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Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English television and radio presenter, and former model. He presented
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's ''T4'' (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for
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, including ''
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'' (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 2018–19 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 2020, Kay appeared on the twentieth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', finishing in third place, behind
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and the eventual Queen of the Castle,
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.


Early life

Vernon Charles Kay was born on 28 April 1974 and was brought up in
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,
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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. He then graduated in environmental science at
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(now
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). He supports his hometown's
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club
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.


Career


Modelling

While Vernon 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 ''
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''. 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 ''
Celebrities Under Pressure ''Celebrities Under Pressure'' is a British game show that aired on ITV from 13 September 2003 to 7 August 2004. It was first hosted by Melanie Sykes for series 1 & 2 and then hosted by Vernon Kay for series 3. Format The show follows families ...
'' on
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. From 2006, Kay presented primetime game show ''
All Star Family Fortunes ''Family Fortunes'' is a British television game show based on the American game show ''Family Feud''. The programme ran on ITV (TV network), ITV from 6 January 1980 to 30 December 2002. A celebrity version, ''#All Star Family Fortunes, All St ...
''. In June 2015, it was announced that
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was to rest the show until 2017, but it did not return. In 2007, he presented ''
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'', after replacing
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, who hosted the first series. From 2008 until 2009, Kay presented two series of ''
Beat the Star ''Beat the Star'' is a British game show airing on television network ITV. It is the British version of the ''Schlag den Raab'' franchise, based on the German game show ''Schlag den Raab'' (''Beat the Raab'' – Raab being Stefan Raab). A cand ...
'', a programme for
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. 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
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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 ''
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'', a six-part series which was broadcast in the
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. In 2011, Kay was originally going to present
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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
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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
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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, Vernon began presenting daytime quiz show, '' 1000 Heartbeats'' for
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. The show returned for a second run in November 2015. In 2016, Kay presented ''
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'', a five-part entertainment show for
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. 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
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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
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'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 10am1pm weekend slot, which was previously hosted by
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and
Edith Bowman Edith Eleanor Smith (born January 1974) is a Scottish radio DJ and television presenter. She hosted '' Colin and Edith'', weekday afternoons, weekend breakfast, and ''The Radio 1 Review'' on BBC Radio 1 until 2014 and has presented a variety of ...
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 DJ's 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
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from 10 August to 15 August when he was on holiday. From 30 November 2009 Kay, again, covered for
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on breakfast for a whole week as Moyles,
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and
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were away in
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handing out malaria nets and seeing how the money raised from the
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climb for
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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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. After three years since 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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on 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 & from 25 November - 1 December 2021 whilst Wright had an illness.


Film

Kay has made a number of cameos, showing up 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. Kay received an honorary doctorate from the
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on 9 July 2009 for services to entertainment. Kay is a passionate supporter of
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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) *''
That Puppet Game Show ''That Puppet Game Show'' is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between 10 August 2013 and 5 January 2014. The show was made by the BBC in conjunction with The Jim Henson Company and featured the Miskreant Puppets from ''Puppet Up ...
'' (2013) *''
Room 101 The Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry of Love, and the Ministry of Plenty are the four ministries of the government of Oceania in the 1949 dystopian novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', by George Orwell. The use of contradictory ...
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Through the Keyhole ''Through the Keyhole'' is a British comedy panel game show created by the TV producer Kevin Sim and originally presented by Sir David Frost in the studio and Loyd Grossman on location. The location presenter goes around celebrities' houses and ...
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Celebrity Squares ''Celebrity Squares'' is a British comedy game show based on the American comedy game show ''The Hollywood Squares, Hollywood Squares''. It first ran from 20 July 1975 to 7 July 1979 and was hosted by Bob Monkhouse, then—also hosted by Mon ...
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Sunday Brunch ''Sunday Brunch'' is a British television programme presented by Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer. It is broadcast live on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings and features cookery and interviews with celebrity guests. Format The programme began on 25 Ma ...
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BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...
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