Who Is Nicole Scherzinger Dating?
Nicole Scherzinger is dating — and engaged to — Thom Evans. The couple met in 2019 on The X Factor: Celebrity, where Scherzinger was a judge and Evans competed as part of the rugby-players-turned-boyband Try Star. They went public at the Golden Globes in January 2020, and on June 27, 2023, Evans proposed during a romantic holiday in Portugal. Scherzinger announced it on Instagram with the words I said yes.
Born June 29, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Scherzinger spent her twenties and thirties as one of pop's most visible single women — her eight-year, on-off relationship with Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton (2007-2015) was tabloid royalty. With Evans, now 41, she has found something steadier.
Who Is Thom Evans?
Thom Evans, born April 2, 1985, in Harare, Zimbabwe, and raised in Scotland, is a former rugby international who won 10 caps for Scotland before a neck injury forced his retirement at just 24. He reinvented himself as a model, Strictly Come Dancing contestant (2014) and TV personality.
Before rugby stardom, Evans was even in a boy band — Twen2y4Se7en, which toured with Westlife — making his X Factor: Celebrity stint a full-circle moment. He has said he never imagined the show's most intimidating judge would become his fiancee; their first real conversation came when his group visited her dressing room to thank her after a performance.
Why No Wedding Yet?
Fans have asked for three years: when's the wedding? The answer is Scherzinger's career. Her starring role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard — first in London's West End, then on Broadway — earned her an Olivier Award and then the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2025. The grueling eight-shows-a-week schedule left no room for wedding planning.
Scherzinger has addressed it playfully and directly: on US radio she said yes, they will get married, once she is not working — and praised Evans' patience. In 2026 she posted a joking Instagram video set to Raye's Where Is My Husband?, captioned asking the universe for patience, while Evans spun her around on a Maldives beach.
The couple appears in no rush, and friends say the delay has only strengthened them.
Past Love: Lewis Hamilton
Before Evans, Scherzinger's defining relationship was with Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time Formula 1 world champion. They were together, on and off, from 2007 to 2015 — a glamorous, globe-trotting pairing of pop and racing royalty that never quite stabilized, reportedly foundering on schedules and timing.
She was also linked to tennis star Grigor Dimitrov and others, but Hamilton was the relationship against which all others were measured — until Evans.
Career Renaissance
As the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, Scherzinger sold tens of millions of records on hits like Don't Cha and Buttons. Solo success was mixed, but her reinvention as a musical-theatre powerhouse — Cats in the West End, then the career-defining Sunset Boulevard — has been the triumph of her forties.
Her Tony win in 2025, with Evans cheering from the audience, was the coronation: the pop star the industry once underestimated is now Broadway royalty.
The Couple Today
Spotted on date nights in Paris and beach holidays in the Maldives through 2026, Scherzinger and Evans look every inch the happy almost-newlyweds. Wedding timing remains their business — but after seven years together, nobody doubts the commitment.
Don't Cha: The Pussycat Dolls Phenomenon
As the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger fronted one of the 2000s' biggest girl groups: Don't Cha (2005) was a global smash, followed by Buttons and When I Grow Up. The group's burlesque-pop spectacle sold tens of millions of records — with Scherzinger singing virtually all the leads, a fact that later fueled tensions.
Her solo career was famously snakebitten: the shelved Her Name Is Nicole album became industry legend, though Killer Love (2011) produced UK hits. She found steadier success as an X Factor judge (UK and US), where her warmth and musicality made her a fan favorite.
The Pussycat Dolls' 2020 reunion tour collapsed amid the pandemic and a lawsuit — but the group's hits remain 2000s staples, and Scherzinger's voice is finally getting its due as one of pop's great instruments.
Thom Evans met her at the height of her TV-judge era — the pop star reassessing, the athlete retired young. They recognized each other as fellow reinventors.
Sunset Boulevard and the Tony Triumph
Nicole Scherzinger's Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard — first in London's West End, then on Broadway — is the performance of her life. Critics reached for superlatives: a star turn of operatic intensity, sung and acted with a commitment that silenced every skeptic of her pop origins.
The Olivier Award came first, then the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2025 — the coronation, with fiance Thom Evans in the audience. Her acceptance speech, emotional and gracious, was the night's highlight.
The role demanded eight shows a week of vocal and emotional extremity — the reason the wedding waited. Scherzinger has said Norma taught her everything about desperation, delusion and divinity: the distance between pop stardom and Broadway legend turned out to be one fearless performance.
At 48, she is no longer the Pussycat Doll trying to prove herself. She is Broadway royalty — and the wedding, whenever it happens, will be a queen's.
The X Factor Years and Television Stardom
When her solo music career stalled, Nicole Scherzinger reinvented herself as television royalty. As a judge on The X Factor (UK and US) and later The Masked Singer, she became known as the judge with actual musical expertise — a vocalist who could diagnose a performance in technical detail while delivering it with warmth.
Her judging style — emotional, invested, occasionally tearful — made her a fan favorite and kept her in the public eye through the 2010s. She mentored James Arthur to victory on the UK X Factor in 2012, a genuine A&R triumph.
Television also kept her performing: the live-show duets, the impromptu vocal clinics, the moments where she'd out-sing the contestants. It was during these years — established, respected, no longer chasing hits — that she met Thom Evans on the 2019 X Factor: Celebrity set. She wasn't looking for a pop comeback; she was looking for a life. The Sunset Boulevard triumph that followed proved the voice had never gone anywhere — it was just waiting for the right stage.
Hawaiian Roots: The Island Girl
Nicole Scherzinger was born Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente in Honolulu, Hawaii, raised in Louisville, Kentucky by her mother and stepfather. The Hawaiian middle name — Elikolani, heavenly royal one — hints at the heritage she carries: Filipino, Hawaiian, and Ukrainian ancestry.
She studied musical theater at Wright State University before dropping out to tour with the rock band Eden's Crush (from the WB's Popstars) — the first reality-TV pop group. The Pussycat Dolls came next, and the rest is history.
Thom Evans — the Scottish rugby player turned TV personality — met the island girl at her most grounded: the TV-judge years, pre-Broadway. Their 2023 engagement in Hawaii brought her story full circle: the Honolulu baby, proposed to on island sand.
Nicole Scherzinger: Milestones
1978: Born in Honolulu. 2001: Eden's Crush (Popstars). 2003: Joins the Pussycat Dolls. 2005: Don't Cha — global smash. 2010s: X Factor judge (UK/US); The Masked Singer. 2019: Meets Thom Evans on X Factor: Celebrity. 2023: Engaged in Hawaii. 2024-2025: Sunset Boulevard — Olivier then Tony Award. Today: At 48, engaged, Broadway royalty — the wedding still to come, the career complete.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Nicole Scherzinger dating?
She is engaged to Thom Evans, a Scottish former rugby player. They have been together since 2019.
Are Nicole Scherzinger and Thom Evans married?
Not yet. They got engaged in June 2023 but have not announced a wedding date — her Broadway schedule delayed planning.
How did Nicole Scherzinger meet Thom Evans?
On The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019 — she was a judge and he was a contestant in the group Try Star.
How old is Nicole Scherzinger?
Nicole Scherzinger is 48 years old. She was born on June 29, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Who did Nicole Scherzinger date before Thom Evans?
Most famously Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, on and off from 2007 to 2015.
What is Nicole Scherzinger famous for?
Leading the Pussycat Dolls, judging X Factor, and winning the 2025 Tony Award for Sunset Boulevard.
Does Nicole Scherzinger have children?
No. Nicole Scherzinger has no children.