Ore Oduba
| Ore Oduba | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 November 1985 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Journalist, television presenter, dancer |
| Notable credit(s) | Newsround BBC Sport Match of the Day Kickabout The One Show The National Lottery Draws Strictly Come Dancing |
| Spouse(s) | Portia Oduba (m. 2015) |
Ore Oduba (born 17 November 1985) is a British television news and sports presenter, currently working for BBC Sport. He is best known for presenting the BBC children's news programme Newsround from 2008 until 2014.
In 2016, he was the winner of the fourteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.
Oduba was born in London to Nigerian parents. His father worked in the oil industry. He was educated at Dumpton School, then Canford School, a co-educational independent school for both boarding and day pupils in the village of Canford Magna, near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, in southwest England. He studied Sports Science and Social Science at Loughborough University and graduated in 2008.
Oduba had always aimed for a career in sports broadcasting, and initially joined The Network, an Edinburgh television festival scheme.
Oduba joined Newsround in August 2008, following the departure of Lizo Mzimba and Laura Jones. His first role on the programme was as a reporter and breakfast bulletin presenter. He was quickly promoted to deputy presenter in 2009, filling in for main presenter Sonali Shah in her absence. In 2010, he joined Shah to begin presenting the main Newsround bulletin double-headed. This continued until Shah's departure in November 2011. He has since been joined by reporters Leah Gooding and Hayley Cutts. As part of his role he also presented spin-off show Sportsround. He became the main presenter in October 2008 when the show relaunched. He presented until its cancellation in 2010. The show was replaced by Match of the Day Kickabout which Oduba also presents. Oduba left Newsround in 2014.
...
Wikipedia