour.
9. Maxs favourite colour is blue - but not just any blue, Manchester City blue!
10. Max loves Hagen-Dazs Pralines & Cream.

Jay

1. Jay was born on the 24 th of July, 1990.
2. His full name is James McGuiness.
3. He was born and grew up in Nottingham.
4. Amazingly, just like Siva, Jay has a twin brother!
5. However, Jays twin is non-identical.
6. Jay was trained in performing from his early teenage years, attending the Charlotte Hamilton school of dance.
7. In July 2013, an unfinished demo that Jay recorded with songwriter Paddy Dalton was leaked online. It was called Out of Time and received plenty of praise from fans.
8. In August 2013, Jay was named the worlds sexiest vegetarian celebrity by the US division of PETA, the animal rights charity.
9. Jay regularly attended church - until he was fifteen.
10. During the ongoing One Direction Twitter feud, Jay said he thought Harry (styles) had retained manners and dignity unlike some of his bandmates. Shortly after, Jays brother joined in the feud tweeting to Louis (Tomlinson) saying he would give him a lesson in picking up his own teeth. Oh dear!

General Facts - Part 1

1. Sivas good looks were spotted at a young age - hes been modelling since he was sixteen, and was once on the books of well-respected Storm Model Management.
2. Before being chosen as a member of The Wanted, Tom was in a Take That tribute band!
3. Jay is a true romantic - he reckons one of the best things you can do is to write a song for your girlfriend.
4. When he joined the band, Max was already a professional footballer with Preston.
5. Jay is a highly-skilled tap dancer!
6. The first time Nathan went to a gig was to see S Club 7.
7. Siva has a pre-show ritual that involves tying his right shoelace extra-tight for good luck!
8. OK girls, there are three things Siva reckons he looks out for - courage, confidence and nice hands. So get the manicure sets out...
9. The band have had an on-going feud with the boys from One Direction for a while now and there are a number of different stories as to how it started, some say Max started with his comment where are they now? which he says was taken out of context, others say it started when Zayn called Max a geek on Twitter. The boys have apparently even asked to sort things out in a physical way on a number of occasions!
10. Tom is right-handed - but actually prefers holding the microphone in his left hand.

Nathan

1. Nathan was born on the 18 th of April, 1993.
2. His full name is Nathan James Sykes.
3. Nathan was born and grew up in Gloucester.
4. Nathan had a musical upbringing - his mother was a music teacher!
5. He has been used to singing in public from a young age - his first performance was when he was just six!
6. Nathan went to the world-famous Sylvia Young theatre school.
7. His favourite colour is green.
8. Nathan also once won a talent contest, singing Mack the Knife.
9. He wanted to represent Britain in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, but sadly only came third in the qualifying round.
10. Nathan had to drop out of the bands US tour because of emergency throat surgery. There was a great deal of concern over the condition of his vocal chords, and the band even seriously discussed what they would do if he was unable to return.

Siva

1. Siva was born on the 16 th of November, 1988.
2. His full name is Siva Kaneswaran.
3. Siva was born and grew up in Dublin.
4. He is of mixed Sri Lankan and Irish descent.
5. Siva has a twin brother named Kumar.
6. He is in fact part of a very large family - he has seven siblings in total!
7. His mother amazingly brought up all eight children on her own, after Sivas dad sadly died when he was just five.
8. He has said that he cant sleep unless hes lying on silk sheets - Siva the Diva anyone?
9. Back in 2008, he had a part in TV Show Rock Rivals.
10. According to some reports, the boys had a row because Siva didnt want to fly to Las Vegas to perform in a high-paying gig. It wasnt that he couldnt be bothered to travel though - it was due to the fact that they had had a no girlfriends rule imposed on them for the trip, and Siva didnt want to leave his beau at home!

First Ten Singles

If youre a new fan of the band, youll want to go back and listen to the first ten songs that cemented their reputation as a world-class outfit...