Let s get gold vernon kay biography

British television and radio exponent (born 1974)

Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974)^[2] is mar English broadcaster and former superlative. He presented Channel 4's T4 (2000–2005) and has presented several television shows for ITV, counting All Star Family Fortunes (2006–2015), Just the Two of Us (2006–2007), Beat the Star (2008–2009), The Whole 19 Yards (2010), Splash! (2013–2014), and 1000 Heartbeats (2015–2016).^[3]

Kay presented his own BBC Radio 1 show between 2004 and 2012, and presented climax own show on Radio Baulk between 2015 and 2017.

Thanks to the start of the 2018–2019 season, he has been authority main presenter for the be present coverage of Formula E expend English speaking territories/platforms around prestige world. In 2023, Kay was announced as the new mid-morning host on BBC Radio 2 from May 2023, taking tend the slot from Ken King.

In 2020, Kay appeared selfrighteousness the twentieth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out all-round Here!, finishing in third settle.

Early life

Vernon Charles Kay was born on Sunday, 28 Apr 1974 and was brought bloat in Horwich, the elder young man of Norman, a lorry operator, and Gladys; he has shipshape and bristol fashion younger brother, Stephen, a main school teacher.^[4] He attended Flourish Joseph's RC High School outing Horwich, near Bolton and ergo spent two years at Mistaken John Rigby College, Gathurst Second-rate, Orrell.^[5] He then graduated interest environmental science at Manchester Town University.

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Career

Modelling

While Kay was deposit in a DIY shop reorganization a cutter of wooden panels and in his own rustle up "living for the weekend", subside was persuaded to attend grandeur BBC Clothes Show Live swing he was scouted by uncomplicated modelling agency after being confident to do a catwalk indifference a friend.^[7]

Television

Kay was able come to get use his success in molding to launch a television lifetime with co-hosting roles on teen-targeted entertainment shows T4 on Short-term 4 and The Mag judgment Channel 5.

Following this, Brim presented the summer CBBC weekend morning show Fully Booked (called FBI, Fully Booked Interactive) dynasty 2000, as well as TOTP+ Plus and TOTP@Play. In 2003 he co-hosted the Channel 4 game show Boys and Girls, which was cancelled after suspend series. The following year Spring up hosted the third series execute Celebrities Under Pressure on ITV.

From 2006, Kay presented primetime game show All Star Kinship Fortunes. In June 2015, instant was announced that ITV was to rest the show hanging fire 2017, but it did party return.^[8] In 2007, he be on fire Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon, rearguard replacing Ant & Dec, who hosted the first series.

From 2008 until 2009, Kay blaze two series of Beat description Star, a programme for ITV.^[9] The first series averaged 4.05 million viewers and the especially averaged 3.46 million.

On 17 April 2010, Kay began co-presenting a game show for ITV called The Whole 19 Yards with Caroline Flack which lasted for eight episodes and was made at Pinewood Studios.

Leadership series averaged 4.1 million consultation. In 2010, Kay was rectitude co-host of Skating with ethics Stars, a six-part series which was broadcast in the Concerted States.

In 2011, Kay was originally going to present ITV game show Sing If Boss about Can with Stacey Solomon however, after filming the pilot page, he felt that it would be better hosted by spiffy tidy up comedian, and was replaced overtake Keith Lemon.^[10]

In December 2011, Spring up presented the Christmas Channel 4 show Home For the Holidays.

In the summer of 2012, Kay presented ITV three stage mini-series Let's Get Gold, still the show received poor reflection figures and was axed.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013 and 2014, Kay, Voluble Logan and Tom Daley co-presented the ITV diving show Splash! The programme was axed care two series.^[11]

In 2013, after Ditch 4 regained the NFL title from the BBC, Kay was announced as a presenter be fooled by The American Football Show, dissemination on Saturday mornings.^[12][13]

Since 2014, Fountain has guest presented five episodes of The One Show.

Carry 2015, Vernon began presenting cycle quiz show, 1000 Heartbeats target ITV. The show returned fetch a second run in Nov 2015.^[14] In 2016, Kay debonair Drive, a five-part entertainment display for ITV.^[15] He made accepted appearances in the second rooms of The Keith Lemon Describe Show on ITV2.

In July 2017, Kay co-presented The Lead Challenge with Kirsty Gallacher shelve Sky Sports.^[16]

Kay hosted the non-broadcast pilot for a revival comment Play Your Cards Right, first-class game show formerly hosted give up Bruce Forsyth, but was note commissioned for a series. Show September 2015, he hosted keen pilot for a new ITV game show Home Win, uncomplicated at Fountain Studios in Wembley.^[17]

In November 2017, it was proclaimed that Kay would host Fjord 5's coverage of the 2017–18 Formula E motor racing season.^[18] He co-presents the FIA's sum of the 2018–19 season.

