Matt Edmondson

Edmondson was a CBBC continuity presenter from 2004 to 2006, prior to which, in 2002, he was a roving reporter for Channel 4's Richard & Judy.[http://www.independenttalent.com/presenters/matt-edmondson IndependentTalent.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519105348/http://www.independenttalent.com/presenters/matt-edmondson |date=19 May 2009 }}

Edmondson co-presented the 2008 coverage of the Isle of Wight Festival for ITV2.[http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/Music/isleofwight/coverage/default.html ITV Music – Isle Of Wight Festival] ITV.com He also provided links and commentary for the MTV coverage of the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. He presented reports from T in the Park 2009 for BBC One Scotland, BBC Two Scotland and BBC Three.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/17/tpark.shtml BBC presenter line-up for T In The Park 2009 announced] BBC Press Office, 17 June 2009

Edmondson also provided voiceovers for 4Music and presented Channel 4's Freshly Squeezed from 2010 until 2011.[http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id=3183 The Big Pink, Yeasayer, Miike Snow, We Have Band play TopMan Tour]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} God is in the TV, 24 March 2010[http://www.moneymanagementuk.com/money-talent/matt-edmondson.htm Matt Edmondson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516052414/http://www.moneymanagementuk.com/money-talent/matt-edmondson.htm |date=16 May 2010 }} Money Management

In May 2010, Edmondson presented highlights from The Great Escape Festival[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-escape-festival/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1 The Great Escape Festival] Channel 4, 22 May 2010 and the Topman CTRL Student Tour[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/topman-ctrl/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1 Topman CTRL Student Tour] Channel 4, 29 May 2010 on Channel 4.

On 27 June 2016, it was announced that Edmondson would co-host The Xtra Factor Live alongside Rylan Clark-Neal on ITV2. The series began on 27 August 2016 and was broadcast live from The Hospital Club.{{cite web |url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-announce-matt-edmondson-is-new-xtra-factor-host-details/ |title=X Factor confirm Matt Edmondson as new Xtra Factor host! |access-date=2016-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627175250/http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-announce-matt-edmondson-is-new-xtra-factor-host-details/ |archive-date=27 June 2016 |df=dmy-all }} The show was axed in January 2017.

Edmondson narrated the third series of Impractical Jokers UK on Channel 5 and Comedy Central in 2016. In 2017, Edmondson took part in the BBC's Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a822657/comic-relief-2017-lets-sing-and-dance-bbc-nicki-minaj-twitter/|title=Matt Edmondson BECAME Nicki Minaj for Comic Relief|first=Louise|last=McCreesh|date=4 March 2017|website=Digital Spy|access-date=10 December 2018}}

In November 2016, Edmondson provided the voiceover for the adverts for Now That's What I Call Music! 95, when regular voiceover Mark Goodier suffered a stroke.

He presents the ITV2 dating series Dress to Impress.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a836647/itv2-new-dating-show-dress-to-impress/|title=ITV2 announces brand new dating show Dress To Impress|first=Sam|last=Warner|date=28 August 2017|website=Digital Spy|access-date=10 December 2018}} From 2017, Edmondson replaced Reggie Yates as the presenter of Release the Hounds on ITV2.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a832917/matt-edmondson-replaces-reggie-yates-host-release-the-hounds/|title=Release the Hounds is getting a brand new host|first=Justin|last=Harp|date=11 July 2017|website=Digital Spy|access-date=10 December 2018}}

On 8 January 2010, Edmondson joined BBC Radio 1, and appeared every Friday on Fearne Cotton's show to report on entertainment news and showbiz gossip. His first appearance on Cotton's programme was on 15 January 2010.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/01_january/08/matt.shtml Matt Edmondson joins Radio 1] BBC Press Office, 8 January 2010

Edmondson began presenting the Sunday 10{{nbsp}}am to 1{{nbsp}}pm slot on BBC Radio 1 on 14 March 2010, filling in for regular presenter Sara Cox while she was on maternity leave.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/02_february/23/radio1.shtml Matt Edmondson to cover for Sara Cox on Radio 1] BBC Press Office, 23 February 2010

Edmondson started a weekly show on BBC Radio 1 on 6 April 2011 replacing Huw Stephens from 9{{nbsp}}pm to 10{{nbsp}}pm on Wednesdays.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/02_february/01/stephens.shtml Huw Stephens to host Radio 1 weekend show] BBC Press Office, 1 February 2011 However, on 19 December 2012, he presented his last Wednesday night show before moving to weekends in January 2013, taking over Vernon Kay's Saturday 10{{nbsp}}am{{snd}}1{{nbsp}}pm slot and Sara Cox's Sunday 10{{nbsp}}am{{snd}}1{{nbsp}}pm slot.

