Facts of  Ore Oduba:

Ore Oduba is a British television and radio-television presenter. Ore Oduba is best known for winning the fourteenth series of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2016. He also hosts the BBC One game show Hardball.

How old is Ore Oduba?

Oduba was born on November 17, 1985, in London, to Nigerian parents. However, there is information about his parents’ names. Similarly, he grew up in Dorset with his brother and two sisters. He is 34 years old. Apart from that, he is a British citizen. Furthermore, he has not mentioned his ethnic background. In the southwest of England, he attended Dumpton School and then Canford School. He graduated in 2008 from Loughborough University, where he studied Sports and Social Science.

Who is Ore Oduba Married to? Wife and Children

Oduba is a married man. In November 2015, he married TV researcher Portia, and in January 2018, Portia gave birth to a son named Roman Oduba. The couple is very pleased with each other and has a strong bond. He frequently posts photos on his Instagram accounts as well. Furthermore, there is no information about his previous link-ups.

How much is Ore Oduba Net Worth?

He’s on Instagram and Twitter. He has over 114K Instagram followers and over 55.1K Twitter followers. His net worth is estimated to be around $200,000 USD. He is one of the highest-paid British sports reporters.

How Tall is Ore Oduba?

Oduba is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 78kg. He has black hair.

Career Line of Ore Oduba

• Oduba joined The Network, an Edinburgh television festival scheme, because he wanted to advance his career in sports broadcasting. Oduba joined Newsround in August 2008, following the departure of Lizo Mzimba and Laura Jones.
• His first role on the show was as a reporter and breakfast bulletin presenter. In 2009, he was quickly promoted to deputy presenter, filling in for main presenter Sonali Shah when she was absent.
• In 2010, he joined Shah in presenting the main Newsround bulletin double-headed. This continued until Shah’s departure in November 2011. He was later joined by reporters Leah Gooding and Hayley Cutts.
• He also hosted the spin-off show Sportsround as part of his job. When the show relaunched in October 2008, he took over as the primary host. He was a presenter until the show was canceled in 2010.
• The show has been replaced by Oduba’s Match of the Day Kickabout. Oduba left Newsround in 2013. Oduba previously hosted the sport for BBC Breakfast and BBC Radio 5 Live.
• He has also co-presented and reported on British Olympic Dreams with former Newsround co-presenter Sonali Shah. Oduba made her solo presenting debut on BBC One and BBC Sport during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
• Oduba was a regular performer on CBBC studio presentation following his Newsround shift. He appeared on CBBC shows such as Sam & Mark’s TMi Friday, Hacker Time, and All Over the Place.
• In the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics, Oduba hosted a CBBC program called Ultimate Sports Day. He also co-hosts live cinema relays from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden with former ballerina Darcey Bussell.
• On March 2, 2013, Oduba and Sonali Shah appeared on BBC Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, dancing to Outkast’s Hey Ya!. On CBBC, he played Nathan in Hacker Time.
• He has appeared on numerous episodes of The One Show as a guest presenter since 2015. In 2015–16, he hosted The National Lottery Draws on Saturday evenings, as well as the 2015 New Year Live program on BBC One.
• On March 7, 2016, he took part in a Sport Relief challenge called “Hell on High Seas,” in which he sailed 1,000 miles from Belfast to London with five other celebrities, including Alex Jones and Suzi Perry.
• In 2016, he co-hosted Sport Relief: Clash of the Titans with Dan Walker. Throughout August 2016, he provided BBC Four with coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
• Between October 2012 and May 2017, he hosted the daytime BBC One insurance fraud documentary Claimed and Shamed. Oduba appeared as a guest on ITV’s This Morning with Holly Willoughby in November 2016.
• He returned to present a second episode with Willoughby in March 2017 and a third with Davina McCall in February 2018.
• Oduba appeared on the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2016, partnering with Joanne Clifton. Patricia Ward, the widow of Gene Kelly, praised the couple’s rendition of “Singin’ in the Rain.”
• In the fourth week, the couple received a score of 39 out of 40 for their jive to Bruno Mars’ “Runaway Baby.”
• Similarly, on December 17, the couple was declared the winners after scoring the maximum 40 points for both their show dance and their jive. In 2017, Oduba filled in for Claudia Winkleman and Steve Wright on their respective BBC Radio 2 shows on several occasions.
• Furthermore, in 2018, Oduba was a presenter on BBC One’s Saturday night game show And They’re Off! For Sport Relief. Following that, he co-hosted the main coverage of Sport Relief 2018 live on BBC One.
• In addition, that year, he co-hosted ITV’s Britain’s Favourite Walks: Top 100 with Julia Bradbury. Oduba is the host of the BBC One game show Hardball.
• In 2020, he starred as news anchor Akintola in the BBC One drama Noughts + Crosses, a television adaptation of author Malorie Blackman’s novels.
• In July 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Loughborough University. In November 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Bournemouth University.