Caroline Flack
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| Caroline Flack | |
| Born | Caroline Louise Flack 1980 London |
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| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | TMi, Escape from Scorpion Island & Gladiators |
Caroline Louise Flack (born in 1980 in London) is a British television presenter.
She first became known for presenting the International Pepsi Chart Show before moving to Channel 4 and starring in Bo' Selecta! playing Michael Jackson's long-suffering girlfriend Bubbles. In 2005, she went on to present links between videos on E4 Music and The Games: Live At Trackside on E4 alongside Justin Lee Collins. She also had a regular segment in the video games show When Games Attack in 2005.[1]
A year later, she was a co-presenter on the Saturday morning show TMi alongside Sam and Mark which aired on BBC Two and the CBBC Channel.[1] After this she hosted CBBC show Escape from Scorpion Island together with Reggie Yates.[2]
In March 2007, Caroline hosted the CBBC coverage of Comic Relief does Fame Academy.[3]
Caroline commentated on the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with Paddy O' Connell.[4]
She also hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth for Week 5 of the 2008 Series. Daily Mirror journalist Rob Leigh noted that "her sharp delivery makes her the best presenter they’ve had on this series."[5]. However, this was not the first time she was linked to Big Brother. Before the series started, it was reported that Caroline was Dermot O'Leary's replacement on Big Brother's Little Brother[6].
Caroline recently finished presenting the third series of TMI with Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes.
On 4 November 2008 it was announced that Caroline would be replacing Kirsty Gallacher as the co-host of Gladiators alongside Ian Wright. Filming for the new second series of the come-back started in late November and will be broadcast on Sky1 in 2009. [7].
On June 29 2009, it was announced that Caroline would be providing maternity cover for Amanda Hamilton on the BBC's Sunday morning show Something for the Weekend. She starts filming in July [8].
She is also known to have dated Prince Harry[9].
| Preceded by Kirsty Gallacher |
Host of Gladiators (with Ian Wright) 2009-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Sophie McDonnell |
Host of CBBC does Fame Academy (with Jake Humphrey) 2007 |
Succeeded by none |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lee Coan (30 November 2007). "Caroline Flack - She's not your typical childrens' television presenter". Mail on Sunday. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/moslive/article-498734/Caroline-Flack--Shes-typical-childrens-television-presenter.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Escape from Scorpion Island". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007z3nd. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Caroline Flack". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/fameacademy/about_the_show/cbbc/7.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Eurovision 2008". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/index_a13.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Big Brother blogger on Big Brother’s Big Mouth". mirror.co.uk. http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/big-brother/2008/07/mirrorcouks-big-brother-blog-o.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-13.
- ^ "Caroline to commentate on Eurovision (and showreel)". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/11321.
- ^ "NEW PRESENTER: CAROLINE FLACK". http://www.gladiatorszone.co.uk/news/caroline-flack.php.
- ^ "Caroline Flack to Guest Host SFTW". http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a162577/caroline-flack-to-guest-host-sftw.html.
- ^ "Caroline Flack 'insults Chelsy Davy'". http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a160710/caroline-flack-insults-chelsy-davy.html.
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