David James Potts (born 5 May 1993) is an English television personality. Since 2016, he has appeared as head rep on the

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reality series ''Ibiza Weekender'' and its successor ''

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''. He has also appeared on the E4 dating series ''

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'' and has finished as runner-up on ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Life and career

Potts was born on 5 May 1993 in

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. In 2016, Potts joined the cast of the

reality television series ''

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''. He joined during the show's fifth series as assistant head rep, alongside

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. He later returned and became head rep from the sixth series onwards. In February 2019, Potts appeared in a celebrity episode of ''

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'', where he went on dates with three different men. The following week he began appearing on the sixth series of the E4 dating series ''

''. In September 2019, Potts was a contestant on the second series of the

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farming reality series, ''

'' in which he finished as the runner-up. In July 2020, Potts competed in the first series of ''

'' on ITV2. He finished as the runner-up, losing out to

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. In October 2021, Potts was a contestant on ''

'', the Halloween spin-off of ''

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'', alongside his ''Ibiza Weekender'' co-star, Callum Izzard. They reached the final day and finished in second place. In 2022, he appeared as a contestant on the ITV2 reality series ''Apocalypse Wow''. Potts has also made several guest appearances on shows such as '' CelebAbility'', ''Hey Tracey!'', '' Home Alone with Joel Dommett'' and also hosts the spin-off episode of ''The Cabins'' on ITV2.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Potts, David 1993 births 21st-century English LGBT people English gay men Living people Participants in British reality television series People from Bolton People in tourism