Aron Williams, 19, Leisure centre assistant and student

 

Baby-faced Aron might look cute, but he’s a three times world champion kick boxer. He’d love to turn his kick boxing skills into a business venture and make money from his talent – it’s his ambition to stage fighting events in Cardiff and to get more people involved in the sport.

While he finds life in the Valleys a little bit dull, he can make his own fun and will do anything for a laugh.

He isn’t shy, and likes to impress the girls by showing off his spin kicks. He even strip off to his pants in the first five minutes of episode one!

He gets attention by showing off his body – his mates are always telling him to put his clothes on, but Aron says girls love seeing him strip off. Apparently, they can’t resist his man cleavage!

Carley Belmonte, 21, Call centre senior manager

 

Meet Carley, a rosé wine-loving party monster who works in a call centre purely so she can fund her wine-guzzling wild lifestyle.

Carley’s a senior manager at work but she only works at the call centre, “because rosé won’t pay for itself,” and she has bigger ambitions she’s hoping The Valleys can help with.

Carely has a real passion for working in promotions; it’s a career she thinks she’d excel in. We'll see if big boss Jordan agrees...

As for boys, she jokes that wine is, “The closet thing I have to a committed long term relationship.”

Carley is desperate to get away from small town life and says that where she lives is an, “absolute sh*thole.”

Darren Chidgey, 25, Bricklayer

 

Ladies’ man Darren – or Chidgey as his mates call him – has an ego big as his muscles. A self-confessed boy’s boy, you’ll find him either working on a building site or working on his body at the gym.

Confidence isn’t a problem for Chidgey, he knows he’s got what it takes to swap bricklaying for underwear modelling. "I don’t look too bad in a pair of boxers, and my abs are sick,” he brags, “There are good looking boys out there, but not as good looking as me.” 

Unsurprisingly, Chidgey likes to make sure that he’s always looking good, and he rates himself as a ten out of ten on looks. He says girls are always fighting over him, but he has high standards.

He doesn’t know it yet, but his on/off girlfriend will be joining him on The Valleys. He describes her as a “bunny boiler”, while she calls him clingy.

Jenna Jonathan, 21 Law student

 

Forget Legally Blonde, Jenna is The Valley’s very own Legally Brunette. Just like Elle Woods, Jenna is a glam, ditzy, party-loving law student. She even carries her adorable pet Chihuahua, Princess, around in her handbag.

She thinks that The Valleys is a life-changing opportunity to make it as glamour model. She wants to defer becoming a solicitor, so she can make the most out of her hot body while she can.

Moving to Cardiff for the show and working with mentor AK could be just what Jenna needs to make her dream of leaving the boring world of law behind her.

Lateysha Grace, 19, Accounts administrator

 

Arrogant and bitchy would best describe Lateysha. She believes she’s destined to escape small town life in the Valleys, she’s a self-confessed diva who dreams of becoming a model, marrying a footballer and living a glamorous celebrity lifestyle.

She always likes to look her best, and claims the residents of her hometown often mistake her for Beyonce!

She finds work boring and thinks she was born to be a star and that she shouldn’t be living a ‘normal’ life. Lateysha wants to prove to all her haters that she can make something of herself, and that a star can come from the Valleys.

Lateysha wants to be the new Jordan and be a successful business woman with her own range of hair extensions, fake eyelashes and make-up.
 

Leeroy Reed, 21, Labourer

 

Leeroy dreams of fame, “My worst nightmare would be to be a nobody,” he says, and he thinks that his talent as rapper is his ticket fame and fortune.

By day Leeroy works as a labourer, but his real passion is for music, “I’m flat out music,” he says, “I live and breathe music.” And when he’s not at work or in the gym, you’ll find him writing new lyrics

He views The Valleys a once-in-a-life-time chance to get his music heard and hopes the show and the mentors will help him promote his rapping. 

Leeroy loves the ladies - as you'll see from episode one, and he can’t wait to party in Cardiff.

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Liam Powell, 26, Works for his dad’s furniture import company

 

Liam  is the real life only gay in the village. Liam made the difficult decision to come out three years ago (which he says was the scariest thing he’s ever done) – luckily his family and friends have been very supportive of him.

Liam loves playing rugby, but his true passion is for music and he hopes that taking part in The Valleys will give him the experience and contacts he needs to fulfil his dreams of working in the record business. 

He’s often outspoken and will always say exactly what everyone else is thinking.

Liam loves the idea of big city life, he’s excited to move to Cardiff and to try out his best pulling moves.
 

Natalee Harris, 23, Call centre supervisor

 

Feisty and fiery, Natalee is not a girl to stand for any nonsense – and as Chidgey’s on/off girlfriend she’s bound to shake things up as he has no idea she’s entering the house!

A wannabe glamour model, Natalee lives to party and dreams of following in the footsteps of her idol Katie Price by finding fame and fortune flaunting her assets.

She says there’s nothing going on in her home town, and she has always dreamed of moving to Cardiff to work as a glamour model.

Up until now she’s stayed in the Valleys to be close to her Nan who has now sadly passed away, there’s nothing to keep her at home anymore so she can’t wait to escape, “Moving to Cardiff would be amazing,” she confesses.

Natalee has been dating Chidgey for the last six months – and he has no idea she’s going into the house!  They have an agreemenr to be single this summer. 

Nicole Morris, 19, Hair dresser

 

Meet wannabe WAG Nicole. This man eating party girl lives by the motto, “don’t hate me because you ain’t me.”

Nicole loves her job as a hair dresser – but she believes her real talent is for fashion, and with her unique sense of style reckons that she’d have a flair for being a stylist.

Nicole loves to party, and famously flashes her bum - a lot.

Family is very important to Nicole, and she’s lived with her parents in the same tin house – which is a huge source of embarrassment for her – all her life.

She is determined to sink her claws into a footballer, who she can use up and spit out. Can she make her fashion dreams come true and bag a footballer in Cardiff?