Jayne Middlemiss



Jayne Belshaw Middlemiss (born 5 January 1971) is a London-based British television and radio presenter, originally from Northumberland. She began presenting music television shows such as The O-Zone and Top of the Pops in the mid-1990s, before presenting a variety of other television and radio shows, including on BBC 6 Music. She has won both Celebrity MasterChef and former reality show Celebrity Love Island.



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == Jayne Middlemiss was born and brought up in the town of Bedlington in Northumberland. Her father Tom was a miner and her mother Janet was a factory worker. She has a younger sister, Allyson, who is a nurse.[1] [2]  She attended Meadowdale Middle School and later Bedlingtonshire Community High School.[3] ==Career[edit] == ===Modelling[edit] === Middlemiss first worked in an electrical store, but left to move to Streatham in London.[2] [4]  In 1991, Middlemiss started out as a glamour model;[1]  within a year, she left that behind to pursue a career in the media.
 * 2 Career
 * 2.1 Modelling
 * 2.2 Television
 * 2.2.1 Music presenting
 * 2.2.2 Mainstream work
 * 3 Personal life
 * 4 Credits
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

She has since appeared in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll, at 77 (1998), 75 (1999)[5]  and 74 (2000). ===Television<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === ====Music presenting<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Middlemiss worked for Noel Edmonds and Chris Evans before briefly working as a nanny,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-same_2-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  a shop assistant and a waitress.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sundaymirror_6-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  She worked for only two weeks as a trainee researcher on GMTV with Peter McHugh,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-boss_7-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  before gaining her first presenting job on music show The O-Zone with Jamie Theakston from 1995.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-same_2-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  She got the audition for The O-Zone after she met presenter Toby Anstis at a party and he gave her tape to the producer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sundaymirror_6-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  She then presented theSmash Hits Awards, The Phone Zone and Top of the Pops<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-same_2-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  and its spin-off radio show on BBC Radio One. She also regularly covered Jo Whiley's show and various other programmes on the same station.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">After hosting live coverage of Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Festival, Middlemiss presented Rough Cut and Dog’s Balearics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-herald_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  She was one of the original presenters on the new digital station BBC 6 Music in 2002, presenting the Music Week,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-boss_7-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  where she remained until she left in April 2004. ====Mainstream work<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Middlemiss began presenting fashion show She's Gotta Have It in 2000,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-herald_8-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  going on to front three series. She went on to present some of the BBC's Holiday - On a Shoestring programmes,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-same_2-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  to destinations across the globe before co-hosting the LA Pool Party series<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sundaymirror_6-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  with Lisa Snowdon, which won a TRIC Award.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2003, Middlemiss was a panellist on ITV's Loose Women.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2004, for Five TV, Middlemiss presented the dating show What Women Want, before co-presenting the seventh series of Robot Wars, alongside Craig Charles<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  and The Games with Jamie Theakston.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2005 she appeared on ITV's Celebrity Love Island and became emotionally involved with footballer Lee Sharpe. The pair did not become a couple, however, despite the producers of the show sending them on a trip in a 'make or break' boat. She eventually went on to win the show, alongside Fran Cosgrave.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  In 2006 she returned to Fiji to host Love Island's sister show Aftersun on ITV2.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2005, Middlemiss presented Family Forensics UK on for Living TV, but the show was taken off air after the first episode was broadcast.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  Other recent credits include coverage of Live 8 for commercial radio, ITV2's coverage of theBritish Comedy Awards and Soapstar Superstar, work as a reporter for GMTV and Richard & Judy and appearances as a 'talking head' in a number of celebrity-based documentaries. In 2007, Middlemiss presented the third series of theOrange Playlist for ITV on Thursday nights.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2009, Middlemiss won Celebrity MasterChef.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2010, Middlemiss was a guest presenter on Live From Studio Five. She replaced Emma Willis, who left to front the new series of the Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Little Brother, alongside George Lamb. Middlemiss presented the show alongside Kate Walsh and Ian Wright (until his departure in August 2010). Middlemiss left Live From Studio Five in December 2010.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Middlemiss featured on Pointless Celebrities on BBC1 in December 2012 alongside Theakston, winning the episode. ==Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Middlemiss lives in Belsize Park, London. She lived in Los Angeles for a year in 2000 while working there.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mailonsunday_4-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  She dated: TV producer Andy Davies;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  from 2000-2 TV director Eliot Fletcher;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-same_2-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sundaymirror_6-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  and Irish model Alan Byrne from 2007-8.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">A committed follower of yoga since around 1995,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-same_2-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  in 2005 Middlemiss released the DVD Jayne Middlemiss - Love Yoga and in 2008 was working on a second fitness release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mailonsunday_4-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]  In 2006, Middlemiss narrated a documentary about a yogaretreat for the BBC. She was also seen in A Beginners Guide to ... Yoga for Channel 4 (2007). ==Credits<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==
 * The White Room (1995)
 * The O-Zone
 * Top of the Pops (1998)
 * She's Gotta Have It
 * Techno Games (2001)
 * The Games
 * Robot Wars (2003)
 * Loose Women (2003)
 * Orange Playlist (2004–07)
 * Love Island: Aftersun (2005–06)
 * Soapstar Superstar: Extra Tracks (2006)
 * The Beginner's Guide To Yoga (2007)
 * Celebrity Masterchef (2009)
 * Live From Studio Five (2010)