Owain Wyn Evans (born 9 March 1984)[citation needed] is a Welsh broadcaster and drummer.
[3] Evans began his broadcasting career at the age of 18 when he became the presenter of Welsh language children's news programme Ffeil.
[6] In April 2020 Evans joined Carol Vorderman on a tour across Wales where he taught her to speak the Welsh language for the S4C TV programme Iaith ar Daith.
[17] On 4 October 2022, It was announced that Evans would become the new permanent presenter of Radio 2's Early Breakfast Show, following Feltz's departure, the previous July.
[19] In April 2020, early in the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, Evans produced a video of himself drumming the BBC News theme immediately after presenting a weather forecast.
[20][21] The local radio and television project Owain's Big House Band saw Evans joined by hundreds of other musicians who played along to the original video from their own homes during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
[28] Evans has featured on the WalesOnline 'Pinc List' of the most influential LGBTQ people from Wales on numerous occasions.
[37] Evans has spoken out about homophobic abuse received on Twitter for his presenting style[38] and continues to be vocal in his support for the LGBTQ community.