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Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English broadcaster and former model. He presented
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's ''T4'' (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' All Star Family Fortunes'' (2006–2015), ''Just the Two of Us'' (2006–2007), ''
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'' (2008–2009), '' The Whole 19 Yards'' (2010), '' Splash!'' (2013–2014), and '' 1000 Heartbeats'' (2015–2016). Kay presented his own
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show between 2004 and 2012, and presented his own show on Radio X between 2015 and 2017. Since the start of the 2018–2019 season, he has been the main presenter for the live coverage of
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for English speaking territories/platforms around the world. In 2023, Kay was announced as the new mid-morning host on
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from May 2023, taking over the slot from
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. In 2020, Kay appeared on the twentieth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', finishing in third place.


Early life

Vernon Charles Kay was born on Sunday, 28 April 1974 and was brought up in
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, the elder son of Norman, a lorry driver, and Gladys; he has a younger brother, Stephen, a primary school teacher.Relative values: Vernon Kay and his mother, Gladys
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He attended St Joseph's RC High School in
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, near Bolton and then spent two years at St John Rigby College, Gathurst Road, Orrell. He then graduated in environmental science at
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.


Career


Modelling

While Kay was working in a DIY shop as a cutter of wooden panels and in his own words "living for the weekend", he was persuaded to attend the BBC Clothes Show Live where he was scouted by a modelling agency after being convinced to do a catwalk by a friend.


Television

Kay was able to use his success in modelling to launch a television career with co-hosting roles on teen-targeted entertainment shows T4 on Channel 4 and ''The Mag'' on Channel 5. Following this, Kay presented the summer
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weekend morning show ''
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'' (called FBI, Fully Booked Interactive) in 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 one series. The following year Kay hosted the third series of ''
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'' on ITV. From 2006, Kay presented primetime game show '' All Star Family Fortunes''. In June 2015, it was announced that ITV was to rest the show until 2017, but it did not return. In 2007, he presented '' Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon'', after replacing
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, who hosted the first series. From 2008 until 2009, Kay presented two series of ''
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'', a programme for ITV. The first series averaged 4.05 million viewers and the second averaged 3.46 million. On 17 April 2010, Kay began co-presenting a game show for ITV called '' The Whole 19 Yards'' with
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which lasted for eight episodes and was made at
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. The series averaged 4.1 million viewers. In 2010, Kay was the co-host of '' Skating with the Stars'', a six-part series which was broadcast in the
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. In 2011, Kay was originally going to present ITV game show ''
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'' with
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but, after filming the pilot episode, he felt that it would be better hosted by a comedian, and was replaced by
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. In December 2011, Kay presented the Christmas
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show ''Home For the Holidays''. In the summer of 2012, Kay presented ITV three episode mini-series ''
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'', however the show received poor viewing figures and was axed. In 2013 and 2014, Kay,
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and
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co-presented the ITV diving show '' Splash!'' The programme was axed after two series. In 2013, after
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regained the NFL rights from the
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, Kay was announced as a presenter of ''The American Football Show'', airing on Saturday mornings. Since 2014, Kay has guest presented five episodes of ''
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''. In 2015, Kay began presenting daytime quiz show, '' 1000 Heartbeats'' for ITV. The show returned for a second run in November 2015. In 2016, Kay presented ''
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'', a five-part entertainment show for ITV. He made regular appearances in the second series of ''
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'' on
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. In July 2017, Kay co-presented ''The Hero Challenge'' with
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on
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. Kay hosted the non-broadcast pilot for a revival of ''
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'', a game show formerly hosted by
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, but was not commissioned for a series. In September 2015, he hosted a pilot for a new ITV game show ''Home Win'', made at
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in Wembley. In November 2017, it was announced that Kay would host Channel 5's coverage of the 2017–18
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motor racing season. He co-presents the FIA's coverage of the 2018–19 season. In November 2020, it was announced that Kay would be taking part in the twentieth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here''. Kay reached the final and finished in third place on 4 December 2020. It was announced in March 2021 that Kay would host the British version of new gameshow ''Game of Talents''. In March 2022, Kay was a last-minute replacement for
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as co-host of
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's ''The Great Comic Relief Prizeathon''.


