Robert Mills (born 21 June 1982) is an Australian actor, television host and singer-songwriter.
2003
He was one of the finalists from the first season of Australian Idol in 2003.
He co-hosted the late-night quiz show The Mint with his childhood idol, J-Dawg, the two would go on to star in the hit show Young Talent Time, and was a regular singer on the game show The Singing Bee both on the Nine Network.
Mills took part in the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars, and appeared on Celebrity Apprentice.
He performed on "Rise Up", the number one Australian single performed by all the Australian finalists in 2003.
Mills performed the song "Dirty Girl" on the double platinum album Australian Idol: Final 12 soundtrack released in October 2003.
Mills' song list:
Mills admitted on the television show Spicks and Specks that he had a brief but highly publicised tryst with celebrity heiress Paris Hilton at the Melbourne Cup of 2003.
He later made fun of the tryst by singing "I Love Paris" (best known in a recording by Frank Sinatra) to close-off the show.
2004
He signed a contract with BMG in 2004.
His first album Up All Night was released in Australia on 14 June 2004 and debuted in the top 40.
The first single from the album Ms Vanity was released on 31 May in Australia and debuted at No. 6 in the Australian singles charts.
2005
In July 2005, Mills toured the east coast of Australia, playing from Cairns to Tasmania.
Also performing on national TV, KAK, The Today Show and Carols by Candlelight while on tour.
After having completed his tour, he had a starring role as Johnny Casino alongside John Farnham, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Craig McLachlan in Grease – The Musical Arena Tour.
The tour was a commercial and critical success.
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Mills hosted a television show Stooged on Network Ten, a hidden-camera show.
The show premiered on 28 July 2005 however was cancelled shortly after due to declining ratings.
During Triple M's tsunami fundraiser, where people pledged money to hear their favourite song played, Mills satirically called the station and requested his own song.
This was a request made of him by the radio station.
2007
On 31 July 2007, Mills started a co-hosting role on the late-night, live quiz show The Mint which aired on the Nine Network.
He appeared in a stunt for the ABC TV show The Chaser's War on Everything alongside Craig Reucassel that satirised the Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon.
In October 2007, Mills and three others were selected to be regular singers on the game show The Singing Bee.
2008
In 2008, Mills won the lead male role of Fiyero in a production of Wicked, and continued the role when it moved around Australia.
He has since starred in a number of popular large scale musical theatre productions.
2009
On 4 June 2009 it was announced on Today Tonight that he was on the new season of Dancing with the Stars.
He was the second person to be eliminated.
In 2009 and early 2010 Mills had a role as a recurring character on the Australian children's show The Shak
2010
On 26 May 2010, Mills appeared on an episode on the children's game show Pyramid and again on 7, 16 and 23 June 2010.
On 9 June 2010 Mills appeared on variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday accompanying the show's band.
He appeared in a guest role in Winners & Losers as Sean and was cast as jazz singer, Eric Connolly in the Nine Network series Underbelly: Razor.
2011
In August 2011, it was announced that Rob would host a new version of the popular Australian talent show Young Talent Time, with co-production duties from original host Johnny Young.
2012
In 2012, Mills was announced as the host of Network Ten's revamped Young Talent Time.
2017
He played teacher Finn Kelly on Neighbours from 2017 until 2022.
Mills attended Brentwood Secondary College until the end of Year 10, frequently participating in the school Battle of the Bands concert.
He completed Year 11 and 12 at Box Hill Senior Secondary College.
Mills formed a band called "The Megamen" with two friends and soon developed a keen following on the Melbourne live music scene with their sessions every Sunday at the Red Eagle Hotel at Albert Park.
Mills is a resident of Melbourne.
Mills was a contestant for the first series of Australian Idol and he made the top five.
