Vick Hope
Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu-Hope (born 25 September 1989) is a British TV and radio presenter, journalist and published author. She hosted the "Capital Breakfast" show on Capital FM radio station. She also presents "Crufts" on Channel 4, "Carnage" on Sky One, "Trending Live" on 4Music, "Life Hacks" and "Going Home with Vick and Jordan" on BBC Radio 1, "FYI Daily" on ITV2 and became the backstage presenter for ITV's "The X Factor" in 2019, after becoming the digital reporter for "The Voice UK" in 2018. In 2020, she became the red carpet host of 2020 BAFTA Film  Awards. In October 2020, it was announced that Hope would host a new ITV Hub sister show entitled "I'm a Celebrity...The Daily Drop". As well as presenting, Hope has worked as a print and broadcast journalist for ITN and publications including "The Argentina Independent" and "Marie Claire". In 2017 Hope won the Broadcasting Powerhouse Award at the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards. She is a human rights activist and Amnesty International ambassador, having worked with the organisation since she was 16. Early life. Hope was born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne by her English father and Nigerian  mother. She has three younger brothers. She studied modern languages at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and can speak French, Spanish and Portuguese. Hope has spoken in interviews about teaching herself Spanish and taking night classes in Newcastle in extra A-Level subjects to win her place at Cambridge. Her career began during her university "year abroad" in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where at 19 she became the youngest ever journalist employed by independent English-language expat newspaper "The Argentina Independent", and it was while in Buenos Aires that she was picked up by MTV to present shows for them. Following that, she  broke into the British television mainstream as a reporter and presenter. Career. Radio. Hope is best known for her work presenting the "Capital Breakfast" show in London along with Roman Kemp and Sonny Jay since 2017. Before this she hosted weekend breakfast on sister station, Capital Xtra. On 24 February 2020, she announced that she would be leaving the show to focus on other ventures. On 20 March 2020, Sian Welby replaced Hope as co-host of "Capital Breakfast". In 2019, Hope joined Classic FM presenting Classic FM's "Revision Hour" alongside Ellie Goulding, Lewis Capaldi & Dan Smith. In August  2020, Hope replaced Cel Spellman to co-host "Life Hacks" and “Official Chart: First Look” alongside Katie Thistleton on BBC Radio 1. In June 2021, it was announced that Hope will co-host BBC Radio 1's drive time slot alongside Jordan North, beginning 6 September 2021. Television. On 20 October 2020, it was announced that Hope would host a new ITV Hub show entitled "I'm a Celebrity...The Daily Drop", after the original spin off show, Extra Camp was axed after 17 years on air. Hope and Kemp have also presented together on ITV2's "2Awesome" and "Can  You Make It" for Red Bull TV"." In 2020, Hope hosted the pre-show red carpet for BAFTA Film Awards. In the same year, Hope presented Channel 4's "Crufts" alongside Clare Balding. She co-hosted the BRIT Awards 2019 International Live Stream on YouTube with Todrick Hall. Hope was the backstage presenter for ITV's "" and "" live final, after hosting "The X Factor's" spinoff show "Xtra Bites". As well as working as an entertainment reporter for ITV's "Lorraine", Hope has presented programmes for Channel 4's 4Music channel since 2014, including "Trending Live!" with AJ Odudu and  Jimmy Hill and interview shows "Box Fresh, Face The Fans, HotBox and The Hangout," before which she worked on youth and music shows for Disney Channel UK, MTV, Capital Xtra and Vevo. In 2018, Hope joined "The Voice UK" as their backstage reporter having worked for ITV on "The Hot Desk" (2016) and "FYI Daily", where she continues to produce and present the showbiz news. The same year, Hope was announced to front Sky One's "Carnage" alongside Freddie Flintoff and Lethal Bizzle. She went on to work further with Sky One and Sky Arts presenting their live coverage of  Isle of Wight Festival alongside Edith Bowman and Joel Dommett. On 27 October 2018, Hope was gunged on CBBC show "Saturday Mash Up", after losing a vote. In sport, Hope presented "Yahoo Sports Presents Tailgate" - a weekly show about American sports in 2019-2020 & Channel 4's "World Chase Tag Parkour Championships" in 2019. She also presented cycling coverage of "The London Nocturne" for Channel 4, Sky Sports and Eurosport, and fronted three series of "Street Velodrome" for BT Sport. She partook in "All Star Netball" for BBC's "Sport Relief" 2019. In news and factual programming, Hope continues to  work as a news and entertainment reporter for ITN. The company also produced her first TV documentary "The Slenderman Killings" for Channel 5. In the documentary Hope investigated the rise of online horror, and it was named "The Guardian" newspaper's Pick Of The Day. Hope also presented the documentary "That's Not Me", exploring the use of retouching in fashion photography, which won the BBC Award for Factual Entertainment at the Visions Film Festival. In August 2018, it was announced that Hope would be a contestant on the 16th series of "Strictly Come Dancing". She was paired with Graziano  Di Prima and was eliminated fourth. Writing. In 2020, Hope released her debut children's novel, "Listen Up: Rule the Airwaves, Rule the School." She is set to publish the sequel later this year. Hope writes for various publications including "Marie Claire", "Shout" magazine, and "New Teach". Other. Hope has worked as a live host for a multitude of events including Ru Paul's Drag Con UK, Great North Run, Capital's Summertime Ball and Capital's Jingle Bell Ball. In 2019, she hosted the Onside Awards at the Royal Albert Hall alongside HRH Prince Harry and Dev Griffin. Awards . Hope received a TRIC Award in 2019 and 2020 for Best Radio Show for "Capital Breakfast". She also received a TRIC Award for Best Entertainment Show for "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2019. Hope was nominated for Best Entertainment Programme at the BAFTA TV Awards 2019 for her work on Strictly Come Dancing. In 2019, Hope was named "Woman Who Changed The Game" by Nike x Football Beyond Borders. She was named as a "Rising Star of 2018" by Hello Magazine and named "Future Face of 2018" by Fabulous Magazine. Hope was consecutively nominated for Favourite TV Personality at the NRTA  s in 2018 and 2019. In 2017 Hope won the Broadcasting Powerhouse Award at the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards. She has also been nominated for an Urban Music Award for her Capital Xtra "Weekend Breakfast" show, and a Royal Television Society Award for her "That's Not Me" documentary. She won the BBC Award For Factual Entertainment for her documentary "That's Not Me". Personal life. Hope is a human rights activist and Amnesty International Ambassador, and in 2018 hosted the Amnesty stage at the Women's March in London. Hope also works closely with Choose Love (formerly Help  Refugees) as an ambassador of their Choose Love campaign. She also works closely with Made By Sport - helping disadvantaged young people through sport, a charity she has been with since launching alongside Anthony Joshua and Prince Harry. In addition to her philanthropy work, Hope also volunteers at a weekly refugee project near her home in Hackney, London where she works with children from asylum seeking families. Hope was previously in a relationship with "Plebs" actor Tom Rosenthal, which ended in November 2017.