Actor

1985-02-21 · United Kingdom · Male

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William Trevorian Stuart Best (born 21 February 1985) is an English television presenter and entrepreneur. Best has presented numerous shows for Channel 4, ITV and the BBC including T4 on the Beach and Dance Dance Dance. He has also written articles for the HuffPost. In 2023, Best began co-hosting the ITV revival of Big Brother alongside AJ Odudu, and the pair began hosting the spin-off Celebrity Big Brother in 2024. He is a presenter on Hits Radio as of 2025.

Early life

Best is the son of politician Richard Best, Baron Best, who he says is not impressed by his television career. He previously worked in advertising.

Television

Best's first presenting role came in 2010 when he co-presented the comedy music chat show Suck My Pop on Viva with Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh.

From 2011 to 2012, Best was one of the presenters on T4. The same year, he presented the 4Music music show The Crush, taking over from Rick Edwards and presented dating show Love Shaft on E4. He also presented Got to Dance: Auditions Uncut, a spin-off of the dancing competition Got to Dance and The Gleekly.

In 2012 and 2013, Best presented the iTunes Festival for Channel 4 and E4 along with Nick Grimshaw, Annie Mac, Lauren Laverne and Tom Ravenscroft.

In 2015, Best presented the BBC Three documentary Is This Rape? Sex on Trial which tested a group of British teenagers to see if they can work out if a specially written drama about a sexual encounter is consensual sex or if a crime has been committed.

In 2017, Best co-presented the ITV talent show Dance Dance Dance alongside Alesha Dixon.

In 2022, Best appeared on Celebrity Coach Trip alongside friend and comedian Matt Richardson.

In April 2023, it was announced that Best would be hosting the ITV revival of Big Brother, alongside AJ Odudu, and they are set to present the spin-off Celebrity Big Brother from 2024 onwards.

Alongside the twenty-third series of Big Brother on ITV2, Best is competing in the twenty-fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing which aired on BBC One in September 2026, five years since his fellow Big Brother presenter AJ Odudu, who participated during the dance show’s nineteenth series.

Radio

On 5 December 2024, it was announced Best would join Hits Radio, presenting the Sunday morning show from 12 January 2025. On 11 April 2025, it was announced Best would join Fleur East and James Barr as a presenter of The Hits Radio Breakfast Show each weekday from 28 April.

Other ventures

In 2017, Best and his friend Henry Farnham set up a drinks company, Bloody Drinks, specialising in canned Bloody Mary cocktails, which was stocked in Waitrose, Sainsbury's, and a host of other shops and bars across the UK. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company landed commercial deals with several major retailers, including Selfridges and Sainsbury's.