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Who is Marvin Humes and when did he marry Rochelle?

MARVIN Humes has been impressing ITV viewers since he stepped into this year's I'm A Celebrity jungle - and not just thanks to that steamy shower scene.

Ever since he first launched into the spotlight as part of JLS, Marv has gone on to carve out a successful radio and TV career, as well as bagging a celebrity wife.

 Marvin has taken to jungle life like a duck to water
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Marvin has taken to jungle life like a duck to waterCredit: ITV
 Off screen, Marvin is married to wife Rochelle 
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Off screen, Marvin is married to wife Rochelle 

Who is Marvin Humes?

Marvin Humes - born on March 18, 1985 - is from Greenwich, London and was born to an Anglo-Scottish mother and a Jamaican father, and has two brothers - Leon and Jackson.

He best known for being part of the boyband JLS.

The first band he was in was VS which was formed by Blue member Simon Webbe but they split shortly after releasing an album.

From 2000 to 2003 he starred in Holby City as Robbie Waring for 14 episodes.

He then featured in a children's' TV show called K-Club which educated on computers and how they work.

Following his success with JLS the singer has now turned to TV and works on The Voice UK, This Morning as well as his regular Capital FM show.

In 2023, Marvin joined the I'm A Celebrity 2023 line-up.

Wife Rochelle has since revealed her strict rule for him after signing onto the show. Appearing on , the This Morning presenter said: "Our last conversation I was like 'I love you, I am already proud of you, be yourself.

"But also remember our ten-year-old has to go to school on Monday morning, so when it starts on Sunday whatever it is your faced with don’t say I’m a celebrity get me out of here'."

When did Marvin Humes join JLS?

Marvin joined JLS in 2006 with bandmates Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, and JB Gill.

Before auditioning for The X Factor they had already won an award for Best Unsigned Act at the Urban Music Awards for a mash-up of Stand By Me’ by Ben E. King and Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston.

The boyband was originally called UFO, but they changed their name for The X Factor when they realised there was already a group with the same name.

JLS auditioned for The X Factor in 2008.

The band eventually lost out to Alexandra Burke in the final.

But despite not winning, JLS went on to have a string of hit singles including Beat Again and Everybody In Love.

They released five studio albums including their greatest hits, and won MOBO and Brit Awards.

They split in 2013, before reuniting again in 2019.

When did Marvin and Rochelle Humes get married?

Marvin and Rochelle began dating in March 2010 and moved in together three months later.

Speaking about how they met in a nightclub, Rochelle told fans: "I went to the toilet and my bag was on the chair.

"He took my phone out of my bag, called himself from my phone and got my number.

The pair's romance did not get off to the best start as Rochelle revealed her Saturdays management had forbidden the girls to date a boyband star.

She said: "I remember having this meeting with our A&R manager, and I remember him saying to us, 'it's going really well, it's quite hard for girl bands because girls have to like you and not feel intimidated...

"The only thing you can do to mess this up is date someone from a boy band. If any of you date JLS then you're screwed."

However, their love blossomed and Marvin proposed to Rochelle on the Caribbean island of Antigua on New Year's Eve in 2011.
The couple then married in a lavish ceremony at Blenheim Palace in 2012.

How many children do Rochelle and Marvin Humes have?

Together the couple have three children.

Rochelle and Marvin welcomed their third child on October 9, 2020.

They named their first son Blake.

Announcing the news Rochelle said on Instagram: "Blake Hampton Humes.

"On Friday morning at 8.44am our boy arrived to flip the switch on 2020 ✨I didn’t think I’d ever fall in love with another man but this guy has stolen my whole heart and we’ve been in a love bubble ever since."

The couple already have two daughters, Alaia-Mai (born May 20, 2013) and Valentina Raine (born March 10, 2017) - so their new baby

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