Dermot O'Leary
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| Birth name | Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr |
| Born | May 24 1973 Colchester, England |
| Show | The Dermot O'Leary Show |
| Station(s) | BBC Radio 2 |
| Time slot | 4:30–6:30 pm Saturdays |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | Dermot O'Leary |
Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr. (born 24 May, 1973 in Colchester, England), better known as Dermot O'Leary, is a television and radio presenter.
Career
He studied for a BA degree in Media and Television, with modules in politics at Middlesex University, gaining a 2:2. O'Leary also attended the St Benedict's Roman Catholic School in Colchester, and Colchester Sixth Form College.
He started as a DJ with BBC Radio Essex before becoming a television runner and moving onto presenting at Channel 4, and was part of the original presenting line up of the channel's T4 strand, before moving on to present Big Brother's Little Brother (the companion show to Big Brother) on E4 from 2001 onwards. As of 2006, the show became less popular due to the huge success of fellow Big Brother sister show Big Brother's Big Mouth. O'Leary shares the same talent agency as Russell Brand, Davina McCall and Jade Goody - John Noel Management.
During a Big Brother run, O'Leary writes a column on the latest from the house for Heat Magazine
He joined London's Indie Rock station XFM in 2001 firstly presenting weekday mid-mornings from 10 am–1 pm, before moving to a Saturday evening show in mid 2002, where he remained until he left the station in late 2003.
O'Leary joined BBC Radio 2 in September 2004, presenting a Saturday afternoon show entitled Dermot's Saturday Club. Since September 2005, he has presented a Saturday evening show for Radio 2. The show was originally broadcast from 5:00–7:00 pm, but since November 18 2006 it has gone out from 4:30–6:30 pm. The show focuses on new music and live sessions, and has featured live sessions from the likes of Oasis, Supergrass, the Raconteurs, Massive Attack, Kasabian, Guillemots, the Zutons, Beck, the Lemonheads, Lily Allen, the Foo Fighters, The Go! Team, Bloc Party, Ben Kweller, the Magic Numbers, Moby and Kate Nash. O'Leary also hosts Radio 2's Brits and South by Southwest coverage. [1]
In interviews (including two with the British newspaper, The Guardian), O'Leary has made it clear that he does not regard himself as English or British, but as Irish, and holds traditional Irish affinities: Guinness and Celtic and regularly travels to Ireland. He supports Arsenal F.C. and the Labour Party.[2]
O'Leary has campaigned on behalf of Make Poverty History, and has visited Sierra Leone with CAFOD accompanied by his own father, Sean O'Leary. He is also a patron of the male cancer awareness campaign, Everyman.
He ran the 2005 London Marathon (his third) under four hours for the first time.
O'Leary currently presents the UK version of the game show 1 vs 100—which is also
combined with the National Lottery draws every Saturday (as of
September 2006). On 29 March 2007, it was announced that O'Leary
would replace Kate Thornton as the new host of
He is a fan of American football and has occasionally been a guest pundit on Sky Sports's NFL coverage. Before he was famous, O'Leary was a former wide receiver.
He has been dating girlfriend Dee Koppang for five years, and they live together in North London. [3] [4] He says his funeral song would be 'Tonight We Fly' by The Divine Comedy. [5]
Shows hosted
The following is a list of the main shows O'Leary has presented:
Television
- The Bigger Breakfast
- No Balls Allowed
- T4 (1999-2001)
- The Dogs' Balearics (2000)
- Re:Covered (BBC Choice)
- Big Brother's Little Brother (2001 - present)
- Big Brother Africa (2003)
- Teen Big Brother UK (2003)
- (2002)
- Dermot's Sporting Buddies (2002)
- Some Of My Best Friends Are... Catholic (2003)
- (2003)
- Shattered (2004)
- Big Brother's Little Breakfast (2006) (Morning version of BBLB for Celebrity Big Brother UK)
- Morning Glory (2006)
- Big Brother's Big Brain (2006-2007)
- 1 vs. 100 (2006-present)
- The X Factor (2007- present)
Radio
- BBC Essex Dermot O'Leary Show
- XFM Weekday Mid-Mornings - 2001-2002
- XFM The Weekender Saturday Evenings - 2002 - 2003
- BBC Radio 2 Dermot's Saturday Club Saturdays 2-4pm (2004-2005)
- BBC Radio 2 The Dermot O'Leary Show Saturdays 5-7pm(2005-2006) Saturdays 4.30-6.30pm (2006 - 2007)
References
External links
- Dermot O'Leary at bbc.co.uk
- Dermot O'Leary at itv.com/xfactor
- DermotOLeary.net - Unofficial fan site
- Profile/interview in MaleFirst.co.uk
| Preceded by Kate Thornton |
Host of The X
Factor 2007 – present |
Incumbent |
| Big Brother in the United Kingdom | |
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| Big Brother | 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 |
| Celebrity Big Brother | 2001 · 2002 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 |
| Other Series | Teen Big Brother · Big Brother Panto · Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack |
| Current companion shows | Live Eviction · Little Brother · Big Mouth · On The Couch · Diary Room Uncut |
| Presenters | Davina McCall · Dermot O'Leary · Marcus Bentley · Russell Brand (2004-07) · Natalie Casey (2001) · Jeff Brazier (Panto, 2004) |
| Winners | Craig Phillips · Brian Dowling · Kate Lawler · Cameron Stout · Nadia Almada · Anthony Hutton · Pete Bennett · Brian Belo |
| Celebrity series winners | Jack Dee · Mark Owen · Bez · Chantelle Houghton · Shilpa Shetty |
| Related Articles | Big Brother · Channel 4 · Endemol · John de Mol · George Galloway's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother · Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy |
| The X Factor in the United Kingdom | |
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| Series | 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 |
| Hosts | Dermot O'Leary · Fearne Cotton · Kate Thornton · Ben Shephard |
| Judges | Simon Cowell · Sharon Osbourne · Louis Walsh · Dannii Minogue · Brian Friedman · Paula Abdul |
| Winners | Steve Brookstein · Shayne Ward · Lucy Benjamin · Leona Lewis |
| Runners-Up | G4 · Andy Abraham · Ray Quinn |
| Other alumni | Journey South · Chico Slimani · Ben Mills |
| Spin-offs | The Xtra Factor · The X Factor: Battle of the Stars |
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