11. His mother Karen is a nursery nurse.

12. His father Geoff Payne is a fitter.

13. He has 2 sisters, Nicola and Ruth.

14. Until the age of four, Payne had regular tests done in hospital as doctors noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional. To help cope with the pain, he had 32 injections in his arm in the morning and evening as a child.

15. As a student, Payne was heavily involved in sports, particularly cross country running

16. Payne originally joined the Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletics Club to pursue his running career.

17. After failing to make the English National Team for the 2012 Olympic Games, he was placed on the reserve list.

18. Payne was bullied in secondary school and took up boxing lessons at the age of 12.

19. Payne completed 11 GCSEs at St Peter's Collegiate School before moving on to study music technology at Wolverhampton College's Paget Road campus.

20. Payne was first introduced to the world of show business at age 12 as a member of the Pink Productions Theater Company, even appearing as 'Tony Manero' from Saturday Night Fever.