Ore Oduba

Ore Oduba: Biography in Details

Who is Ore Oduba?

American Ore Oduba is Radio and TV personality and actor. Oduba is renowned as the presenter of And They’re Off… for Sport Relief and This Morning.

Also, he is the winner of the 14th season of BBC’s dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing. 

Ore Oduba- Birth Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education

Ore Oduba was born on 17th November 1985 in London, England. He is of British-Irish ethnicity.

To date, she has not shared any details on his family background including his father, mother, and siblings. His parents are of Nigerian ancestry.

Moving towards his academics, attended Dumpton School. Later, he completed his High School education at the Canford School in Canford Magna.

After that, in 2008, she graduated from Loughborough University with Honors in Sports Science and Social Science.

Ore Oduba- Professional Career

Hoping to form his career in sports broadcasting, he joined the various Television Festivals like Edinburgh and The Network.

In 2008, the BBC’s children’s news program, Newsround. The following year, he became the deputy presenter of the Programme. Later, he started presenting double-headed bulletins of the program.

Also, he presented the spin-off show, Sportsround of Newsround. In 2013, the show was replaced by his show, Match of the Day Kickabout.

Side by side, he was presenting the sports segment on BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live. In 2014, he started presenting Commonwealth Games on BBC One and BBC Sports in the morning slots.

The following year, he made his appearance in the CBBC’s children’s sketch comedy talk show, Hacker Show. The year, he started presenting the TV Programme, The National Lottery Draws on Saturday Evenings. He presented the show till 2016.

In 2016, he appeared on the BBC’s One Show, Strictly Come Dancing as a contestant with his choreography partner, Joanne Clifton.

The year, they won the competition with a total of 119 points. The year, he started presenting the shows like This Morning as a presenter.

In 2018, he presented the show, And They’re Off! For Sport Relief on BBC One. The next year, he made his musical theatre debut with the play, Grease as Teen Angel.

Recently, in 2020, he made his appearance in the British Drama, Noughts + Crosses as a news anchor.

Ore Oduba- Net Worth 2024, Salary

As of 2024, he has an estimated net worth of $3 million. His earnings as a TV presenter are in the range of $35k – $201k. Besides that, as a radio presenter, he makes in the range of $24k – $90k.

Also, as an actor, he makes in the range of $21k to $215k.

Body Measurements: Height & Weight

He has black eyes with black hair. His height is 5 feet and 9 inches and weighs around 78 kg.

Controversy & Rumors

Back in 2018, he faced a backlash when he shared a few years of old video. At the time, he shared a dancing video from the Stricly Professional dancing video of Neil and Katya Jones wearing fat suits.

However, the video didn’t go well with online users. Hence, they slapped him stating that it is offensive to plus-sized people.

Ore Oduba- Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

He has 54.3k followers on Twitter, 123k on Instagram, and 6.6k on Facebook.

On Instagram, he is following the personalities like Nigel Clarke, Anthony Middleton, and Aled Davies.

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