Rob Mills
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Mills |
| Born | 21 June 1982 |
| Origin | Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, quiz show host |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG2003-2004 |
| Website | www.robmills.net.au |
Rob Mills (born 21 June 1982) is an Australian singer best known as one of the finalists from young talent time 1988. He was a co-host on the late-night quiz show The Mint as well as a regular singer on the game show The Singing Bee both on the Nine Network. Until August 2009 Mills starred as Fiyero in the Melbourne production of the musical Wicked and continued the role when it moved to Sydney on 5 September 2009. Mills is the host of Network Ten's revamped Young Talent Time.
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[edit] Early life
Mills attended Brentwood Secondary College, frequently participating in the school Battle of the Bands concert. Mills formed a band called "The Megamen" with two friends and soon developed a keen following on the Melbourne live music scene with their sessions every Sunday at the Red Eagle Hotel at Albert Park. Mills is a resident of Melbourne.
[edit] Australian Idol
Mills was a contestant for the first series of Australian Idol and he made the top five. He performed on "Rise Up", the #1 Australian single performed by all the Australian finalists in 2003. Mills performed the song "Dirty Girl" on the double platinum album Australian Idol: Final 12 soundtrack released in October 2003. It was during this time that Mills had an affair with Paris Hilton, while she was in Australia for the Melbourne Cup festivities.
Mills' song list:
- Melbourne Audition – "Swear It Again" (Westlife)
- Semi Final Group 5 – "Angels" (Robbie Williams)
- Final 12 (70s) – "Alright Now" (Free)
- Final 10 (#1 Hits) – "You Don't Treat Me No Good No More" (Sonia Dada)
- Final 8 (Aussie Hits) – "Take Me Back" (Noiseworks)
- Final 6 (80s) – "If I Could" (1927)
- Up, Close and Personal – "When You Say Nothing At All" (Ronan Keating)
- Final 5 (R&B/Soul) – "Too Close" (Next) and "If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time" (R. Kelly)
[edit] Post-Idol
He signed a contract with BMG in 2004. His first album "Up All Night" was released in Australia on 14 June 2004 and debuted in the top 40. The first single from the album Ms Vanity was released on 31 May in Australia and debuted at #6 in the Australian singles charts.[citation needed]
In July 2005, Mills toured the east coast of Australia, playing from Cairns to Tasmania. Also performing on national TV, KAK, The Today Show and Carols by Candlelight while on tour.
After having completed his tour, he had a starring role as Johnny Casino alongside John Farnham, Natalie Bassingthwaite and Craig McLachlan in Grease - The Musical Arena Tour. The tour was a commercial and critical success.[citation needed].
Mills hosted a television show Stooged on Network Ten,[1] a hidden-camera show. The show premiered on 28 July 2005 however was cancelled shortly after due to declining ratings.
During Triple M's tsunami fundraiser, where people pledged money to hear their favourite song played, Mills called the station and requested his own song. This was a request made of him by the radio station.[2]
Mills confessed on the television show Spicks and Specks that he had a brief but highly publicised tryst with celebrity heiress Paris Hilton at the Melbourne Cup of 2003.[3] He later made fun of the tryst by singing "I Love Paris" (best known in a recording by Frank Sinatra) to close-off the show.
In May 2007, Mills appeared as the lead role of Claude in the sold out Perth production of the rock musical Hair along with Cosima De Vito and Nikki Webster. The production was directed by Chris Kabay and musically directed by Simon Holt of yellow glass theatre.
On 31 July 2007, Mills started a co-hosting role on the late-night quiz show The Mint which aired on the Nine Network.
He appeared in a stunt for the ABC TV show The Chaser's War on Everything alongside Craig Reucassel that satirised the Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon.
In October 2007, Mills and three others were selected to be regular singers on the game show The Singing Bee.
Mills then originated the role of Fiyero in the Australian production of the Broadway musical Wicked. The show opened on 12 July 2008, in Melbourne where it ran for 13 months, closing on 9 August 2009. It then transferred to Sydney from 12 September. He originally starred oppostie Lucy Durack as Glinda, Amanda Harrison as Elphaba and the late Rob Guest as The Wizard.[4] Mills played his final performance on 6 June 2010, and was replaced by Tim Campbell.
On 4 June 2009 it was announced on Today Tonight that he was on the new season of Dancing with the Stars. He was the second person to be eliminated [5]
In 2009 and early 2010 Mills had a role as a recurring character on the Australian children's show The Shak[6]
On 26 May 2010, Mills appeared on a episode on the children's game show Pyramid and again on 7, 16 and 23 June 2010.
On 9 June 2010 Mills appeared on variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday, accompanying the show's band.
After rumors began circulating the Australian theatre scene that Mills had auditioned for the musical Hairspray which begins its Melbourne run in October 2010, Mills confirmed that he had auditioned for the show on his Twitter page, though for which role he auditioned is not yet known. Mills however, did not receive a part in the production.
He appeared in a guest role in the Australian TV show Winner's and Losers as Sean.
From 13–30 July 2011, Rob played the role of Jamie in Jason Robert Brown's musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Sydney's Seymour Centre.
In August 2011, it was announced that Rob would host a new version of the popular Australian talent show Young Talent Time, with co-production duties from original host Johnny Young.
In March 2012, it was announced that Mills will play Warner Hunnington III in the Australian production of Legally Blonde, which also star his Wicked co-star Lucy Durack as the main character, Elle Woods.[7]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Up All Night (2004) - #21 Australia.
[edit] Singles
- Rise Up - with the Australian Idol Cast - #1
- Dirty Girl – (radio promo release only)
- Ms. Vanity – #6 Australia (Gold)
- Every Single Day (song) – #24 Australia
- Overrated – (digital release only)
[edit] References
- ^ "The Mint - Rob Mills". The Mint. Channel Nine. http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=281655. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ "Rob Mills". NineMSN Music. NineMSN. http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=284042. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ Warneke, Ross (2003-11-06). "Australian Idol". TV & Radio (The Age). http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/06/1067989608133.html. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (2008-12-02). "Harrison, Durack, Guest, Mills, Callea and Kirkpatrick to Star in Australia's Wicked". theatre (The Age). http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115031.html. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ^ Knox, David (2009-06-05). "Dancing with the Stars cast revealed". Tv Tonight. http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/06/dancing-with-the-stars-2009-contestants.html.
- ^ "The Shak Episode Guide". Ninemsn. 2 February 2009. http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/theshak/episodes.
- ^ Lucy Durack to Play Elle Woods in Australian LEGALLY BLONDE
