Biography

At the age of 30, Fearne has a great deal of live and pre-recorded presenting experience under her belt having being spotted at the age of 15 by ITV’s ‘Disney Club’. This opportunity led to a three-year contract as co-presenter for GMTV’s live weekend youth series ‘Diggit’.

Fearne also presented several children’s series for CITV, She ran around the studio and through gunge for Granada’s youth activity gameshow ‘Pump It Up’ and has put her art A Level to good use whilst hosting Disney’s art animation series ‘Draw You Own Toons’.

In 2000 she filmed two new series for CITV, ‘Finger Tips’, which was a new art and activity programme and ‘Pet Swap’ an animal related action game show.

Fearne is no stranger to presenting live audience events and in July 2001 hosted a daily interactive internet event entitled ‘Mouse’ which transmitted on CITV. In 2002, she also co-hosted the 30th and final series of ‘Record Breakers’ and presented the one off special ‘Prom In the Park’.

She has hosted a package of programmes for CBBC including two series of the youth science show ‘Eureka’ also, ‘Call The Shots’ a show that went behind the scenes at the movies. September 2002 saw Fearne sign an exclusive two year deal with the BBC. She was also the first presenter to host the flagship Saturday morning programme ‘The Saturday Show’ (BBC1) along side a Sunday morning programme ‘Smile’(BBC2).

In 2003, Fearne took part in ‘Comic Relief Does Fame Academy’ and in her own words ‘Murdered’ the song Driftwood by Travis. In September 2003 she started presenting her own show the all new ‘Top Of The Pops Saturday’ alongside her other regular commitment ‘Smile. She has recently contributed to a number of primetime shows including ‘Test The Nation’ and ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.

2005 saw Fearne return to present the main Top Of The Pops show alongside Top Of The Pops Reloaded on Saturday mornings. Throughout the summer she filmed in America with Reggie Yates for a CBBC show Only In America which was screened in autumn on the CBBC channel and later on BBC1.

Fearne had one of the biggest breaks in her career in summer 2005 when she got the chance to co-present the live coverage of Live8. This was closely followed in November by Fearne being chosen as one of the presenting team for Children In Need alongside Terry Wogan and Natasha Kaplinski.

2006 saw her sign a deal to present a regular show on Radio 1 with Reggie Yates on Friday mornings between 4am and 7am. The show was a huge success and both Fearne and Reggie were signed up to also host the weekend breakfast show every Saturday and Sunday morning from 7am till 10am. October 2007 saw the duo move their Radio 1 slot to a Saturday afternoon as well hosting the prestigious UK Top 40 on a Sunday afternoon.

Fearne was then signed up by ITV1 to co-host Love Island with Patrick Kielty in Fiji for two months, an experience she regards as one of the best of her life. She returned to our screens at the end of October to host four live shows of Make Me A Super Model on Channel 5.

2007 got off to an amazing start with Fearne presenting the backstage coverage for ITV1 at the Brits followed by a trip to LA to host the ‘Oscars red carpet’ at the 79th Annual Academy Awards for Sky One. Fearne then went on to open Comic Relief with Lenny Henry and Jonathan Ross.

The rest of 2007 was busy for Fearne co-hosting the Eurovision show Making Your Mind Up alongside Terry Wogan on BBC1 and launch her own prime time dating show with pal Holly Willoughby for ITV1, Holly & Fearne Go Dating. Alongside this, Fearne has also taken over the reigns at ITV2’s massively successful The Xtra Factor, the spin off show to ITV’s huge entertainment programme The X Factor.

In 2008 along with best mate Holly Willoughby, Rufus Hound and the legendary Keith Lemon, the team started hosting a panel show of comedy genius ‘Celebrity Juice’. Known for its witty comments and outrageous gameshow format the team have been nominated for a 2011 TV Choice Award after five succesfull series… BANG TIDY!!!

She then put on her walking boots and trecked up Kilimanjaro mountain in 2009 Tanzania along with celebrities including Alesha Dixon and Cheryl Cole raising money for The Big Nose Climb.

In 2010 Fearne presented Sports Relief alongside Patrick Kielty and music reality show ‘Must Be The Music’.

2011 is a busy year for Fearne who continues to host her own 10am weekday Radio 1 Show, also hosting the prestigious Radio 1 Live Lounge that see’s amazing song covers from a number of worldwide acts. Fearne made history when she hosted the Royal Wedding coverage outside the palace for the BBC on Live television, along with other famous household names.

Fearne has currently launched her fifth clothing collection (AW11) for VERY.com, it’s collection of on trend capes and printed dresses are currently wowing the pages of magazine glossy’s.

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