Rylan Clark

Ross Richard "Rylan" Clark (born 25 October 1988) is an English broadcaster and television personality.

The following year, he appeared on the eleventh series of the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, which he won.

Clark went on to present various television shows, including Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2013–2018), This Morning (2013–2019, 2022–present), The Xtra Factor (2016), Up Late with Rylan (2016), Supermarket Sweep (2019–2020), Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two (2019–2022), Ready Steady Cook (2020–2021), and You Are What You Wear (2020).

[5] Until he was 11, Clark lived with his mother, older brother Jamie and grandmother Rose in a council house in the Stepney Green neighbourhood in London's East End.

[6][5] After the family moved to Essex, Clark was educated at Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster.

[9] It was during his early modelling career that he adopted the stage name "Rylan",[1] which was conceived when he went into a branch of WHSmith and chose the name from the R section of a baby name book.

[13] In May 2012, Clark auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor at The O2 Arena in London in front of Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Tulisa and guest judge Rita Ora.

At judges' houses in Dubai, he performed a stripped-back rendition of Rihanna's "We Found Love" in front of Scherzinger and Ne-Yo.

Scherzinger later put Clark through to the live shows as one of her final three acts with James Arthur and Jahméne Douglas.

[15] Clark sang "Gold" by Spandau Ballet in the first week of the live shows, and was in the bottom two with Carolynne Poole the following night.

On launch night, Clark and Italian jockey Frankie Dettori selected which celebrities would join them in the House and who would be banished to the Basement.

[23] He made it to the final five with Neil "Razor" Ruddock, Claire Richards, Ryan Moloney and Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.

[24] On 14 May 2013, as part of a revamp by Channel 5, Clark and AJ Odudu were announced as the new co-hosts of Big Brother's Bit on the Side, replacing Jamie East and Alice Levine.

He has presented with others including Ruth Langsford,[29] Lorraine Kelly,[30] Dan Neal (his ex-husband),[31] Alison Hammond,[32] Phillip Schofield,[33] Holly Willoughby,[34] Amanda Holden,[35] Sarah Greene,[36] Geri Halliwell,[37] Gok Wan,[38] Lisa Snowdon,[39] Emma Willis,[40] Rochelle Humes[41] and Eamonn Holmes.

In January 2017, it was announced that Clark would present a new daytime game show for ITV called Babushka.

Clark returned to This Morning briefly in both April 2018, July 2018 and August 2018 as a main show stand-in presenter.

[51] He also took over Mel Giedroyc's role as co-commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals alongside Scott Mills.

On 18 April 2019, it was announced that Clark would begin co-presenting Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two with Zoe Ball.

[59] On 10 January 2023, it was announced that Clark would co-host the semi-final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

[74] Clark became engaged to Big Brother 14 housemate Dan Neal in September 2014,[75] and they were married on 7 November 2015.

[77] At the end of the relationship, Clark had a breakdown and took four months off work, as well as spending a period of time in hospital.

Clark at an event in 2014