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Jason Scott Gerrard (born May 30th 1980) is a British television presenter who is best known as the presenter of "Big Brother", "The X Factor", "Tipping Point" and "Live & Kicking"

CBBC (1996-2002)
In April 1996, Gerrard won a competition to guest co-present an episode of "CBBC". He was so well received that he was asked to make regular appearances alongside Kirsten O'Brien, Richard McCourt and Steve Wilson as a continuity presenter and later in the year, he was chosen to join Zoe Ball as the new co-presenter of CBBC Saturday morning show "Live & Kicking". The due took the show to new ratings highs with their first series (1996-1997) becoming the highest rated in the show's history with over 2.5 million viewers tuning in every week. During the third series, Gerrard and Bell made a join announcement that they would be leaving the show at the end of the series to concentrate on other projects. Their final episode won a BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Show.

Gerrard remained as a continuity presenter on CBBC, mainly working alongside Kirsten O'Brien until 2000 when he began working exclusively with Angellica Bell and for a short time Sophie McDonnell before quitting in August 2002.

Channel 4
In 1999, Gerrard began hosting Sunday morning editions of T4 with Fran Lee, Omar Gurnah and Margherita Taylor.

He would return to the channel in July 2000 when he began co-hosting "Big Brother" alongside Davina McCall. The show became a hit and the duo would go on to present eleven civilian series of the show before it was axed in 2010. Between 2001 and 2010, seven celebrity editions were hosted by Gerrard and McCall. Between 2001 and 2007, Gerrard presenting the daily companion show "Big Brother's Little Brother" (and it's celebrity counterpart) and also hosted the E4 spin-off "Big Brother's Celebrity Hijack". He would leave BBLB in 2007 due to his new role as the main host of The X Factor" on ITV. Between August and September 2010, Gerrard and McCall hosted "Ultimate Big Brother" which was the final series before the show moved to Channel 5 in 2011.

Gerrard would return to Channel 4 in 2013 to present the daytime cookery show "What's Cooking?" alongside Lisa Faulkner. The show lasted just one series before Gerrard decided to leave and it was later revealed it wouldn't return for a second series. In January 2014, he reunited with McCall for "The Jump" on Channel 4 which will return for a second series in 2015. McCall will however present the show alone due to Gerrard's GMB commitments.

ITV
Gerrard's first ITV role would come in September 2000 when he began co-hosting "Entertainment Today" alongside Jenni Falconer. The show would air on Friday morning between 08:30 and 09:25, replacing "LK Today". He also became the main relief presenter for "GMTV Today". Due to the departure of Eamonn Holmes in April 2005, Shephard became a regular co-host on the main show, presenting on Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays. He continued to present "Entertainment Today" until 2008. In June 2010, Gerrard announced his departure from the show two months before it's replacement "Daybreak" began. His final show aired on July 30th 2010.

In September 2002, Gerrard and McCall hosted "Popstars: The Rivals" on ITV. The Saturday night talent show aired for only one series and formed the girl group 'Girls Aloud' and the boyband 'One True Voice'. The duo would also present the 2003 BRIT Awards which were critically panned. Gerrard has always maintained the alcohol ban imposed on attendees ruined the show.

In September 2004, Gerrard began hosting "The Xtra Factor" on ITV2. The show was a companion show to "The X Factor", a new talent search on ITV hosted by Kate Thornton. In 2007, after three series, Gerrard replaced Thornton as the main show host which allegedly led to a feud between the pair but this was denied by both. He has currently hosted seven series of the show and his eighth is currently airing.

In 2011, Gerrard and McCall reunited for their first post-Big Brother project "Long Lost Family". The show seeks to reunite families who were split up years earlier. The show has been successful for ITV and aired its fourth series in 2014. Since 2012, Gerrard has presented the daytime quiz show "Tipping Point" and since 2013 its celebrity counterpart "Tipping Point: Lucky Stars". A fifth series of the main show is currently being planned for a 2015 airing.

In April 2014, Gerrard returned to ITV Breakfast when he began co-hosting "Good Morning Britain" alongside Susannah Reid, Charlotte Hawkins, Sean Fletcher, Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh. The show was a replacement for "Daybreak", the show that originally replaced his former show "GMTV" back in 2010.

Personal Life
In 1993, The Sun revealed Gerrard was expecting a child with his then girlfriend who remained unnamed. In December 1993, Lucas Gerrard was born and Gerrard took full custody of the child.

He began dating TV presenter Holly Willoughby in the summer of 2000. The couple married in 2004 and have five children together: Jack (born 2005) Samuel (born 2007), Harry (born 2009), Belle (born 2011) and Charlie (born 2014).