[2] In his teenage years, Samuel Preston lived in Philadelphia with his mother's side of the family.

After the Ordinary Boys split, Preston started working on material for a solo album, and released the song "Dressed to Kill", on 5 July 2009 as part of T4.

[5] The single was released on 7 September 2009 but failed to chart after Preston had to delay the launch and pull out of promotional performances after breaking both arms in a bicycle accident.

In January 2007, Preston appeared as a guest panellist on comedy gameshow Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 20, Episode 3).

He walked out of the studio during the programme's recording, offended by jokes made at Houghton's expense by the show's host Simon Amstell, who read extracts from Chantelle's autobiography.

In an interview with NME after the incident, he claimed that Simon Amstell didn't write his own jokes, and called him a "snotty little posh boy".

A week after the end of Celebrity Big Brother, Preston became engaged to his longtime French girlfriend, Camille Aznar.

Preston and Houghton announced their separation on 27 June 2007,[13] and received the decree nisi for their divorce on 21 November 2007.