Richie Stringini

Christopher Richard Stringini was born in Chicago at 28th November 1988. After birth his polish mother run away and left Richie behind. Four days later he was adopted by his new parents Kathy and Robert Stringini.

He grew up in a small town called Wheaton where he still lives with his family (Mother Kathy, father Robert and brother Bobby). At the age of 4 years he stands the first time on a stage and was in some TV clips. He also was an actor in the American movie „ Rule No 1“As a child and teenager Richie worked as a model. Before he came to US5 he wanted to become a professional actor. Now he knows that the band was the right decision.

As a child he wanted to become a clown or to build a huge horror house. He tried to build one in the cellar of their house and when it became too big he moved with this horror house to a huge hall in his town. It is the biggest attraction in Wheaton now.

Richie often moved for some months with his mother to California to work as an actor and so he got a private teacher. He never sang professionally but everyone noticed that he got a big talent. He sang in the American TV Soap: American Idol but didn’t win. 2004 he went to the castings of 'Big in America' and became the most popular member of US5. Right now he lives with his band-mates in Berlin (Germany), where they are very famous. Their first single Maria was No 6 in the American billboard charts and for a long time No. 1 in Germany.