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Fearne Cotton
(born 3 September 1981) is an English television presenter and DJ. Born
in Northwood, London, she grew up in the north-west London suburb of
Eastcote. She was raised by Lyn and Mick Cotton, and has a younger
brother called Jamie. Her grandfather's cousin is former BBC executive
Sir Bill Cotton, although she states she has not seen him since the age
of five and cites her rise to broadcasting fame as down to her own hard
work and discipline.
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Born September
3, 1981 (age 25)
Northwood,
London, England
Known for
Presenting of reality, fund raising and music related TV shows,
Co-presenting Radio 1 weekend breakfast show with Reggie Yates
Occupation
Radio and Television Presenter, DJ.
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Early career
Self-described
as a "mouthy little girl", Cotton began taking ballet classes from the
age of five and attended weekend drama school at ten. After being
discovered in a nationwide talent search, she began her presenting
career in 1998, at the age of 16, with early morning GMTV children's
show The Disney Club and later Diggit. She soon found herself fronting
several children's programmes for CITV, including Draw Your Own Toons
and Mouse, a show aimed at encouraging children to use computers. In
2002 she presented Finger Tips, an arts and crafts programme for
children, with co-presenter Stephen Mulhern.
Cotton soon
branched out from ITV, and her association with CBBC began when she
presented children's science programme, Eureka TV, later winning a role
as co-presenter on CBBC's Sunday Morning show, Smile. Before long, she
was given the task of re-vitalising the ailing The Saturday Show for the
BBC. Her former Finger Tips co-presenter, Stephen Mulhern was soon to
present rival CITV Saturday morning show Ministry of Mayhem alongside
her best friend Holly Willoughby.
Recent broadcasting
In 2003 Cotton
started presenting Top of the Pops:Saturday (later called Top of the
Pops: Reloaded) with her The Saturday Show co-presenter, Simon Grant.
The same year she took part in Comic Relief Does Fame Academy.
From 2004 to
2006 Cotton was the main presenter of Top Of The Pops, which she
co-presented with a different guest presenter each week. She was one of
the final ever regular presenters for that show. The programme ended in
July 2006 as a result of poor viewing figures, but Cotton was
unavailable for the final episode because of her filming for ITV1's Love
Island in Fiji. However, a quick introduction she recorded on location
was shown at the start of the show. She also narrates the popular CBBC
Serious… documentary strand, as well as continuing to present various
other children's programmes for the BBC, including "Only In America". In
May 2005 she continued her association with Comic Relief when she hosted
part of the Red Nose Day telethon.
In July 2005
she made her career highlight to date, presenting Live8 in Hyde Park,
London, where she found herself being chatted up by Robbie Williams.
During an interview with the British popstar, he asked on camera "Why
don't you come live with me and my dogs in LA?" Following the event, she
commented that she would prefer to remain friends. In November 2005 she
hosted the BBC's annual telethon, Children In Need with Sir Terry Wogan
and Natasha Kaplinsky, a role she reprised for the 2006 event.
In September
2005 she joined Radio 1, to present the Friday early morning slot with
Reggie Yates who she had previously worked with on CBBC as a presenter,
and co-star of Only In America and Top Of The Pops. She occasionally
stands in for other Radio 1 presenters, such as Sara Cox. It was
announced on the 30th July 2006 that Fearne will be co-hosting the
weekend breakfast show along with Reggie from September 2006 replacing
Spoony who will be leaving the station after six years.
On 20 May 2006
Fearne read the United Kingdom votes for the 2006 Eurovision Song
Contest, held in Athens, Greece.
Cotton also
presented the second series of Love Island with Patrick Kielty on ITV1,
taking over from Kelly Brook. Liza Tarbuck and Denise van Outen were
previously offered the role but pulled out due to other projects.
In her spare
time Fearne is a keen artist and hopes to hold an exhibition of her work
in late 2006.
Fearne dated
Lostprophets' front man Ian Watkins for a period in 2004-2005. Watkins
wrote two songs about the couple's separation on the group's third album
Liberation Transmission.
Another of her
ex-boyfriends, Peter Brame who was a Fame Academy singer, sold explicit
details of their lovelife to a downmarket Sunday newspaper, describing
how a cocaine addiction destroyed their relationship. She maintains that
"He had to do it for his own reasons and I don't resent him for that."
On 29 October
2006, Fearne appeared with her family and much talked about brother
Jamie on Family Fortunes in a star special. She also presents the Friday
night live eviction for Five reality TV show Make Me A Supermodel,
replacing former TV presenter and model Rachel Hunter.
Trivia
Fearne has two
cats called Tallulah and Keloy. The latter was photographed with Fearne
by the late Lord Lichfield for the 2006 PDSA Calendar. They are named
after one of the magic words from Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
She attended
Haydon School in Northwood.
Fearne is a fan
of Led Zeppelin and cites their track "Good times Bad times" as her
favourite song of all time.
Fearne has
various tattoos over her body, the most notable of which is fern leaf,
covering her right hip up to her rib cage.
Fearne starred
in the video for 'Riverside', the debut single for London based
singer/songwriter Kid Harpoon released via Brik A Brak Records in 2006.
She is a
vegetarian
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