Ortise

NAME: ORTISE WILLIAMS, 21
OCCUPATION: WORKS WITH DISABLED CHILDREN
LOCATION: FULHAM

Oritsé has been singing since he was at school and at 15 yrs old, he would even perform on his school bus!

Oritsé studied for his A’ Levels in Nigeria and would also spend time teaching the children in the villages to sing. It was here that Oritsé first sang in a recording studio when he was asked to lay some vocals down for a track he had written called Soul Woman.

However, due to competition from another male solo artist, Oritsé’s track was pulled from the station's playlist and his dream came to a standstill. Oritsé was the school’s head-boy and was also involved in local charity group, Motherless Baby Home.

Oritsé loved being involved with his community and most of all singing with the villagers. After two years he moved back to the UK to live back with his mother in London. Oritsé worked at a record company for free in order to gain music industry experience. He was introduced to a variety of different mentors when he joined a vocal academy whilst he was studying at university, and Malcolm Connell trained him vocally and was the person who encouraged him to form JLS.

He managed to blag his way onto MTV Base and got a feature on Trevor Nelson, The Lick show. Trevor said that Oritsé was just what the UK needed.