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Nathan Sykes
Nathan Sykes is the youngest member of the british boy band The Wanted Nathan James Sykes (born 18 April 1993) is known as the baby of the group. He grew up in Abbeydale, Gloucester with his mother, who was a music teacher, and younger sister Jessica Sykes. He started singing and performing at the age of six and attended Sylvia Young's theatre school from the age of 11.

Sykes continued to perform as a child singer winning various competitions including "Britney Spears's Karaoke Kriminals" in 2003, where he got to kiss Britney Spears on live TV as part of his prize, and The Cheltenham Competitive Festival of Dramatic Art also in 2003. He appeared on ITV's Ministry of Mayhem in 2004, and won the Door Youth Project's "Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest" held in Derker performing "Mack the Knife" and performed for the "Live and Unsigned".Music Competition in Bristol in 2008.

Sykes attempted to represent UK in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Lillehammer, Norway. In the British qualifying finals, he sang "Born to Dance" coming 3rd overall, after winner Cory Spedding and runner-up Andrew Merry.

In April 2013, it was announced that after being on voice rest for almost a month, Sykes would have to undergo specialist throat surgery in Los Angeles, California on his 20th birthday. His exact condition was not reported, however, several tabloids addressed the situation saying Sykes was suffering from a vocal cord hemorrhage.[32] The band announced that they would continue their promotional commitments without Sykes for the time being in order for him to have enough time to properly recover from the surgery. This time off was seen as an 'unforeseen hiatus.' The full statement from the band's rep was released as:

"We can confirm that The Wanted's Nathan Sykes will under go specialist throat surgery on Thursday 18 April in Los Angeles and as such will be taking unforeseen hiatus form [[The Wanted[[. The priority for Nathan, his label and management is that he is given time to recover and receive the best treatment possible. The remaining four members of The Wanted will continue fulfilling the bands promotional commitments across the world." It was confirmed that Sykes' break would be temporary and he would join the rest of the band later in 2013 when his voice healed, however, the length of the healing process was unknown. The band were due to be recording their third album and were in the midst of planning a world tour.[34]

Later in June 2013 The Wanted Opened the 2013 Capital FM Summertime Ball with the return of Sykes. The Wanted treated 80,000 fans with the first few songs without Sykes present, only to welcome back Sykes during their performance of I Found You. Sykes rose from the middle of the stage to surprise everyone with his famous solo in 'I Found You'. After the song was finished he declared that: "It feels so good to be back" and shared an embrace with his bandmates at the close of the song. After the performance, the band and Sykes tweeted out the hashtag #NathanIsBack followed with Sykes saying I'm back. He received enormous praise for his comeback performance.

Following his return to the band, Sykes confirmed that he would be joining the rest of his bandmates for their upcoming summer gigs and events, while also stating that he still has some recovering to do. Speaking with Heart Radio for an interview, Sykes told the audience: "I'm not quite fully recovered yet but it's quite a long process. I'm at the stage where I can sing and get back with the lads, so I'm very excited to be back and I'm working very hard for a change."In an interview following the band's gig at Wembley, his fellow band member Max said that it feels 'pretty awesome' to have Sykes back on stage with them, followed by: "We have a lot less to do now that he's back because he's quite heavy with the vocals which is cool for the rest of us."As part of the recovery process, Sykes has been reported to still having to undergo speech and vocal therapy in order to learn how to sing again and how to properly use his voice without causing any more damage to it.