Rochelle Humes

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The Juniors began work on their second album in January 2003 and the band joined S Club on their S Club United tour in April 2003 where the announcement came of a name change to S Club 8 and an upbeat fifth single, "Fool No More". The single released on 30 June reached number four in the UK chart, selling 26,000 copies in its first week and overall 75,000 copies in the UK. A second single, "Sundown", was released in the UK on 29 September 2003 reaching number four in the UK and became their sixth and final top ten hit, selling 37,000 copies in its first week and 80,000 altogether. The album, Sundown, was released on 13 October 2003 to dismal reviews. It reached number 13 in the UK charts falling to 40 in the second week. It sold 60,000 copies in the UK and 315,859 worldwide. A sixth single, "Don't Tell Me You're Sorry", was released in the UK on 29 December 2003 and reached number 11 in the UK, becoming their first single to chart outside the top ten.

S Club 8 went on to I Dream for Polydor Records as they had already agreed to do it. Unlike the S Club 7 shows which focused upon the band's fictional exploits, I Dream saw S Club 8 as members of a larger ensemble cast. I Dream revolved around the summer school Avalon Heights, run by Professor Toone (played by Christopher Lloyd), where the characters tried to improve on their talents in the performing arts. The show featured many songs and dances: normally two songs per episode. S Club 8 split up in early 2005.

In 2018, Rochelle shut down rumours of appearing in an S Club 8 reunion, and admitted that she struggled to remember most of her time in S Club 8.

In late October 2006, Humes was part of a group called The TigerLilys, who had a MySpace page displaying two tracks. The group disbanded without being signed by a label or releasing any material commercially. In February 2007, Humes appeared briefly on Never Mind the Buzzcocks as part of the show's regular Identity Parade feature, where contestants guess which person out of a line-up of five was featured in an old music video played only to the audience and viewers. The team, consisting of Bill Bailey, Russell Howard and Romeo Stodart (from the band The Magic Numbers), correctly picked Humes from the line-up. On 22 October 2009, after finding fame again with The Saturdays, Humes returned to appear as a guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks on Phill Jupitus' team.Never Mind the Buzzcocks Series 22

The band released another extended play, Chasing The Saturdays which was only released in North America. The band's fourth studio album, Living for the Weekend saw the release of the singles; "30 Days", "What About Us", "Gentleman" and "Disco Love". "30 Days" became the group's eleventh top-ten hit, while "What About Us" featuring Sean Paul saw The Saturdays earn their first number-one single in 2013, it is taken from their forthcoming fourth studio album, Living for the Weekend. The album's fourth single, "Disco Love", became their thirteenth top 10 single, with Living for the Weekend becoming their fourth top 10 album.

In August 2013, Humes and Marvin Humes joined This Morning as regular stand-in presenters. They have no longer appeared together, however since 2018 Humes has guest hosted the show alongside a co-star. Humes also appeared as a regular host on the show alongside Phillip Schofield for a short period between November and December 2018, filling in for Schofield's co-star Holly Willoughby during her stint on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

On 25 December 2013, Humes took part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special. On 16 January 2014, she competed in The Great Sport Relief Bake Off. Since 2014, Humes has co-hosted segments of the BBC Children in Need telethon. On 3 January 2015, Humes and Alexander Armstrong co-hosted a one-off BBC One special called Frank Sinatra: Our Way.

In 2015, Humes began co-hosting Ninja Warrior UK for ITV, where she appears alongside Ben Shephard and Chris Kamara. On 18 June 2015, Humes was confirmed as a new co-host of The Xtra Factor, replacing Sarah-Jane Crawford. She hosted the twelfth series with her Sweat the Small Stuff co-star Melvin Odoom in 2015.

In 2016, Humes co-presented a new Sunday night entertainment series for ITV called The Next Great Magician alongside Stephen Mulhern. In 2017, she guest presented four episodes of Lorraine on ITV. In 2017, Humes sat in for Emma Willis on Sunday Morning Breakfast with Mulhern on multiple occasions on Heart London. In 2018, Humes took over Saturday early evenings (reformatted as Saturday drivetime) from Emma Bunton. At the end of 2019, Humes decided to take a break from her Heart FM commitments.

In 2017, Humes was announced to be voicing the role of a Voice Trumpet in the children's television series Teletubbies. On 20 November 2018, it was announced that Humes would co-host a music quiz show with husband Marvin Humes on BBC One called The Hit List.

In 2021, Humes published her first cookbook, At Mama's Table: Easy & Delicious Meals From My Family To Yours.

• The Mega Magic Hair Swap! (Bonnier, 2019)
• The Mega Magic Teacher Swap! (Bonnier, 2020)
• At Mama's Table (Ebury Publishing)
• My Little Dragon (Penguin, 2022)