Radio

In January 2004, Kay joined
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and presented an entertainment show every Sunday. In April 2004, he was given the 10 am - 1 pm weekend slot, which was previously hosted by
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and
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and previously broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays on the popular radio network. From October 2007 Dick and Dom took over Sunday mornings; Kay's show then ran between 10am to 1pm on Saturday. In 2008, he was one of a team of DJs who filled in for
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while she was on
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, along with
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and Nihal. On 11 February 2009, it was announced that Kay would fill in for
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while he climbed
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for
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, an act he repeated on 13 July 2009 when Moyles took a day off. He also filled-in for
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's ''Essential Selection'' on Radio 1 on 10 April 2008. That same year, Kay filled in again for Chris Moyles from 10 August to 15 August when he was on holiday. From 30 November 2009 Kay, again, covered for Chris Moyles on breakfast for a whole week as Moyles and
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were away in
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handing out malaria nets and seeing how the money raised from the Mount Kilimanjaro climb for Comic Relief was being spent. On 9 November 2012, it was announced that Kay would leave
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to spend more time with his family. He presented his final show on 22 December and was replaced by
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. Three years after his departure from Radio 1, Kay returned to radio on the newly launched Radio X network. In September 2015, Kay began presenting the weekday morning show from 10am to 1pm. He left the station on Friday 17 March 2017. Kay returned to BBC Radio after nine years away, to cover for
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on his
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show ''Rylan On Saturday'' on 6 and 13 February 2021 and again on the 12 and 26 June as well as 3 July. He stood in for Steve Wright on ''
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'' during the week of the 24–28 May 2021. Kay stood in for Dermot O'Leary on 21 August 2021. He was scheduled to fill in for Wright again from 26 August to 1 September 2021 but only presented on the 26 and 27 August before he began isolating after testing positive for
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and was replaced by
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. He sat in again from 13–15 October 2021 and from 25 November - 1 December 2021 whilst Wright had an illness. From March 2022, Kay became the regular cover for
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on ''The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show''. In August 2022 Kay started broadcasting a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 ''Vernon Kay's Dance Sounds of the 90s'', featuring "dance, electronica, techno, trance and drum n' bass hits from the 90s". In 2024, Kay took the show on tour, DJing for audiences in a number of UK venues. On 24 February 2023, Kay was announced as the new host of BBC Radio 2's mid-morning show from May, replacing
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. He began his show on 15 May 2023.


Film

Kay has made a number of cameos, appearing in ''
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'' (2004) and '' Keith Lemon: The Film'' (2012). He also made an uncredited appearance as a feasting hall guest in ''
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'' (2014).


Personal life

On 12 September 2003, Kay married
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at
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's
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Church in
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, in Bolton. Together, they have two daughters, born in 2004 and 2009. In 2010, Kay was forced to apologise to his wife after it was revealed in the British press that he had been sending sexually explicit text and social media messages to model Rhian Sugden every day for four months. Later on, he admitted to sending similar messages to "four or five" other women at the same time. Kay received an
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doctorate from the
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on 9 July 2009 for services to entertainment. Kay supports his hometown's
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club
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. He is also a fan of American football, joining the Manchester Allstars at the age of 13 and reuniting the team in 2011 for a one-off match against the Birmingham Lions. In 2011, he signed for the
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, for whom he plays in the
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Premier South division as a
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. Kay enjoys flying model aircraft and drones.


Filmography

;Television ;Guest appearances * '' It's Only TV...but I Like It'' (2002) *'' Shooting Stars'' (2002) *''
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'' (2003) *'' Davina'' (2006) *''
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'' (2010) *''
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'' (2011, 2013, 2015) *'' Chris Moyles' Quiz Night'' (2011) *''
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'' (2011, 2012, 2013) *'' Alan Carr: Chatty Man'' (2011) *'' Would I Lie to You?'' (2013) *''
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'' (2013) *''
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'' (2014) *''
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'' (2014, 2015) *''
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'' (2014) *''
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'' (2015) * ''
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'' (2017) * ''How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield'' (2017) * '' Celebrity Catchphrase'' (2023) ;Radio ;Film


References


External links

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