AJ Odudu Age & Biography

AJ Odudu is 38 years old and was born on February 12, 1988, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The British television presenter co-hosts Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother on ITV2 alongside Will Best, and she previously presented Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and Married at First Sight: Afters. In June 2025, Odudu announced her engagement on Instagram. On November 10, 2026, ITV confirmed Odudu as one of the 11 campmates for I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! series 26, which starts on November 16, 2026, on ITV1.

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Who Is AJ Odudu?

Onatejiro AJ Odudu is a British television presenter. She co-presents the ITV2 reality shows Big Brother (since 2023) and Celebrity Big Brother (since 2024) alongside Will Best, and she previously presented the spin-off show Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (2013). In 2021, she presented the Channel 4 reality show spin-off Married at First Sight: Afters.

Odudu was a finalist on Strictly Come Dancing series 19 in 2021, partnered with professional dancer Kai Widdrington. The couple topped the leaderboard in their first week with a score of 34 and again in week 7, when they scored 39 for their Charleston, and they jointly topped the leaderboard in the semi-final before being forced to withdraw from the final with an ankle injury. She also won the second series of Celebrity Karaoke Club in July 2021 and presented the UK jury points at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Early Life & Background

Onatejiro Odudu was born on February 12, 1988, in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Her mother, Florence, and father, James, are Nigerian, and she is one of eight children (five boys and three girls). Her parents had an arranged marriage, for which her mother emigrated to the United Kingdom from Nigeria in the 1970s. Her father worked as a bus conductor, and her mother worked as a seamstress, cleaner, and dinner lady at a private school.

Odudu attended St Bede’s RC High School and St Mary’s College in Blackburn. In 2009 she graduated with a degree in English and politics from Keele University.

Career

Odudu began her career as a reporter for BBC Blast, based at Radio Lancashire. Her first presenting roles began in 2009 on the BBC Two series The Almost Perfect Guide to Life and on The 5:19 Show, an online show on the BBC website. In 2010, she was a guest on 100 Greatest Toys, a one-off special broadcast on Channel 4. She starred as herself in Comedy Lab in 2011 and co-presented Sky Arts’ coverage of the Isle of Wight Festival 2012.

In June 2013, Odudu began presenting Big Brother’s Bit on the Side with Rylan Clark and Emma Willis, and then Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Psych from August 2013. Her departure from the show was confirmed in November 2013. In August 2013, Odudu launched her own blog on Hello magazine’s UK website. From 2015 to 2019, Odudu hosted the 4Music programme Trending Live! with Jimmy Hill and Vick Hope, and she regularly presented the online Facebook quiz game Confetti in March and April 2019.

In July 2021, she won the second series of Celebrity Karaoke Club on ITV2. Also in that month, Odudu was confirmed as co-host of a one-off revival edition of The Big Breakfast, presenting alongside Mo Gilligan for Channel 4 in September 2021. In September 2021, Odudu began hosting the Channel 4 reality show spin-off Married at First Sight: Afters. The following year, she hosted the second series of the reality competition show The Bridge: Race to a Fortune for Channel 4 and HBO Max. She presented the UK jury points at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and was a presenter for the BBC’s coverage of the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in June 2022. In April 2023, it was announced that Odudu would be hosting the revival of Big Brother on ITV alongside Will Best. In March 2025, she co-hosted the main live telethon for Comic Relief on BBC One alongside Vernon Kay, and later that year she re-teamed with Kay to co-present the ITV design competition series M&S: Dress the Nation.

Facts About AJ Odudu

• She is one of eight children; her parents had an arranged marriage.
• She graduated from Keele University in 2009 with a degree in English and politics.
• She won the second series of Celebrity Karaoke Club in July 2021.
• She topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard in week one and week seven of series 19.
• She is a qualified personal trainer and sports nutritionist.

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