Table of Biography
Adele Roberts is a popular British broadcaster, reality TV personality, and DJ. Adele Roberts gained prominence through her work on BBC Radio 1 and is known for her engaging and vibrant on-air personality.
Early Life
Adele Roberts was born in Southport, Merseyside, England, the United Kingdom, on 9 March 1979. She is 44 years old and has a birth sign of Pisces. Her full name is Adele Claire Roberts. She holds British nationality and belongs to the Barbadian-British ethnicity.
She was raised with her five siblings while the names of her siblings are still under a dark side. Similarly, the names and occupations of her parents are also unknown at the moment.
Adele Roberts – Education
She attended Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School in Crosby, Merseyside. Later, she studied pharmacology at the University of Leeds, where she joined Leeds Student Radio presenting a weekly mix show.
Professional Career
Big Brother
Adele Roberts participated in the 2002 British reality show “Big Brother” (Season 3) as the twelfth house member. After being evicted on July 5, 2002, she finished seventh, seen by 7.1 million viewers. She subsequently returned to the show in 2007, taking part in a Big Brother 8 task alongside Alex Sibley.
Post Career after Big Brother and started working in radio
After being eliminated from Big Brother, she landed her first radio job at Rock FM in Lancashire in the year 2002. She did present the weekly “Smooth Grooves Show”, a self-produced urban specialist show airing Friday 10 pm-2 am.
She also hosted shows on ‘The Hits Radio’ in Manchester. In 2006, she joined Galaxy in Leeds (now Capital). In 2012, she switched to BBC Radio 1Xtra. Moreover, she stated that presenting on BBC 1Xtra had been an eventual objective and that she had attended a development event for the station (then known as ‘Network X’) in 2002 but was too nervous to contact anybody and left right away.
In 2015, Roberts was appointed as the new host of BBC Radio 1’s Early Breakfast show from 4:00-6:30 am. She also provides regular cover for the Live Lounge show. In the year 2020, she became the first Black woman to host the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
The BBC announced in November 2020 that she will be the next host of Radio 1’s Weekend Breakfast Show beginning in January 2021, as part of a scheduling change that would see existing Weekend Breakfast hosts move to the afternoon.
In August 2021, she covered Trevor Nelson’s show The Rhythm Nation on BBC Radio 2. In December 2022, she returned to Radio 2 to broadcast the Early Breakfast Show for one week.
On June 21, 2023, she declared her departure from Radio 1. She has already given her last show for the network in May 2023.
Television
Roberts is a regular presenter of BBCSport and in 2019, she joined the London Marathon coverage and commentary team. She was announced as the participant in the nineteenth series of “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” in November 2019.
Caption: Adele Roberts and her girlfriend giving an interview in a TV program (Source: www.condosmonttremblant.ca)
She was the first campmate to be voted off the program on November 29. In January 2020, Roberts won the sixth season of Celebrity Coach Trip on E4 with her partner, Kate Holderness. In October 2023, it was revealed that Roberts would participate in the sixteenth series of Dancing on Ice, which would air in early 2024.
She is also an author and published her first book “The Adventures of Sammy the Skunk: Book 1” in 2001. She also authored five more books which are the sequel to her first book.
Net Worth 2024
Being a British broadcaster, and reality TV personality; she has collected a good fortune in her career. As of 2023, her net worth is estimated at around $20 million while she makes around $24k-$86k as a radio presenter. In addition, she also earned from her book sales.
Relationship Status
Adele Roberts is bisexual by sexual orientation. Meanwhile, she is currently dating actress and TV presenter; Kate Holderness. They met in 2014, but it wasn’t until 2016 that their relationship became public.
Caption: Adele Roberts with her girlfriend, Kate Holderness (Source: The Independent)
She faced a significant challenge when she disclosed that she had been diagnosed with colon cancer earlier that month, in October 2021. Moreover, she reported in January 2022 that she had successfully undergone a stoma, chemotherapy, and tumour removal.
LGBTQ rights activist
In addition, she is an LGBTQ rights activist. In 2013, she hosted Coming Out, a documentary for Radio 1 and 1Xtra that shared her own and others’ personal coming out stories.
She received nominations for ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ at the Diva Awards in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, as well as the LGBT Awards in 2018 and 2020. On June 24, 2022, she was named role model of the year at the British LGBT Awards for her candour regarding her cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
Body Measurements
Caption: Adele Roberts posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
This British broadcaster stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 64kg. Moreover, she has a pair of brown eyes with black hair colour.
Social Media
On her Instagram page ‘@adeleroberts’ there are over 225k followers. Likewise, there are over 69.6k followers on her Twitter page ‘@AdeleRoberts’ and over 35k followers on her official Facebook page.