Bailey May

Bailey May is quite close to Garcia and there are rumours of a romantic relationship.

May’s adopted cousin, Thomas Ramirez, is also a singer who spawned hits like ‘Perdoname’ and ‘You belong to me.’

May has garnered considerable popularity on social media. His YouTube channel has amassed more than 15K subscribers. On Twitter, he has over 1.7K followers, while his Instagram account has 1.4 million followers.

Bailey was born Bailey Thomas Cabello May on August 6, 2002, in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines, to British father, Matthew May, and Filipino Cebuana mother, Vanessa Cabello-May. Both his parents were singers on a cruise ship. He has a sister, Maya Luiza, and brother, Jordan. May holds the dual citizenship of Philippines and Britain.

May relocated with his family to Norwich, England, at the age of 4 and visited Philippines for holidays. In Norwich, he studied at the Notre Dame High School. He returned to the Philippines at 12 years of age after successfully auditioning online and becoming a housemate of ‘Pinoy Big Brother: 737.’ While growing up, he played soccer at a competitive level.

He stepped into the world of entertainment by making cover songs of notable singers and posting them on the internet. He made cover versions of tracks like ‘Night Changes’ and ‘Steal My Girl’ by the British-Irish boy band ‘One Direction,’ and ‘Beautiful Girls’ by Jamaican-American reggae fusion singer, Sean Kingston. The cover of ‘Beautiful Girls’ became viral instantly giving him initial recognition.

He entered ‘Pinoy Big Brother: 737’ as one of the housemates in 2015. It was the second special and the twelfth overall season of the Philippine version of the ‘Big Brother’ reality game show franchise called ‘Pinoy Big Brother.’ May is the youngest contestant to participate in the entire ‘Big Brother’ franchise. He finished as third runner-up (4th Teen Big Placer) in the season that aired on ABS-CBN from June 20, 2015 to November 8, 2015.

The exposure and recognition through ‘Pinoy Big Brother’ helped him start his journey in the Philippine showbiz and got him his first acting assignment in the hit Philippine romantic comedy television series, ‘On the Wings of Love.’ His Pinoy Big Brother housemate, Ylona Garcia, was also introduced in the series that aired on ABS-CBN from August 10, 2015 to February 26, 2016.

Meanwhile, he joined hands with Garcia to record a version of Magmahal Muli in July 2015. The song was composed and first sung by ‘Pinoy Big Brother’ season one (2005) contestants, Sam Milby and Say Alonzo. In August 2015, May recorded a version of the track ‘Now We're Together, originally sung by Khalil Ramos. May released both the songs on Spotify on August 9, 2015.

He announced on November 11, 2015, that he would come up with his new album. He worked with Filipino pop singer Jamie Rivera who became the overall producer of his self-titled album. The album was released on November 20, 2015, on Spotify. The album included songs like ‘Build Me Up, Buttercup,’ ‘Gotta Win,’ ‘Now We're Together,’ ‘Can You Be My Girl,’ and ‘Gusto Kita,’ of which the later two were written by Rivera. He won the ‘Most Promising Male Singer/Performer of the Year’ award at the 48th GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards in 2017 for ‘Bailey’.