Melvin Odoom


Melvin Odoom is a British comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.

Education

Odoom attended University of Bedfordshire and studied a Media Performance degree. It was at Luton that Melvin met and lived with Rickie. It was here that he also met actor and BBC voiceover artist Nii Odartei Evans.

Career

Radio

Odoom, alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams and Charlie Hedges, hosted Kiss Breakfast every weekday morning 6 - 9am, followed by Kiss Morning Anthems until 10am on Kiss 100. They won Silver at the Sony Radio Awards in 2009 within the category of "Breakfast Show Award", and was consistently known as the UK's biggest commercial breakfast show with 2 million listeners per week.
From April 2019, the trio moved to BBC Radio 1 to present late nights every Monday to Thursday from 9-11PM.
Haywood-Williams and Odoom are currently presenting the UKHot40 Big Beats Chart on Kiss TV & Box TV.

Television

Odoom and Rickie Haywood-Williams have presented MTV Digs on MTV One, Monday to Saturday between 4 and 7pm and MTV Music Junkie together — a live studio music show. Odoom presented MTV One's coverage of the BRIT Awards 2010 alongside Haywood-Williams, and also presented coverage of the BAFTA awards alongside Kimberly Walsh for MTV One.
In 2010, Odoom and Haywood-Williams also presented the backstage online content for Sky1's Must Be the Music.
Odoom has presented two series of intros for Channel 4, interviewing all the new up and coming bands for 2010 and hosted an MTV Leona Lewis special and presented BBC Blast for BBC Two. Odoom was presenting Basil's Swap Shop with Basil Brush in 2008 on Saturday mornings, alongside his days of playing various characters for the long-running show Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow.
From 2013 until 2015, Odoom was a team captain on the BBC Three comedy panel show Sweat the Small Stuff. In 2014, Melvin and Rickie presented an episode of The Hot Desk featuring Mark Ronson. Since 2015, Odoom and Rickie co-hosted ITV2's red carpet show at the BRIT Awards alongside Laura Whitmore.
On 18 June 2015, Odoom and Rochelle Humes were confirmed as the new presenters of The Xtra Factor. They were replaced by Matt Edmondson and former The X Factor contestant Rylan Clark-Neal for the 2016 series.
Odoom and Rickie co-presented the Saturday night entertainment series Bang on the Money. The series began on 16 April 2016 on ITV.
On 12 August 2016, it was announced that Odoom would take part in the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. He was partnered with Janette Manrara. The couple were the first to leave the competition having had the fewest public votes. But in an ironic twist of events Melvin and Janette went on to win the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special. In February 2017, Odoom took part in a celebrity edition of Take Me Out.
In 2017, Odoom and Haywood-Williams took part in Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief.
Since 2017, Odoom has hosted the Channel 4 programme Lego Masters, where teams battle to build the best Lego creations.

Other work

Melvin used to teach dance and drama to kids with behavioural issues and also worked at the Froud Community Centre in Manor Park, Newham where he helped with afterschool clubs.
A child actor, Melvin performed in a number of theatre productions and even gave speeches to governors for youth council.

Personal life

He is a celebrity ambassador for The Prince's Trust charity, which is involved with helping young adults in life. He is also the brother of actress & writer Yonah Odoom.

Filmography

;Television
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2002–2006Dick and Dom In Da BungalowHimselfCBBC226 episodes
2006–2015The SlammerMelvinCBBCSupporting cast; 85 episodes
2007Gina's Laughing GearPolicemanCBBC1 episode
2008SMartGuest presenterCBBC1 episode
2008Basil's Swap ShopHimselfCBBC13 episodes
20084Music IntrosPresenter4Music6 episodes
2009Da Dick and Dom DairiesHimselfCBBC20 episodes
2009The Legend of Dick and DomMoonbeamCBBC1 episode
2010Must Be the MusicOnline presenterSky 1
2012Diddy MoviesDiddy BradCBBC1 episode
2013–2015Sweat the Small StuffTeam captainBBC Three-
2014The Hot Desk: Mark RonsonCo-presenterITV2Alongside Rickie Haywood Williams
2015–2016The BRITs BackstageCo-presenterITV2Alongside Laura Whitmore and Rickie Haywood Williams
2015Celebrity SquaresHimselfITV1 episode
2015The Xtra FactorCo-presenterITV2Alongside Rochelle Humes
2016Bang on the MoneyCo-presenterITVAlongside Rickie Haywood Williams
2016Up Late with RylanGuestChannel 5
2016Strictly Come DancingParticipantBBC OnePartnered with Janette Manrara
2016CBBC Official Chart ShowGuestCBBC1 episode
2016MOBO Awards 2016Co-hostITV2Alongside Rickie Haywood Williams
2016Strictly Come Dancing Christmas SpecialParticipant/WinnerBBC OnePartnered with Janette Manrara
2016New Year's Eve FireworksPresenterBBC One
2017Take Me Out: Celebrity SpecialHimselfITV
2017Let's Sing and Dance for Comic ReliefParticipantBBC OneAlongside Rickie Haywood Williams
2017Marrying Mum and DadGuestCBBC
2017Masters of LegoPresenterChannel 4-
2017My Hotter HalfPresenterE4
2018JapandemoniumNarratorITV

;Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009My Last Five GirlfriendsAgent 2
2013Battle of the YearHimself