Emma Willis

Emma Louise Willis (' Griffiths'''; born 18 March 1976) is an English broadcaster.

She is known for her television and radio work with Channel 5, BBC, ITV, and Heart FM.

Willis got her first big break presenting on MTV in 2002 before presenting various other shows, including guest-hosting shows such as CD:UK, This Morning and Loose Women.

In 2007, Willis presented ITV2 spin-off series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! with her husband Matt before departing in 2008.

In 2007, Willis guest hosted the tenth week of Big Brother's Big Mouth.

She presented numerous episodes of The Hot Desk on ITV2 between 2008 and 2014.

In 2010, Willis began presenting a Celebrity Big Brother online spin-off show entitled Celebrity Big Brother's Big i.

While presenting the online spin-off in the same series, Willis also presented another edition of Big Mouth when Davina McCall entered the Big Brother house as part of a task.

She was then later announced as the new co-presenter on the final series of Big Brother's Little Brother, hosting opposite George Lamb.

In 2010, it was announced that Willis would replace Melinda Messenger on the Channel 5 series Live from Studio Five, but after only two months, Willis announced she would be departing in order to co-present Big Brother's Little Brother and was therefore replaced by Jayne Middlemiss.

In 2011, it was confirmed that she would be returning to the revived series, presenting the spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side.

In September 2012, Willis became a permanent presenter on This Morning, presenting segments in The Hub, taking over from Coleen Nolan.

Willis hosted two series of the ITV2 reality show Girlfriends in 2012 and 2013.

On 16 November 2012, Willis was drafted in to guest anchor Loose Women and has since presented on several occasions as a stand-in presenter.

Willis has presented Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother (2013–2018), as well as the spin-off series Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2011–2015).

In 2013, Willis guest presented an episode of The Paul O'Grady Show, while O'Grady was away.

In 2013, Willis co-presented the ITV game show Prize Island with Alexander Armstrong.

On 13 March 2013, it was reported that Brian Dowling would be axed from Big Brother and be replaced by Willis with a source saying, 'Brian has been a great host but Emma is seen by channel chiefs as a true successor to Davina.

They're talking to her now about taking over the role from the summer.' It was later confirmed, on 2 April 2013 by Channel 5 that Willis would be replacing Dowling as the new host of Big Brother.

On 13 June 2013, she began presenting the fourteenth series of Big Brother.

Even though Willis presents the main Big Brother and celebrity series, she still continued to host the spin-off show Bit on the Side, sharing the presenting duties with Rylan Clark.

She has presented The Voice UK (2014–present), and the children's spin-off The Voice Kids UK (2017–2023).

The feature was axed in 2014.

In 2015, Willis was a team captain on the six-part ITV2 comedy panel show Reality Bites, hosted by Stephen Mulhern.

On 2 July 2015, it was announced that Willis would present a new three-part series for ITV called What Would Be Your Miracle, about modern miracles.

The series began on 28 April 2016.

It was confirmed on 9 June 2016 that Willis would present the series after co-hosting three previous series on the BBC.

In January 2017, The Voice UK moved from BBC One to ITV.

She also presented two series of The Voice Kids on ITV since 2017.

In 2017, she presented The BRITs Are Coming live on ITV.

She co-presented the 2017 BRIT Awards in February alongside Dermot O'Leary.

She presented Your Song in 2017, a one-off special for ITV.

She was also a stand-in presenter on the main show when Holly Willoughby or Ruth Langsford were absent and returned to guest present the show with Rylan Clark-Neal in 2018.

She hosted The BRITs Are Coming for a second year in 2018.

On 3 March 2018, Willis made a surprise appearance on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, as she presented Win the Ads while the main hosts playing the game as part of the show's 100th episode.

In 2019 and 2021, Willis presented the second and third series of The Circle.

She will be co-hosting Love Is Blind: UK with her husband Matt Willis.

Emma Willis was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, attending Wylde Green Primary School and then John Willmott School in Sutton Coldfield.

She began modelling at the age of 15, and during her career worked for a range of magazines, retailers and companies including Marie Claire, Elle, Vogue, GAP and Chanel.

In 2019, Willis replaced Alice Levine and Maya Jama as host of The Circle.