On 10 April 2018, it was announced that Edmondson and Mollie King would co-present a new afternoon show for BBC Radio 1 beginning in June on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/r1-weekend-friday|title=BBC - Weekend starts early on Radio 1 - Media Centre|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=10 December 2018}} In 2024, it was announced that they would be moving to weekdays (except Fridays) on Radio 1 in July.

In 2018, Edmondson hosted a BBC radio podcast programme in which he and his episode co-hosts, beginning with Amelia Dimoldenberg and Nina Nesbitt, deliberately vandalised Wikipedia to see how long the vandalism would last.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/JxSKdn4M8vYswLZqJvJjQ6/9-weird-and-wonderful-things-we-learned-from-disappearing-down-an-internet-black-hole|title=BBC - 9 weird and wonderful things we learned from disappearing down an Internet black hole|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=10 December 2018}}

Edmondson was a columnist for The X Factor magazine.[http://beta.radiotimes.com/news/2011-06-01/pop-star-to-tv-presenter---the-future-of-x-factor Pop star to TV presenter – the future of X Factor?] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707172425/http://beta.radiotimes.com/news/2011-06-01/pop-star-to-tv-presenter---the-future-of-x-factor |date=7 July 2012 }} RadioTimes.com He appeared in the music video for the song "Make Peace Not War" by British grime artist Skepta.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVSr0tLQr_4&ob=av2e Skepta – Make Peace Not War] YouTube.com

Edmondson has designed several published board games through Format Games, which he founded in 2021 with his brother-in-law. {{cite web |title=About us |url=https://format.games/pages/about-us |website=Format Games |language=en}}

Edmondson is originally from Portsmouth and attended St Edmund's Catholic School and Havant College. He now lives in Lewisham, south-east London. His elder sister Kate Arnell is also a television presenter. In May 2012, Edmondson became engaged to his long-term girlfriend Bryony Emmett, and the pair married in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://flair.wittysparks.com/article/01TB5jBdDN1KS/matt-edmondson-engaged |title=Matt Edmondson Engaged – WittySparks News |publisher=Flair.wittysparks.com |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=6 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209205617/http://flair.wittysparks.com/article/01TB5jBdDN1KS/matt-edmondson-engaged |archive-date=9 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }} In September 2016, Edmondson missed an episode of The Xtra Factor Live. During the show, it was announced that Bryony had gone into labour, and at the end of the show it was announced that she had given birth to a girl. In January 2022, Bryony gave a birth to a second girl. {{cite web |author1=XtraFactor UK |title=?????? |url=https://twitter.com/XtraFactor_UK/status/772182428593127424 |website=twitter.com |access-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003175932/https://twitter.com/XtraFactor_UK/status/772182428593127424 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |quote=Account suspended}}

Edmondson has been diagnosed with cyclothymia, a form of bipolar disorder (considered to be a milder type).{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-59131799|title=Cyclothymia: Matt Edmondson reveals impact of mental health disorder|work=BBC News|date=2 November 2021|accessdate=26 November 2021}} In 2020, Edmondson revealed in a Twitter thread that his father was an alcoholic with bipolar disorder who killed himself when Edmondson was 22.

• {{cite tweet|number=1312318317022117890|user=MattEdmondson|title=I've been back and forth about...|date=3 October 2020}}
• {{cite web |last1=Edmondson |first1=Matt |title=I've been back and forth about sharing this, but I think it's important. You'll understand why as you read on... |url=https://twitter.com/MattEdmondson/status/1312318317022117890 |website=Twitter |access-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005045934/https://twitter.com/MattEdmondson/status/1312318317022117890 |archive-date=5 October 2020 |language=en}} Edmondson wrote a song about it, "Your Car", with the vocals of Aymee Weir.{{cite web |author1=Aymee Weir |title=Your Car |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1iTYeIT22c |website=youtube |access-date=20 May 2023 |language=en |date=October 12, 2020}}

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• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025qxd Matt and Jerry] (BBC Radio 1)
• [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000shvy Radio 1 Pop Anthems] (BBC Radio 1)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080614000038/http://www.independenttalent.com/presenters/matt-edmondson Independent Talent Presenters]

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