Yasmin Evans

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Yasmin Evans
Born (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 31)
Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Alma materUniversity of Salford
OccupationRadio presenter · Television presenter
Years active2010s–present
Known forPresenting on BBC Radio 1Xtra
TelevisionSaturday Mash-Up!, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, BRITs

Yasmin Evans (born 27 October 1990) is an English television and radio presenter. She is best known for presenting on BBC Radio 1Xtra (2012-2021). She's also known for presenting on CBBC's Saturday Mash-Up! (2017-2019), Heart Radio (from 2022) and more.

Early life and education[]

Evans was born in Stockport, an area of Greater Manchester.[1] She began her radio career at the age of just 15 presenting on one of Manchester's most prominent community stations: All Fm 96.9 www.allfm.org. She studied Radio BA (Hons) at the University of Salford where she was approached by the BBC to take part in their piloting scheme.[2]

Career[]

In September 2012 Evans was offered the BBC Radio 1Xtra Weekend Breakfast show and after just nine months in that slot she became the co-host of the 1Xtra Weekday Breakfast Show which she presented for three years alongside Twin B. In 2016, she moved to weekday afternoons and swapped timeslots with Dotty.

In Summer 2017, it was announced that Evans and would be presenting CBBC's Saturday Mash-Up!.[3] Saturday Mash-Up is a mix of celebrity guests, games, sketches and CBBC shows and it is recorded in MediaCityUK in Salford. Evans and Nelson hosted two series between 2017 and 2019 before they were replaced by Harpz Kaur of BBC Asian Network and YouTuber Joe Tasker.[4]

In 2018, Evans present The Brit Awards 2018 first International Live Stream. She also presented in 2019 and 2020.[5]

In 2020, Evans appeared in Channel 4's Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[6] The programme was aired in April 2020 in the middle of the coronavirus lockdown.

In December 2021, Evans announced that she would be leaving 1Xtra after spending her nine years on the station. Her last show was on Christmas Eve 2021. [7] It was also announced that she will join Heart radio from the beginning of 2022.

References[]

  1. ^ "BBC Music - Get Playing - Yasmin Evans". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. ^ "BBC Radio 1 - BBC Radio 1's Academy - A Day in the Life of Yasmin Evans". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ Gill, Emma (10 August 2017). "CBBC announces presenting line-up for Going Live! style Saturday morning TV". men. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "CBBC reveals new presenter line-up for Saturday Mash-Up!". Prolific North. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Full digital campaign unveiled for 2020 BRITs". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Interview with Yasmin Evans – Recruit #12 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Yasmin Evans to leave BBC Radio 1Xtra on Christmas Eve". BBC News. 6 December 2021.

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