Dermot O'Leary

Who is Dermot O'Leary?

Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary, Jr. known as Dermot O'Leary is a British television and radio presenter, best known for his current television and radio work with ITV and BBC Radio 2.

O'Leary's radio career began when he worked as a disc jockey at Essex Radio, but is best known for being the presenter of The X Factor on ITV since 2007.

His early television career saw Dermot present the spin-off show Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 between 2001 and 2008, he also presented a number of other Big Brother spin-off shows including Big Brother Africa and Big Brother Around the World.

Between 2006 and 2007, Dermot presented National Lottery game show 1 vs. 100; he was replaced in 2008 by Ben Shephard.

Since 2010, Dermot has annually presented National Television Awards airing live from The O2 Arena and airing on ITV, the awards were previously hosted by Trevor McDonald. In 2011, he hosted seven-part series The Marriage Ref for ITV.

He currently presents his own Saturday afternoon radio show on BBC Radio 2 and hosted the first BRITs Icon television celebration with Elton John in September 2013.

In 2013, Dermot hosted the ITV campaign From the Heart telethon.