Who is Will Best, Celebrity Big Brother 2024's host?
Here's everything you need to know about the host.
Celebrity Big Brother made a comeback on Monday 4th March - and, to the delight of viewers, so did hosting duo AJ Odudu and Will Best.
The pair joined the series as hosts for last year's civilian series and have joined forces once again, providing hilarious commentary during the live launch and Big Brother's companion series Late & Live.
The launch of the celebrity series saw a peak of 3.2 million viewers (average 2.8 million) on ITV across devices, its highest launch since 2016.
From 9pm - 10:30pm last night, ITV1 had more than double the audience of any other channel.
While it's only been a few months since Best was on our TV screens for three weeks, let's get to know him a bit more. Read on for all the information you need to know about the Celebrity Big Brother 2024 co-host.
Who is Will Best?
Age: 39
Instagram: @iamwillbest
Will Best has been in the TV presenting game for years, with his first gig being the co-host of music chat show Suck My Pop with Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh on Viva in 2010.
The following year, Will joined T4 and presented the show every weekend before it ended in 2012. He stuck around the Channel 4 family for quite some time, and went on to present the 4Music show The Crush and dating show Love Shaft on E4.
In 2012 and 2013, he presented the iTunes Festival for Channel 4 and E4, alongside Nick Grimshaw, Annie Mac, Lauren Laverne and Tom Ravenscroft.
Following his presenting roles, Will went on to front the Is This Rape? Sex on Trial documentary on BBC Three. The documentary tested a group of a British teens to see if they could determine whether a specially written drama about a sexual encounter was consensual or not.
In 2022, the presenter appeared on Celebrity Coach Trip, and one year later it was announced he would be hosting the ITV revival of Big Brother.
What has Will Best said about hosting Celebrity Big Brother 2024?
Prior to the live launch, Will Best admitted hosting the show "comes with a few butterflies".
"I get nervous about everything, so hosting a huge live TV show definitely comes with a few butterflies," he told ITV in a Q&A.
"But weirdly, the closer it gets the less nervous I’m getting, and the fact that I’m up there with my mate AJ means as soon as it starts, I know it's going to be fun."
How do Will Best and AJ Odudu know each other?
Will Best and AJ Odudu previously worked together on the entertainment news show Trending Live! on 4Music, alongside Love Island host Maya Jama.
What channel is Celebrity Big Brother on?
Celebrity Big Brother will air on ITV1 and ITVX, followed by Late & Live on ITV2.
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Katelyn Mensah is the Entertainment and Factual Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
