Brian Dowling
Brian Dowling was born in Rathangan, County Kildare, Leinster, Ireland on June 13th, 1978 and is the TV Show Host. At the age of 45, Brian Dowling biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Brian Patrick Dowling (born 13 June 1978) is an Irish television presenter.
He came to fame after winning the second season of reality series Big Brother and then went on to win Ultimate Big Brother in 2010.
He came third in 2007 and 2008, and he was runner-up in the Irish reality television series Fáilte Towers.
Dowling appeared on Live from Studio Five alongside Kate Walsh from 2010 to its cancellation in February 2011. Dowling would become the new host of Big Brother after its move to Channel 5, replacing Davina McCall.
After launching two editions of Big Brother and four versions of Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 5 reported in April 2013 that Dowling would be replaced by Emma Willis.
Early life
Dowling was born in Rathangan, County Kildare, Ireland, on June 13. He trained as a holiday rep and air steward for Ryanair before coming out of the public eye. He came out as gay to his parents two days before he appeared in Big Brother in 2001.
Media career
Dowling debuted Big Brother on SMTV Live, becoming the first openly gay children's television presenter. In addition to narrating the Channel 4 reality series The Salon, he also hosted his own show on ITV, Brian's Boyfriends, and Brian's Boyfriends.
With BBC Radio 1 host Jo Whiley, Brian co-hosted the Elle Style Awards in 2002. Duncan James and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson were among the winners of the NOW Magazine Style Awards in 2003, where he also received the award for Most Stylish UK Personality.
On Liz Bonnin's Celebrity Extra show on Living TV, Dowling was a regular participant. He has appeared on several commercials and TV shows, as well as hosting the companion show to I'm Famous and Frightened.
Dowling fronted the party in Leeds' Park concert with Coronation Street's Nikki Sanderson in July 2005. Fran Cosgrave and Caroline Morahan joined him in August 2005 to front the Irish O2 in the Park concert in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Dowling also hosted a showbiz slot on Vernon Kay's BBC Radio 1 Saturday morning show from October 2004 to September 2006.
Dowling introduced a number of holiday features as part of Sky Digital's interactive platform programming, titled Christmas Wrapped Up, in which he analyzed and helped promote items that were available for purchase in Sky Digital's shopping areas.
Dowling was reintroduced as a host on ITV in March 2006, the network's ITV Play affiliate, which was later announced as a host. Dowling was signed up as a host of the network's interactive gambling based telephone show The Mint, alongside six others. The game show ran until 2007.
Dowling and his family appeared on All Star Family Fortunes in October 2007, where they raised £4,660 for charity.
Dowling appeared in the ITV reality series Hell's Kitchen in September 2007, where he placed third in third place. Dowling was a contestant on the Irish reality television show Fáil Towers, in which he and 12 other celebrities had to take on the roles of hotel employees in August 2008. He came in second place behind John Creedon. He then went on to become a contestant on TV3's Celebrity Salon, where he and several other Irish celebrities (Pippa O'Connor, Leigh Arnold, Virginia Macari, Celia Holman Lee, and Breffny Morgan) learned the beauty trade. Celebrity Salon debuted on television in June 2010. Facials, waxing, surgical intervention, hairdressing, and styling were all among the tasks.
He appeared on a special episode of Come Dine with Me, as well as three other Big Brother winners, and was named the winner. Dowling was named Ultimate Big Brother housemate on September 10, 2010, the end of Big Brother's broadcast on Channel 4's that saw the end of Big Brother's broadcast. Following this, he has appeared on the RTÉ2 series Wagons Den as co-host alongside Katherine Lynch.
Dowling would be the new host of the revived series of Big Brother on Channel 5 on July 22, 2011, after months of rumors that had been rumours. In August/September 2011, he hosted four celebrity films, including two versions of the main show in 2011 and 2012. Emma Willis, the presenter of Big Brother, was recalled by Emma Willis for Series 14, which started in June 2013.
Dowling has appeared on This Morning on numerous occasions, including hosting segments on the show.
Dowling has been a presenter on the television3 game Sitting on a Fortune in Ireland since 2014.
Dowling appeared in the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars in 2020. Dowling was paired with Laura Nolan. Dowling and Kai Widdrington were the first male same-sex dance partners on the program during switch-up week on February 6, 2020, according to RTÉ. Dowling was disqualified from the competition in the first dance-off of the season on February 16, 2020.