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ITV This Morning: Rochelle Humes' teenage fame, marriage to a pop star and long-lost sister

Rochelle Humes often appears on ITV's This Morning, filling in for host Holly Willoughby.

But although you might know her as a presenter on your screens today, TV wasn't the first-choice career for Rochelle.

The 32-year-old started out as a singer when she was just a teen, which eventually led her to land a spot in the well-known girl band The Saturday's.

It was only when the group split that Rochelle made the switch from music to TV - eventually becoming the main stand-in presenter for Holly Willougby on This Morning.

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London-born Rochelle's career stems back to 2001, when she was known formerly known as Rochelle Wiseman.

When she was just 12, Rochelle joined the pop group S Club Juniors - made up of eight teens including Frankie Bridge.

The band was formed as part of a CBBC reality TV show named S Club Search, a show that aimed to find the 'mini' version of S Club 7.

After achieving numerous hits in the UK charts including One Step Closer, Automatic High and Puppy Love, the band eventually changed their name to S Club 8.

Members of S Club Juniors (Corbis via Getty Images)

In early 2005 S Club 8 split up, but that wasn't the end of Rochelle's career.

Immediately after the band broke up, Rochelle took on her first presenting role for a BBC children's TV programme named Smile.

But it was in 2007 when Rochelle's pop career really took off, after joining the successful girl group The Saturdays.

The five-piece band was made up of Una Healy , Mollie King , Vanessa White and Rochelle's fellow former S Club 8 member Frankie Bridge .

The Saturdays relea sed their first single If This Is Love in 2008, which reached the top ten in the UK.

Follow-up si ngles included Up, Issues, Just Can't Get Enough, Higher and All Fired Up - which were each huge hits for the girl band.

However it w as in 2014 when Rochelle and her band mates devastated fans by announcing The Saturdays were taking a break - and to this day they are yet to reform.

Rochelle and her former bandmates The Saturdays (Publicity Picture)

During her time in The Saturdays, Rochelle began dating JLS singer Marvin Humes.

After dating for two years, the pair then got engaged and tied the knot in 2012 at a lavish ceremony at Blenheim Palace.

The talented couple now have three gorgeous children together, each uniquely named Alaia-Mai, Valentina-Raine and their first son Blake Hampton born in 2020.

Marvin rose to fame with his boyband JLS during their appearance on The X Factor in 2008 - where they came runner-up to Alexandra Burke in the final.

When the group split up in 2013, Marvin begun his presenting career - and his wife Rochelle followed in his footsteps soon after.

The pair occasionally appeared on This Morning together as guest presenters between 2013 and 2015, and in 2018 Rochelle took the role as a more regular host - filling in for Holly Willoughby whilst she presented I'm A Celebrity.

Later in her career Rochelle was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas special, presented Ninja Warrior UK, The Xtra Factor, and co-hosted a music quiz show with husband Marvin on BBC One called The Hit List.

Unlike Marvin, the former The Saturdays' singer continued to present on This Morning, and is standing in for Holly Willoughby at the moment whilst she films for a new BBC show.

Aside from her life with the JLS star, there is more to Rochelle's personal life than it may seem.

The singer turned TV presenter has a half-brother and two lookalike half-sisters Lili Piper and Sophie Piper, who appeared on the first ever winter series of Love Island in 2020.

But Lili hasn't always been a part of Rochelle's life, as it appears she is her long-lost younger sister.

Having not seen eachother since they were children, the pair were reunited by Love Island 2017 winner Kem Cetinay in 2019, according to The Mirror.

Speaking to Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby Podcast, Rochelle explained: "Two years ago, I was at our management's Christmas party and Love Island's Kem was there.

"He was chatting away and said, 'I got to talk to you... as soon as I became a celeb, I promised my friend Lili that I would talk to you as she's your sister on your dad's side'.

"I knew of her and met up with her when I was five, but it was so complicated as they were a lot younger and my dad wasn't involved.

"On a drunken night out, Kem asked me if he could give her my number.

"She WhatsApped me and I didn't reply till the morning. We planned to go out for dinner with my other sister and brother and I made Marvin come with me because I was so scared."

Since reuniting the pair have reportedly been inseparable, with Lili even joining Rochelle and Marvin on their family holiday.

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