Melvin Odoom

Melvin Kuuku Odoom (born 30 July 1980) is a British radio DJ and television presenter. Alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams and Charlie Hedges, he presented the Kiss FM breakfast show (2009–2018) and on BBC Radio 1 (2019–2026). In television, he has been involved in presenting Dick & Dom in da Bungalow (2002–2006), Basil's Swap Shop, the BRIT Awards 2010 and Must Be the Music (2010), The Xtra Factor (2015), Bang on the Money (2016), and MOBO Awards 2016, as well as being a regular guest celebrity on many television shows. He was also a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016 and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2024.

Education Melvin Kuuku Odoom was born on 30 July 1980 in Cricklewood, London. He attended the University of Bedfordshire and studied a Media Performance and Radio degree. It was at Luton that Odoom met and lived with Rickie Haywood-Williams.

Career

Radio Odoom, alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams and Charlie Hedges, hosted Kiss Breakfast every weekday morning 6 - 9am, followed by Kiss Morning Anthems until 10am on Kiss 100. finally winning 'Gold' at the event in 2012.

In April 2019, the trio moved to BBC Radio 1 to present the late night show Monday to Thursday from 9 to 11pm, also occasionally covering daytime shows. On 15 July 2026, the BBC announced that both Odoom and Haywood-Williams would leave Radio 1 after seven years.

Since 2025, Odoom has provided holiday and relief cover on BBC Radio 2 for DJ Spoony on The Good Groove.

Television Odoom and Rickie Haywood-Williams have presented MTV Digs on MTV One, Monday to Saturday between 4 and 7pm and MTV Music Junkie together — a live studio music show.

Odoom hosted an MTV Leona Lewis special and presented BBC Blast for BBC Two. Odoom was presenting Basil's Swap Shop with Basil Brush in 2008 on Saturday mornings, alongside his days of playing various characters for the long-running show Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow.

From 2013 until 2015, Odoom was a team captain on the BBC Three comedy panel show Sweat the Small Stuff.

Odoom and Haywood-Williams co-presented the Saturday night entertainment series Bang on the Money, which began in April 2016 on ITV.

On 12 August 2016, it was announced that Odoom would take part in the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, and was partnered with Janette Manrara.

Since 2017, Odoom has hosted the Channel 4 programme Lego Masters, where teams battle to build the best Lego creations.

In 2020, Odoom took part in Richard Osman's House of Games and became the show's first contestant to score a minus point.

In November 2024, Odoom appeared as a contestant on the twenty-fourth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in which he became the fourth campmate to be eliminated from the series, finishing in ninth place.

Personal life He is a celebrity ambassador for The Prince's Trust charity, which is involved in helping young adults in life. He is also the brother of actress and writer Yonah Odoom.

Filmography Television

Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 My Last Five Girlfriends Agent 2 2013 Battle of the Year Himself