Tyler Mark West (born 1 April 1996) is an English television and radio presenter and DJ. He began his career presenting various shows on

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and currently presents weekday afternoons (4-7pm) on

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. In 2022, he became a contestant on the 20th series of ''

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''.

Life and career

Tyler Mark West was born on 1 April 1996 in

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. His mother, Debbie works for the NHS. He went to

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. At a young age, he began playing handball and represented the GB National team from a young age. He began his entertainment career on children’s television presenting various shows on

, including ''

Match of the Day Kickabout ''Match of the Day Kickabout'' is a British children's television football programme broadcast on CBBC. It was previously presented by Ore Oduba and Radzi Chinyanganya. but in its later seasons it was hosted by Ben Shires, Kenzie Benali, John Far ...

'' and other features on the channel. Then in 2017, West began presenting ''

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'', covering entertainment and trending news on a weekly basis. In 2018, West became one of the presenters of the live trivia game ''

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'' and between August and November, he presented his own podcast ''Every Day Hustle'', which featured West talking to a new guest each week about their journey of becoming creators, entrepreneurs and inventors. In 2019, West joined the radio network

as a presenter, initially hosting the 7–11pm slot between Monday and Thursday. Six months later, he began presenting on Kiss Drive Time from 4–7pm on Monday to Friday, which he has continued to do so since. In 2020, West presented the podcast for ''

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'' on

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and co-hosted the 2020 EE BAFTA Awards red carpet live show in partnership with

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. In 2021, West began presenting ''Flat Out Fabulous'' on

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...

, an interior design show for millennials alongside singer and interior designer Whinnie Williams. He was also announced as a presenter for the online series ''The MTV Movie Show''. In August 2022, West was announced to be competing in the twentieth series of the BBC competition series ''

''. Upon joining the line-up, West said he was "so gassed". On 2 October 2022, West ran the

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in a time of 5 hours 25 minutes, competing to raise money for the charity UK Youth. West had competed in ''Strictly'' the previous day and would compete again the following week, eventually being eliminated on 20 November.

References

External links

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Tyler West at Kiss FM
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