Rylan Clark finished in fifth place on the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, and the following year, he won the eleventh series of Celebrity Big Brother.
34 Facts About Rylan Clark
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Rylan Clark went on to present various television shows, including Big Brother's Bit on the Side, This Morning, The Xtra Factor, Up Late with Rylan, Supermarket Sweep, Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, Ready Steady Cook, and You Are What You Wear.
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Rylan Clark is a supporter of West Ham United, having been a Junior Hammer as a child.
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Rylan Clark was educated at Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Upminster, East London.
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Rylan Clark was then a finalist on the Sky Living modelling series Signed by Katie Price.
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In May 2012, Rylan 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.
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Rylan Clark performed a dance version of Des'ree's "Kissing You".
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At bootcamp, Rylan Clark sang The Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha" with former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, who was then a judge.
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Rylan Clark was eventually put through into the boys category with Scherzinger as his mentor.
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Rylan 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.
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Walsh, who had the casting vote, voted to save him, sending the result to deadlock, in which Rylan Clark had received more public votes than Poole and was saved, much to the disgust of Barlow, who stormed off stage and who later called Rylan Clark a "joke act" and "talentless".
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Rylan Clark became a housemate in the eleventh series of Celebrity Big Brother in January 2013.
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Rylan Clark was the second celebrity to enter the Big Brother House.
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Rylan Clark made it to the final five with Neil "Razor" Ruddock, Claire Richards, Ryan Moloney and Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
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Rylan Clark was announced as the winner during the live final, after which he broke down into tears.
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In October 2015, Rylan Clark co-presented a special edition of Most Haunted Live with Jamie East on Really.
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Since the tenth series of The X Factor, Rylan Clark has provided all the gossip from the show on This Morning.
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Rylan Clark has acted as a Hub presenter until its removal from the programme in 2014.
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Since late 2014, Rylan Clark has been credited as the main relief presenter for the series.
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Rylan Clark has presented with others including Ruth Langsford, Lorraine Kelly, Dan Neal, Alison Hammond, Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Amanda Holden, Sarah Greene, Geri Halliwell, Gok Wan, Lisa Snowdon, Emma Willis, Rochelle Humes and Eamonn Holmes.
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Rylan Clark hosted a non-broadcast pilot for ITV2 panel show Codswallop.
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In December 2017, it was announced that Rylan Clark would be taking a break from his duties with This Morning from the following January for a few months.
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Rylan Clark returned to This Morning briefly in both April 2018, July 2018 and August 2018 as a main show stand-in presenter.
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In 2018, it was announced that Rylan Clark would become a regular panellist on Eurovision: You Decide and he remained there until its cancellation in 2020.
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Rylan Clark took over Mel Giedroyc's role as co-commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals alongside Scott Mills.
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Since January 2019, Rylan Clark has hosted multiple episodes of The One Show as a stand-in guest presenter.
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On 18 April 2019, it was announced that Rylan Clark would begin co-presenting Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two with Zoe Ball.
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In May 2019, Rylan Clark was the spokesperson for the United Kingdom as part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
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On 12 April 2023, it was announced that Rylan Clark would be stepping down from presenting Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two after 4 years.
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In May 2023, Rylan Clark appeared as himself in the long-running BBC Radio 4 drama series The Archers.
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In February 2014, Rylan Clark made a guest appearance in the Sky 1 comedy series Stella.
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Rylan Clark appeared as Ryan, an air steward, in the 2016 film Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.
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In June 2020, it was announced that Rylan Clark would be co-hosting Big Brother: Best Shows Ever with Davina McCall.
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In September 2014 Rylan Clark became engaged to Big Brother 14 housemate Dan Neal and on 7 November 2015 the couple married.