Caroline Flack
Caroline Flack | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 9, 1979 |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
Caroline Louise Flack 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 alongisde 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 is currently co-presenting the third series of TMI with Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes.
On 4th November 2008 it was announched that Caroline would be replacing Kirsty Gallagher as the co-host of Gladiators alongside Ian Wright. Filming for the new second series of the come-back starts late November and will be broadcast on Sky1 in 2009. [7].
TV appearances
{ | | 2006 || TMi || Herself || Main Presenter Series 1 |- | England vs The Legends || Herself || Pitch side interviewer, for the five tv TV coverage of a charity football game, noticeable for a performance from Boris Johnson |- | rowspan=4 | 2007 || Comic Relief Does Fame Academy || Herself || Main Presenter on CBBC |- | Escape from Scorpion Island || Herself || Alongside Reggie Yates |- | TMi || Herself || Main Presenter Series 2 |- | Extreme Animals || Herself || Narator for CBBC wildlife show |- | rowspan=8 | 2008 ||Eurovision Song Contest || Herself || Semi Finals- Alongside Paddy O' Connell |- | Big Brother's Big Mouth || Herself || Guest Presenter |- | "British Soap Awards" || Herself || Presenter on ITV2 'after-party' show |- | TMi || Herself || Main Presenter Alongside Sam and Mark (series 3) |- | ...Live At Indigo02 || Herself || Presenter on an ITV2 music show. A series of 6 shows that are headlined by various music acts, inculuding N*E*R*D and The Feeling |- |Latitude Festival || Herself || Presenter alongside Rufus Hound reporting on the festival for ITV |- | The National Movie Awards 2008 || Herself || Backstage interviews with award presenters and winners |- |Gladiators || Herself || Presenter alongside Ian Wright on the new series for Sky1 |- |}
References
- ^ a b Lee Coan (2007-11-30). "Caroline Flack - She's not your typical childrens' television presenter". Mail on Sunday. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Escape from Scorpion Island". BBC. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Caroline Flack". BBC. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Eurovision 2008". BBC. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Big Brother blogger on Big Brother's Big Mouth". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ "Caroline to commentate on Eurovision (and showreel)".
- ^ "NEW PRESENTER: CAROLINE FLACK".