11 Facts About Ben Mills

Benjamin Collett Mills is a British singer who finished in third place on the third series of The X Factor in 2006.

Ben Mills was a co-director of a marquee hire company in his home town of Whitstable before appearing on The X Factor.

Ben Mills gained a diploma in music from the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, Surrey and has been singing since he was a child.

Ben Mills was a keyboard player in the tribute band to The Doors called The L A Doors and toured the pub and club circuit with his own band called Benzego.

Ben Mills performed at Pontins Holiday Camp in Blackpool, England in Oct 2008.

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Ben Mills performed at Pontins Holiday Camp in Prestatyn, Wales in May 2009.

On 24 August 2007, Ben Mills was a celebrity guest in an episode of the live television programme Doctor, Doctor broadcast on channel Five, in which he talked about his personal life and former drug-related problems with the presenter and general practitioner, Mark Porter.

On live television Ben Mills explained that he first took cocaine when he went on tour with a band, and from that moment he wanted to take more.

Ben Mills reported that the tour lasted for four years, that he became a heavy cocaine user, his social network became drug-orientated and he reached a nadir; he was having to borrow money, his girlfriend left him, he was not turning up for gigs, and he had lost his confidence.

Ben Mills announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend, Melissa, in April 2009.

In June 2011, Ben Mills performed at the Music on the Hill festival at West Malling in Kent, on behalf of Demelza Hospice Care for Children, together with Katherine Jenkins, McFly, ABC, and Bjorn Again.