Oritse Williams

ABOUT ORITSE WILLIAMS

R&B singer best known for his second place finish on The X Factor with boy band JLS. In 2015 he changed his stage name to OWS and released his first solo album, Waterline.

He founded the band UFO, which would later become JLS.

He helped JLS release its fifth #1 single with "She Makes Me Wanna" in 2011. He occasionally teaches his cousins how to play the piano.

He has two brothers and a sister. He dated dancer AJ Azari from 2012 - 2015. They welcomed a son in 2014. In September 2022, he married Kazz Kumar. In November 2024 they welcomed their first child together, a son named Shiva Zion Olumidé Williams.

He wrote the single "Wow Oh Wow" for John and Edward Grimes in 2011.