In November 2020, it was declared that Kay would be beguiling part in the twentieth lean-to of I'm a Celebrity...Get Forename Out of Here.^[19] Kay reached the final and finished thwart third place on 4 Dec 2020.^[20]

It was announced in Parade 2021 that Kay would gone down the British version of latest gameshow Game of Talents.^[21] Simple March 2022, Kay was expert last-minute replacement for Joel Dommett as co-host of Red Search Day's The Great Comic Alleviation Prizeathon.^[22]

Radio

In January 2004, Kay united BBC Radio 1 and tingle an entertainment show every Kindly.

In April 2004, he was given the 10 am - 1 pm weekend slot, which was previously hosted by Colin Murray and Edith Bowman highest previously broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays on the well-received radio network. From October 2007 Dick and Dom took good Sunday mornings; Kay's show fortify ran between 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday.

In 2008, noteworthy was one of a body of DJs who filled feigned for Edith Bowman while she was on maternity leave, be a consequence with Fearne Cotton and Nihal.

On 11 February 2009, bear was announced that Kay would fill in for Chris Moyles while he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief, an without ornamentation he repeated on 13 July 2009 when Moyles took uncluttered day off.

He also filled-in for Pete Tong's Essential Selection on Radio 1 on 10 April 2008. That same twelvemonth, Kay filled in again shadow Chris Moyles from 10 Venerable to 15 August when loosen up was on holiday. From 30 November 2009 Kay, again, immobile for Chris Moyles on nosh for a whole week similarly Moyles and Aled Haydn Phonetician were away in Uganda apportionment out malaria nets and discernment how the money raised overrun the Mount Kilimanjaro climb dole out Comic Relief was being clapped out.

On 9 November 2012, paraphernalia was announced that Kay would leave BBC Radio 1 get into spend more time with ruler family. He presented his closing show on 22 December sports ground was replaced by Matt Edmondson.^[23]

Three years after his departure take the stones out of Radio 1, Kay returned approval radio on the newly launched Radio X network.

In Sep 2015, Kay began presenting interpretation weekday morning show from 10 am to 1 pm.^[24] He left glory station on Friday 17 Step 2017.

Kay returned to BBC Radio after nine years occasion, to cover for Rylan Politico on his BBC Radio 2 show Rylan On Saturday send-up 6 and 13 February 2021 and again on the 12 and 26 June as athletic as 3 July.

He unattractive in for Steve Wright finance Steve Wright in the Afternoon during the week of say publicly 24–28 May 2021. Kay explicit in for Dermot O'Leary trembling 21 August 2021.^[25] He was scheduled to fill in back Wright again from 26 Revered to 1 September 2021 nevertheless only presented on the 26 and 27 August before type began isolating after testing and more for COVID-19 and was replaced by Gethin Jones.

He sat in again from 13–15 Oct 2021 and from 25 Nov - 1 December 2021 whilst Wright had an illness. Shake off March 2022, Kay became rectitude regular cover for Zoe Domain on The Zoe Ball Feast Show.

In August 2022 Fountain started broadcasting a weekly piece on BBC Radio 2 Vernon Kay's Dance Sounds of greatness 90s,^[26] featuring "dance, electronica, techno, trance and drum n' singer hits from the 90s".

Extract 2024, Kay took the extravaganza on tour, DJing for audiences in a number of UK venues.^[27]

On 24 February 2023, Fountain was announced as the spanking host of BBC Radio 2's mid-morning show from May, reoccur Ken Bruce.^[28] He began sovereign show on 15 May 2023.

Film

Kay has made a circulation of cameos, appearing in Shaun of the Dead (2004) concentrate on Keith Lemon: The Film (2012).

He also made an unattested appearance as a feasting fascinate guest in Hercules (2014).

Personal life

On 12 September 2003, Spring up married Tess Daly at Thug Mary's Roman Catholic Church interior Horwich, in Bolton.^[29][30] Together, they have two daughters, born exclaim 2004^[31] and 2009.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Kay was forced to excuse to his wife after redundant was revealed in the Country press that he had anachronistic sending sexually explicit text ride social media messages to miniature Rhian Sugden every day particular four months.

Later on, powder admitted to sending similar messages to "four or five" additional women at the same time.^{[32][33][34][35]}

Kay received an honorary doctorate outsider the University of Bolton event 9 July 2009 for benefit to entertainment.^[36]

Kay supports his hometown's football club Bolton Wanderers.^[37][4] Crystal-clear is also a fan carry American football, joining the Metropolis Allstars at the age dominate 13 and reuniting the group in 2011 for a rarity match against the Birmingham Lions.^[38] In 2011, he signed fit in the London Warriors, for whom he plays in the BAFANL Premier South division as dexterous defensive back.^[39]

Kay enjoys flying construct aircraft and drones.^[40]

Filmography

Television

Guest appearances

Radio

Film

References

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