Robert Arnold

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Rob Arnold

Background information
Born August 13, 1982 (1982-08-13) (age 25)
Origin Wellington,New Zealand
Genre(s) Pop, dance,
Years active 2006–present
Label(s) Warner Music (New Zealand, 2006–present)

Robert Allan Arnold (13 August 1982), commonly known as Rob Arnold, is a postie from Wellington, New Zealand, who achieved fifteen minutes of fame in a New Zealand boy band, Boyband, as the gay boy. Their debut single, a remake of the classic Kinks song "You Really Got Me", debuted at #1 on the New Zealand Music Charts on 9 October 2006.

Before Boyband, Rob had auditioned for every series of New Zealand Idol, as well as achieving minor notoriety by auditioning twice on reality show “Showstoppers”, the second time in disguise, incurring the anger of judge Michael Hurst. He also appeared on the ill-fated TV Reality TV Show "The Ultimate Challenge". He has also appeared on Maori Television's "Te Mika Show" in 2006 and TVNZ’s "How Normal Are You".

Growing up in Porirua, Rob is the youngest of five children. He and his older sister Jaime Arnold, who was the previous holder of the "Ms Gay Downunder" title and a former columnist for UP magazine, controversially won the Cutest Couple award at the Glammies (a Wellington gay community award ceremony), in which Rob also took home the "Spunkiest Boy" Award. In the same year he was crowned "Queer Idol", as part of the UniQ Pride Week celebrations.

He has done numerous modeling jobs, appeared in small roles a number of feature-length films, and appeared on the cover of "Capital Times" as a male cheerleader.

Rob has recently being working on a new TV venture for Gibson Group, a large New Zealand television production company, and is rumoured to be working on a new feature film. He also has a small cameo in the 2007 New Zealand film "The Devil Dared Me To". Rob is also currently working on a solo album, with the first single scheduled for release in mid-2008.

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