Ross Richard Clark-Neal, professionally known as Rylan Clark-Neal is an English television and radio presenter, singer, narrator, and model. He is famous for being the winner of BBC one's "Celebrity MasterChef" in 2015, and finishing in fifth place in the ninth series of "The X Factor". He is also known for his other appearances in television show such as "Big Brother's Bit on the Side", "This Morning", "The Xtra Factor", "Supermarket Sweep", "Spa Wars", "Eurovision: You Decide", "Rylan Live: Big Brother Gossip", "The A-Z of Eurovision", "Eurovision: You Decide", "The One Show", "Up Late With Rylan", "Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two", "Celebrity Gogglebox", "You Are What You Wear", and much more.
As a model, Rylan Clark-Neal started as a part-time model since he was 16 and adopted the stage name of 'Rylan" as he considered it unique. He worked for WHSmith PLC and he has even been in a number of tribute bands including Take That and Westlife tribute bands in Ibiza as well as he was a part of a Spanish boy band "4bidden" in 2010. He was a finalist on the Sky Living modeling series "Signed by Katie Price". He has amassed a huge fan with more than 2 million followers on Twitter, 500K followers on Facebook, & 1.8 million followers on Instagram. He was the second celebrity to enter the Big Brother house and became the winner in the eleventh series of "Celebrity Big Brother" in 2013. He co-presented a special edition of "Most Haunted Live" with Jamie East on Really in October 2015 and presented his won primetime chat show for Channel 5 "Up Late with Rylan" in May 2016. He founded the home accessories and fragrance brand "Luxenoa" and he started creating scented candles in 2014.
Additionally, Rylan Clark-Neal has released his autobiography titled "The Life of Rylan" on 30 June 2016 and reached #1 in The Sunday Times Bestseller List. He featured in the films like "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movies" (2016), "Kylie at 50: Especially for You", & "The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night". In 2020, he would be co-hosting "Big Brother: Best Shows Ever" with Davina McCall. He won the Daily Telegraph Awards in 2015 and was also nominated for British LGBT Awards, TRIC Awards, National Television Awards. He would host a revived daytime series of "Ready Steady Cook" on BBC one in 2020 and he was renewed for series 2 in 2021.
Early Life
Rylan Clark-Neal was born on 25 October 1988 which makes his the present age of 32 as of 2020. His birthplace is Stanford-le-Hope, East London, the United Kingdom. He was conceived with the birth name of Ross Richard Clark but he adopted his husband's surname Neal as his name is Ross Richard Clark-Neal. Being a citizen of the UK, he possesses English nationality. He came from English-White ethnic background. He is religious and he follows Christianity. His birth sign is Scorpio and his race is white. He will be celebrating his 33 birthday in 2021.
Rylan Clark-Neal was born to his mother, Linda Clark, and his father's name is unknown. His parents separated while he was young. He has a brother named Jamie Clark.
Personal Life
On 15 August 2021, Rylan Clark-Neal is currently rumored to have reconnected with estranged husband Dan Neal after Dan was spotted back at the Home they shared together over the weekend. Previously, he got married to Dan Neal, who is a former police officer, and Big Brother contestant. The couple got married on 7 November 2015 in Essex and engaged on 18 September 2014. He has a stepson named Cameron. After six years of marriage, the couple had separated on 27 June 2021. He is gay by sexuality.
Net Worth
The versatile Rylan Clark-Neal gets a decent amount of money as his income raising an estimated net worth of around £6 million as of 2021. TV personality, radio presenter, singer, narrator, actor, and model are his professional career whereas he earns over millions of dollars salary income. He earns £435,000 income as a Supermarket Sweep presenter in 2019. He is represented by YM&U Group. He is living a cool lifestyle at the present.
Body Measurements: Height & Weight
Rylan Clark-Neal stands at the height of 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) and he has a weight of 77 Kg (170 Ibs). He has a pair of beautiful blue eyes color and his hair color is naturally brown but he prefers to dye his hair black. There is no information regarding his body measurement, dress size, and shoe size. He has slim body builds.
Filmography
TV Shows
- 2010- "John Bishop's Britain"
- 2011- "Signed by Katie Price"
- 2012- "The X Factor"
- 2012-2013- "The Xtra Factor", "Daybreak"
- 2013- "Celebrity Big Brother"
- 2013-2014- "This Morning's Hub"
- 2013- "This Morning"
- 2013-2018- "Big Brother's Bit on the Side", "Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side"
- 2014- "Big Brother's Bit on The Psych"
- 2012, 2017- "Celebrity Big Brother"
- 2015- "Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on The State Side", "Celebrity MasterChef", "Most Haunted Live!"
- 2016- "Up Late With Rylan", "The Xtra Factor Live", "The X Factor Live"
- 2017- "Big Brother: Rylan's Rant", "Rylan Live: Big Brother Gossip", "Babushka", "Big Brother: Full House With Rylan", "Spa Wars"
- 2017-2018- "Celebrity Ghost Hunt"
- 2018- "The Wave", "Celebrity Big Brother: Behind The Scenes"
- 2018-2019- "Eurovision: You Decide", "Ferne McCann: First Time Mum"
- 2018- Present- "Eurovision Song Contest"
- 2019- Present- "The One Show"
- 2019- "Eurovision Song Contest 2019"
- 2019- Present- "Celebrity Gogglebox", "Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two", "Supermarket Sweep"
- 2019- "Buy it Now"
- 2020- Present- "Ready Steady Cook", "Sport Relief"
- 2020- "The A-Z of Eurovision", "Big Brother: Best Shows Ever", "You Are What You Wear", "It Pays to Behave"
- 2021- "Taskmaster"
Radio
- 2018- "The Zoe Ball Show"
- 2019- "Rylan on Saturday"
- 2020- "The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show"
- 2021- "Steve Wright in the Afternoon"
Movies
- 2014- "Stella"
- 2016- "Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie"
Stage
- 2016- "The World's Biggest Panto (Snow White)
- 2019- "Nativity"
Awards and Nominations
- 2015- The Daily Telegraph Awards
- 2016- National Television Awards
- 2017- National Television Awards
- 2017- British LGBT Awards
- 2021- TRIC Awards
