Paul Marazzi (Paul Thomas Leo Marazzi)

born on January 24, 1975 in Wanstead, London to Ivan and Maria Marazzi. He has an older sister named Shareen who is four years older than he is. As a child, Paul used to sing Prince songs. He went to Spain with his family and lived there until 2007. He recorded a demo for a German producer which led him to audition for a1 in 1997.

Paul said that he originally auditioned for Steps, however, he was placed in a1 in 1997. He was then later joined by Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read and Ben Adams. They released their first album Here We Come in late 1999. Two years after their first single release in the 2001 BRIT Awards, the band received the award for Best British Breakthrough. In 2002, few months after their appearance in the US soap The Young and The Restless, Paul then announced his departure from a1 with a statement that read: "After a lot of thought and deliberation, I have made the difficult choice to leave the band due to personal reasons.