63 Facts About Myleene Klass

Myleene Angela Klass was born on 6 April 1978 and is a British musician, singer, television presenter and model.

Myleene Klass was a member of the pop group Hear'Say, and later released two solo classical crossover albums in 2003 and 2007.

Myleene Klass has hosted television series including Popstar to Operastar and BBQ Champ on ITV and The One Show on BBC One.

Myleene Klass was briefly a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women in 2014.

In 2006, Myleene Klass was runner-up on the sixth series of I'm a Celebrity.

Myleene Klass was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother.

Myleene Klass attended Notre Dame High School, Norwich, but transferred to the closer Cliff Park Ormiston Academy in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth, to complete her secondary education.

Myleene Klass learned to play the violin and the piano as a child, and at the age of 15 she went to weekend studies at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied voice and harp.

Myleene Klass subsequently took a course at the Royal Academy of Music, University of London.

Myleene Klass sang backing vocals for Sir Cliff Richard, with whom she had previously worked at age 10 when she sang in a choir featured in his 1988 single "Mistletoe and Wine", which was that year's Christmas number one on the UK Singles Chart, and made her West End theatre debut in Miss Saigon.

Early television work came in 1998, when Myleene Klass sang soprano for the music of the Channel 4 film Alice through the Looking Glass.

In 2001, Myleene Klass auditioned for the ITV reality show Popstars, which offered contestants an opportunity to become part of a newly formed pop band.

Myleene Klass was chosen as one of the ten finalists and became a member of Hear'Say, with Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, Danny Foster and Noel Sullivan.

Myleene Klass made many appearances with Hear'Say on TV and in live performances during 2002.

On 13 May 2003, Myleene Klass signed a five-album deal with Classics and Jazz.

Myleene Klass's album, Moving On, was launched on 20 October 2003 at Harrods, London.

Myleene Klass confirmed there would be a re-release of the album with five new tracks, but its release was pushed back.

On 28 March 2007, Myleene Klass signed a record contract with EMI Classics as both a recording artist and an ambassador for the EMI Classics UK roster of artists.

The deal included the release of a series of albums on which Myleene Klass performed two exclusive tracks and chose a number of her favourite classical pieces from the EMI Classics back catalogue.

In 2005, Myleene Klass appeared as a guest panellist on the topical discussion show The Wright Stuff on a number of occasions.

At Christmas 2005, Myleene Klass appeared on a celebrity version of the BBC's quiz show Mastermind.

Myleene Klass's report, billed as the feature of the week, was on the Pope's astronomer.

From 10 October 2006, Myleene Klass co-presented Living's Ghost Towns with the medium and ex-Most Haunted star Derek Acorah.

From July to August 2007, Myleene Klass co-presented the daily BBC One programme The One Show with Adrian Chiles, before leaving to concentrate on looking after her baby.

On 31 December 2007, Myleene Klass presented the BBC One programme, New Year Live, for the countdown to the year 2008 at midnight.

Myleene Klass was announced as the new presenter of the Channel 4 series 10 Years Younger, on November 5,2008, and first hosted on February 5 of the following year.

Myleene Klass co-hosted the American version of I'm a Celebrity.

On 31 July 2015, Myleene Klass began presenting the new ITV series BBQ Champ.

Myleene Klass took part in the sixth series of ITV's reality television series I'm a Celebrity.

Myleene Klass pledged that all the money raised from the auction would go to charity to help victims of the Farepak savings scandal.

The demand for Myleene Klass increased so much that it is estimated she received offers amounting to several million pounds.

On 20 September 2020, it was announced that Myleene Klass would be a contestant on the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice.

Myleene Klass became the first celebrity to be eliminated following a skate-off against Lady Leshurr and Brendyn Hatfield.

In November 2014, Myleene Klass caused controversy by engaging in a heated debate with then-leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, on the ITV show The Agenda.

In February 2006, Myleene Klass began presenting the Sunday Breakfast programme on Classic FM, taking over from Aled Jones.

Myleene Klass worked for several years on the station's early morning show on Saturdays and Sundays and since 2006 presents the Saturday and Sunday evening Smooth Classics programme.

On 27 May 2008, Myleene Klass presented the BBC Radio 2 show Friday Night is Music Night in front of a live audience at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Myleene Klass presented various shows on TalkRADIO, filling in for James Whale and Jon Gaunt.

Myleene Klass began presenting a Saturday drive-time show on Smooth Radio in 2014.

Myleene Klass had previously appeared at number 84 in 2002, number 33 in 2003 and 43 in 2004.

Myleene Klass was chosen as the new face of Ortak Jewellery.

In early 2006, Myleene Klass was cast as one of the three women starring in the long-running play The Vagina Monologues and performed in Bromley, Richmond and Brighton.

Myleene Klass's run was then extended to include all dates in Nottingham.

In 2008, Klass began designing a range of baby clothes for Mothercare called Baby K Klass writes a regular blog for the pregnancy and parenting website Gurgle, which is owned by Mothercare.

Myleene Klass is the official godmother of the cruise ship Carnival Splendor.

In 2011, Myleene Klass began working with the children's shoe brand Start-rite, helping the company to design and promote a range of fitted footwear.

Myleene Klass has been an amateur astronomer for most of her life, having been taught the basics by her father.

Myleene Klass was one of a handful of celebrities, engineers and scientists who were at the UK National Space Centre control centre for the touchdown of the UK Mars probe Beagle 2 in the early morning of Christmas Day 2003.

In March 2006, Myleene Klass publicly criticised the proposed closure of the London Planetarium and explained on television how to view Venus in the early morning.

In December 2005, Myleene Klass was attacked by a group of teenagers in a newsagent in Bermondsey.

Myleene Klass had a bag of chips dropped on her head and was pushed to the ground.

In May 2006, Myleene Klass was involved in a go-karting crash at a charity race in Cardiff, South Wales, sustaining an injury to her leg.

Myleene Klass went to the hospital to get checked out and they told her she was in labour.

Myleene Klass gave birth to a second daughter on 25 March 2011, called Hero.

In January 2010, Myleene Klass claimed she received a warning from Hertfordshire Police for brandishing a kitchen knife at a group of teenagers who entered her garden while she and her daughter were alone in the house.

Myleene Klass said that she was "utterly terrified" and "aghast" at the response by the police.

On 13 September 2020, Myleene Klass announced that she had become engaged to Motson.

Myleene Klass has been the face of various charity campaigns such as stop text bully and ChildLine, and helped aid the Niger famine appeal by manning the telephone lines.

At the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist, Norwich on 24 June 2005, Myleene Klass performed a selection of tracks from her Moving On album, as well as accompanying some local schoolchildren in a concert of classical standards.

On 15 July 2006, as part of BBC One's Sport Relief charity spectacular, Myleene Klass appeared as a special guest in the Question of Sport Relief segment.

Myleene Klass's appearance involved her playing a variety of TV sport theme tunes on a grand piano.

In November 2007, Myleene Klass guest-presented BBC Children in Need and performed Your Song with John Barrowman.

Myleene Klass is an ambassador for the National Foundation for Youth Music, a children's music charity.