Ashley Gray (Professionally known as Gabz) is a singer, rapper & pianist who reached the Final of Series 7 of Britain's Got Talent. He was aged fourteen at the time of his audition. He was the last act to audition this Series.
In his audition, he sang and played the piano to his song entitled 'The One' which was about losing the love of your life. Before he began his performance Simon asked if he was imagining what it would be like, before Gabz responded that he had 'watched some movies'. David remarked if Gabz could 'write a song like that at fourteen years old, who knows what else [he] could do', with Simon adding his belief that it could get somewhere if it were produced properly.
In the Semi-Finals, he performed 'The One' once again, however midway through his performance several people walked upon the stage and sang alongside him until he reached the rap portion of the song. Alesha remarked 'You've written a hit record and for your age that is incredible', with Amanda comparing his voice and lyrics to 'when Lily Allen first broke [out]'. He advanced onto the Final after having won the Judges Vote against Jack and Cormac as every judge had voted for him.
In the Final, he performed another original song entitled 'Just Lie There'. Midway through his performance several people walked upon the stage and sang alongside him, however towards the end of his performance he once again performed 'The One', with the other people upon the stage still performing alongside him. Simon remarked 'I think your really cool [and] I really like you', with Alesha adding 'You have your own sound that you've created [and] you have your own style'. He ultimately placed 7th overall.
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He released his debut single 'The One' on 30th June 2013 after renaming the single "Lighters" and the single reached a peak of #6 on the Official Singles Chart. He also later released 'Just Lie There', however the chart performance of this was not tracked. He later released a third single named "Change the Game" on March 21st 2014.
His fourth single, "Holiday in Brazil", was released ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It was written by Gabz and Paul Baker, with 25p from every download going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation UK. The video was filmed in London, featuring several of his brothers, two of his cousins and several of her school friends.
In 2016 he released his 'Up EP', which failed commercially. Since 2018, Gabz has appeared in BBC talent series All Together Now, as one of the hundred judges. In 2019 he toured alongside Bailey McConnell, Kneworlduk also known as KNE, and MerseyGirls.[1] In 2020 he released his 'Self Destruct EP'.
In February 2022, Gabz publicly came out as transgender via a video on TikTok.[2]