Aston Merrygold Football Player behind the Mask on ITV Masked Singer!
In the last ITV Masked Singer show, Aston Merrygold football player, seemed to be behind one of the masked singers.
Most ITV viewers could have guessed the hint and found out the man behind that mask, disguised Robin.
So, fans are more curious to check back on Aston’s previous life and biography. Let’s know some interesting facts about Merrygold.
Aston Merrygold Football Hinted by the ITV Masked Singer!
This year in ITV- The Masked Singer Show, after unveiling the singer behind the swan costume, the turn comes for Aston as Robin, who put on a costume of ‘Red Herring’.
However, though there were links connected to the singer behind the whacked- Red Herring mask, most of the ITV viewers guessed that this is none other than the Bandboy JLS member- Aston Merrygold.
The clue for Robin with the Red Herring mask was indicating that the man behind the mask is a professional football player.
His clue was like-
“Sport has always been a huge part of my life, this chick is always on the go.
“Athletics track, out on the pitch for a kick around, I always knew I would be a footballer…”
In spite of those confusing clues, the viewers stick to their guess that the masked singer is the JLS star Aston Merrygold.
Who Is Aston Merrygold Football Player?
Well, Aston Merrygold is a television personality, singer, actor, and dancer. His middle name is Lain.
Aston was born on February 13, 1988. His mother is from Jamaica, and his mother is from British. And Aston used to live with his mother and his stepfather after her parents split.
Since childhood, Merrygold had an interest in dancing. According to him, some TV show appearances made him involved in singing, too.
Connection to Sport
While Merrygold was studying in secondary school, he played for England in the European Youth Games. It was a charity event -Soccer Aid, edition 2012.
And Aston tried to use this as a clue linking to the sport to confuse the ITV viewers on the Masked Singer.
But Aston might not have known his followers well. And so, they instantly guessed out who the singer behind this red herring mask, cluing to sports and football.
According to Express, after Aston’s performance, one of the ITV viewers commented on Twitter,
“Robin is definitely Aston Merrygold, and nobody can convince me otherwise… football clue, he’s done Soccer Aid & the swingball set, what does JLS stand for? I’D BET MY WHOLE BANK ON IT #TheMaskedSinger.”
Career Life
Well, Aston started his career with celebrity shows by participating in the British talent show- ‘Stars in Their Eyes’ as Michael Jackson. There he sang the “Rockin’ Robin” and continued up to the second place.
After that, Aston took a job at Popstar Studios in Peterborough as an entertainer, and later in 2004, Aston joined the ITV children’s program- Fun Song Factory’.
However, Aston also auditioned to be a member of UFO (later named JLS in 2008) in 2006, inspired by his friend Marvin Humes. There, Oritsé Williams, JB Gill, and Marvin Humes were his bandmates.
In 2008, Merrygold auditioned for the X-Factor 5th series. Basically, for the X factor, the UFO changed its name to JLS.
Though they could not win that, they released 5 studio albums and won the MOBO and Brit awards.
Split from JLS
In 2013, the JLS split up with a grand goodbye tour. But after splitting from the JLS, Aston Merrygold released several solo albums like “Get Stupid” in 2015, “Trudy” in 2017.
Then in 2017, Aston Merrygold also auditioned for the 5th series of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
Who Is Aston’s Fiance and Wife!
In 2012, Aston Merrygold started a relationship with the JLS’s tour backup dancer- Sarah Lou Richards. Aston first met Sarah through the JLS’s tour.
Oh! Sarah Richard also performed with Aston in the X Factor.
In 2017, Aston posted a picture of Sarah and him revealing that he had asked Sarah to marry him. He captioned as-
“Allow me to introduce you all to my fiancee.”
Sarah was then 33 when Aston proposed to her. Later that year, Aston revealed to online news that they were having a baby.
Aston said,
“On May 29, 2017, we found out that our lives were going to change forever!
“This secret has been so hard to keep, but I’m so excited to finally be able to share the news with everybody that me and my beautiful lady @sarahlourichards are going to be parents!!!!!!”
On January 30, 2018, Aston became the father of a baby boy. They named him Grayson Jax. Aston captioned in his Instagram as
“life is now complete ❤.”
Later in 2020, the couple is blessed with another baby boy- Macaulay Shay Merrygold.
More Focused Being a Great Father!
So, Aston Merrygold football player has recalled his sports link through the ITV Masked Singer. Aston feels his life complete and said,
“I thought life was complete on January 30 2018.. but June 5 2020 3 just became a perfect 4! 😍💙”
Aston Merrygold is much active on Instagram and Tiktok. From time to time, he is seen sharing dancing steps and shorts on his Tiktok profile.
