Bailey Thomas Cabello May is a Filipino-British actor, model, singer, and TV personality of dual Filipino and British citizenship. He was first recognised on the Internet when he posted his videos covering songs of various artists like Sean Kingston and Daniel Padilla. In 2015, he auditioned and successfully entered the 10th year edition of PBB 737 aired on ABS-CBN. He eventually won as third runner-up. In 2017 he joined the global pop group now united representing the Philippines.
Early life
May was born in Cebu City, Cebu, the Philippines to a Filipino Cebuana mother, Vanessa Cabello-May, and a British father, Matthew May. He has a younger sister named Maya Luiza. At 4 years old, his family moved to Norwich, England where he stayed until he was 12 years old, although the family would always go back to the Philippines for holidays, vacation, and special family gatherings. He attended Notre Dame High School in Norwich for his elementary education. When May was 12 years old, he returned permanently to the Philippines when he became an official housemate after auditioning online for . He also inherited his vocal talent from his parents who were both singers on a cruise ship.
Acting career
May auditioned as a housemate for and successfully entered in 2015. He won as third runner-up and has the distinction of being the youngest Big Brother contestant in the whole franchise. His Pinoy Big Brother appearance paved the way for his entrance into Philippine showbiz landing him his first acting stint in the primetime hit On the Wings of Love playing the role of Harry Fausto the younger cousin of Clark Medina played by James Reid and the love interest of Audrey Olivar played by Ylona Garcia.
Music career
In July 2015, May, together with fellow housemate Ylona Garcia, recorded their own version of "Magmahal Muli". The next month, he recorded his own version of "Now We're Together" which was originally sung by Khalil Ramos. On 9 August 2015 both songs were released on Spotify. His self-titled debut album was released in November 2015.
Since 2017, he is a member of international pop music group Now United. With Now United May he has made 2 world tours Promo World Tour and Dreams Come True Tour. The filming of the videos has taken him to South Korea, Mexico, West Hollywood, Oregon, India, Brazil, Las Vegas. Now United also has its own show on YouTube with 2 seasons broadcast until 2019, some of the episodes have more than a million visits. With the 2 world tours he travelled to 2019 countries like United States, Brazil, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, China, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Finland, Russia, Senegal, United Kingdom, India, France, and United Arab Emirates.
