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From MTV to the Big Brother house – meet Will Best and take a look at his presenting career
The Big Brother presenter had some exciting news in 2024
WILL Best is riding high in his career as one of the hosts of Big Brother.
After kicking off his rise to fame on MTV, he now presents the OG of all reality shows alongside his good friend AJ Odudu.
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Who is Will Best?
Will Best was born in London on February 21, 1985, but raised in the market town of Tadcaster in Leeds.
He is a television presenter and entrepreneur.
The talented star has worked for all the big broadcasters, including Channel 4, ITV and the BBC.
Will is also popular on Instagram, and fans can follow him on @iamwillbest.
He is the co-founder of audiosplitter.fm.
The budding entrepreneur launched the electronic music sharing site in 2015.
In 2017, Will and his friend Henry Farnham set up a drinks company, Bloody Drinks, specialising in canned Bloody Mary cocktails.
It’s even stocked in Waitrose, Sainsbury's, and a host of other shops and bars across the UK.
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Finding fame
Will kicked off his presenting career on MTV.
Teaming up with Girls Aloud's Kimberley Walsh, he presented a series called Suck My Pop on VIVA, as well voicing the MTV Top 20 chart.
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He went on to join the T4 family in 2011, hosting the show's annual T4 On The Beach series and other slots.
A familiar face at music festivals, in 2012 and 2013, Will hosted Channel 4's coverage of the iTunes Festival alongside Nick Grimshaw.
You know you've made it in the music industry once you've got Simon Cowell's stamp of approval and Will was lucky enough to team up with the mogul on an online TV project.
You Generation TV was a weekly global show which searched for talented viewers.
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Will also hosted a live Skype slot titled Ask Simon, from The X Factor judge's LA home.
The popular presenter joined Dance, Dance, Dance in 2017 alongside Alesha Dixon.
Becoming a Big Brother star
In 2023, Will landed his biggest show to date, when he got the job of hosting the rebooted Big Brother for ITV alongside AJ Odudu.
The pair have been friends for years, and worked together at 4Music when they were just starting their careers.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun about Big Brother 2024, Will said: "I’m excited about the tasks.
"I’ve been speaking to a few members of the team and I think they’ve raised the bar even further this series."
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Getting engaged
Will isn't married but he is engaged to his long term girlfriend, Tobi Rose.
In July 2024, he finally popped the question, with a source telling The Sun at the time that the pair “couldn't be happier”.
They added: “Naturally they are both overjoyed and can’t wait to celebrate making it down the aisle.
“There are no plans locked in at the moment.
“Due to both of their jobs they have a lot of celebrity pals - even if they don’t mix in so-called celebrity circles so the guest list will be impressive.”
The TV star has been with his girlfriend since 2010.
The pair live together and share an adorable pet dog.
On their anniversary Will shared a sweet snap of the pair of them to celebrate a big milestone.
He wrote next to it: "12 years ago today I met this truly one in a 7.88 billion human being.
"She was even my first ever Insta post. And if you scroll right you’ll see that, as well as being the love of my life, she’s also frighteningly true to her word."
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