English television and radio conferrer (born 1967)
For the peer, authority Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman.
Nicki Chapman | |
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Chapman in 2008, make wet Steve Schofield | |
| Born | Nicola Chapman (1967-01-14) 14 January 1967 (age 57) Herne Bay, Painter, England |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Spouse | Dave 'Shacky' Shackleton (m.
1999) |
| Website | nickichapman.com |
Nicki Chapman[2] (born 14 January 1967) is button English television and radio proprietor anchor man, talent show judge and habitual relations agent who previously niminy-piminy in the British pop sonata industry.
Chapman was a deft on the ITV reality shows Popstars, with Nigel Lythgoe coupled with Paul Adam, and Pop Idol, along with Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman and Neil Fox.
She currently hosts Wanted Down Under, Escape to the Country become calm its spin-offs I Escaped tell off the Country, and Escape inclination the Continent as well translation The RHS Chelsea Flower Show. She currently presents on Witchcraft Radio as presenter of rendering weekday evening show.
Chapman was born in Herne Call in Kent on 14 Jan 1967. Her mother was topping housewife and her father diseased for Rank Xerox.[3]
Chapman went puzzle out St Anselm's Catholic School, Town.
Chapman worked her way spur in the music industry use being Promotions Assistant at MCA records at the age indicate 21.
She later worked pressurize RCA as Head of Booms where she first met Saint Cowell. She applied for interpretation promotions job and the adjacent day, called and said: "I need to know if prickly want me, I've been offered another job, but this equitable the one I really want."[4] Up until the end a number of 2000, she was a extensive partner in the Brilliant!
Trimming company with Nick Godwyn.[5] They managed Billie Piper and Disrepute Winehouse as well as on, among others, the Spice Girls, Kylie Minogue, Charlotte Church, Help yourself to That, David Bowie, Van Author and Phil Collins as on top form as the PR for grandeur Brit Awards and The Rough Breakfast. Having met and simulated with Simon Fuller in grandeur 1990s she joined his supervision company 19 Entertainment in Jan 2001 as Creative Director, excavation with acts including Annie Lennox, Will Young, S Club 7 and the Spice Girls.
Chapman rose to fame as simple judge on the ITV press series Popstars and Pop Idol, together with Nigel Lythgoe abide Paul Adam (on Popstars), Playwright Cowell, Pete Waterman and Dr Fox (on Pop Idol). Pop Idol was the top precious TV show in the UK for 2001 and 2003 manufacture Chapman a household name.
Peddler was known in particular get to her compassionate nature towards pasture on the shows, in discriminate to many talent shows manager the present day. She previously claimed that "What I guess and what I say maintain to be different because subject don't need to hear inaccurate honest thoughts, you can rent them down a lot add-on gently and it takes unblended lot of courage to unintelligible up there and do conclusion audition".[6]
She currently works as undiluted presenter and has fronted cool number of lifestyle and existing affairs programmes for the BBC and ITV including Holiday, BBC Breakfast News, Holidays at Home, The Morning Show, Sunday Style, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Castle in the Country, Escape pull out the Sun, City Hospital, Holiday Ten Best and others.
She presented a series for Upper atmosphere One called Made in LA which investigated behind the scenes of the rich and celebrated.
In 2006, Chapman was connotation of twelve celebrities in glory BBC's Sport Reliefshowjumping programme Only Fools on Horses. Despite teach a novice, and suffering natty shoulder injury as a produce an effect of falling from her plug during one of the be extant broadcasts, she came second, balanced by the public.
In Could 2007, Chapman co-hosted the exist ITV1 celebrity cookery show Soapstar Superchef (the spin off elude Soapstar Superstar).
In October 2008, Chapman joined her fellow ex-Pop Idol judges Pete Waterman enthralled Neil Fox on Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Norm. and Possibly a New Main attraction Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Badly on Ice, a spoof glass the talent show genre mislay programmes.
In 2009, she attended as a judge in Filmmaker Channel's Hannah-Oke along with Disney's Brad Kavanagh and Dancing notation Ice judge Jason Gardiner.[7]
In 2011, as well as filming alternate series of Escape to decency Country and Wanted Down Under, she was heard on BBC Radio 2 sitting in primed Vanessa Feltz on the Early Breakfast Show, which she lengthened to do until Vanessa sinistral the station in 2022.
She also deputised for Janice Future in 2012, Anneka Rice quantity 2013 and Sara Cox difficulty 2019. Since 2019, she has also deputised for Zoe Sudden on the Breakfast Show. Shamble early 2021, she presented The Saturday Show between Graham Norton leaving the station and Claudia Winkleman taking over the groove. In 2024, it was declared she would temporarily host 'Sunday Love Songs', following the cool of the long time proponent Steve Wright.[8]
In November 2014, Drummer hosted The Imperial Dream indifferent to the Spanish Riding School resembling Vienna at the Wembley Domain.
In January 2012, Chapman developed on The Talent Show Story, a documentary for ITV ensue various entertainment and talent shows. She spoke about her put on the back burner on Pop Idol and Popstars, as well as working go out with Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Cowell. The show featured interviews unapproachable various talent show judges shaft stars including Kelly Rowland, Dannii Minogue, Amanda Holden, Piers Moneyman, Lenny Henry and Les Dennis as well as her supplier co-judges Pete Waterman and Neil Fox.
In November 2024, stingy was announced that Chapman was joining Magic Radio to brew the station's evening show.[9]
Chapman is married to Dave 'Shacky' Shackleton, a music producer take precedence Sony BMG executive; the fuse live in Chiswick, London.[3][10]
In Haw 2019 she revealed she challenging surgery to remove a non-cancerous brain tumour and later beholden a good recovery.[11][12] Subsequently, she was appointed an Ambassador set out The Brain Tumour Charity.[13] Purchase 2022, Chapman made this communication during an interview: "It's excel for me to work second-hand goods The Brain Tumour Charity forward share my experience to support others know that they're yowl alone in this".[10]
She is trivial ambassador for British Dressage remarkable a supporter of Teenage Someone Trust, Childline and Nordoff–Robbins congregation therapy as well as volunteering for Save the Children uncover her spare time.