Eoghan McDermott

Eoghan McDermott (born 15 April 1983) is an Irish television and radio presenter. He is known for hosting The Voice of Ireland, Xfm Drivetime in the UK and narrating Love Island Australia.

Eoghan McDermott
Born (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983
Limerick, Ireland[1]
NationalityIrish
Other namesEoghan Mac Diarmada
OccupationPresenter, actor, choreographer
EmployerRaidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
Teilifís na Gaeilge (TG4)
Channel 5
Known forThe Voice of Ireland
The Eoghan McDermott Show
Love Island Australia
Partner(s)Aoife Meila

In addition to being a radio presenter on The RTÉ 2fm Breakfast Show, McDermott is also the current M.C. for the Choice Music Prize, replacing Today FM radio presenter Paul McLoone who served as the previous M.C. for the main Choice Music Prize awards ceremony.

Early life

McDermott was born in Limerick but grew up in Dublin. His uncle is Kevin McDermott, an author.[2]

Career

Television

McDermott is a fluent speaker of the Irish language and originally started his media career as an actor on TG4 youth drama Seacht, in which he played the lead role of Pete. From here he progressed to POP4, a weekly chart music show with live bands. Other presenting credits followed, including Frenemies - a youth debate game show for RTÉ2 and Immeal Geall, a bilingual magazine show for BBC Northern Ireland. He co-presented a series of The Movie Show on RTÉ2, which started in November 2012.

In 2008, McDermott entered MTV UK's Pick Me MTV competition, but lost out to Laura Whitmore.[3]

In September 2013, McDermott had his UK television debut, fronting UK reality show Celebrity Super Spa for Channel 5. Other credits include a 2013 highlight show Totes Amazeballs and Next Year's News, a satirical comedy-panel show anticipating big news stories for the year ahead. Both series broadcast on RTÉ2. He has co-presented The Voice of Ireland with Kathryn Thomas since its inception.[4] For season 3 of The Voice, McDermott fronted a live spin-off show on RTÉ2. He filmed a new series entitled Drunk for RTÉ2 in summer 2014, examining the effects of alcohol on the body and mind.

In 2015, he hosted the Irish selection shows for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 (and has done so every year since), and filmed a pilot episode for a UK game show in Paris, which was made by the team behind Gogglebox.[5]

McDermott is currently the narrator for the reality dating series Love Island Australia.[6]

Acting

McDermott has played the lead role of "DJ Pete" in all four series of the joint TG4/BBC Northern Ireland production, Seacht, a teen drama.[4]

Choreography

McDermott completed his dance training at the Broadway Dance Center and has worked as a dancer and choreographer, supporting acts such as Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls and Chris Brown.[4]

Radio

McDermott started his radio career on a bi-lingual chart music show on Dublin radio station SPIN 1038 in 2009. He also co-presented the successful "Sunday Service" before being poached by Global Radio in the UK.

In March 2011 he began duties as host of Drive Time with radio station XFM.[7] Xfm is known for finding and breaking presenting talent. Previous presenters have included Dermot O'Leary, Russell Brand, Alex Zane, Ricky Gervais, Simon Amstell and Jimmy Carr. In his first year, McDermott's show was syndicated to Xfm Manchester. Shortly after, he was nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the national commercial radio awards, sponsored by Arqiva.[8] In April 2012, The Guardian newspaper, whilst discussing the new appointment of Greg James on BBC Radio1 Drivetime, claimed McDermott's show was the best DriveTime radio show of its genre in the UK.[9][4]

His final show with the station aired on 21 December 2012. He said: "I left XFM because I had done it for two years. It is a great place to work with great people but I had had to turn down several pilots because of work. So I decided I wanted to focus on TV work and to do that I had to leave Xfm. And then I got [Celebrity Super Spa]."[10] It coincided with a management change and the departure of Mary Anne Hobbs to 6 Music and Breakfast presenter Danny Wallace - although in a Twitter post shortly after his departure McDermott noted his final listenership figures were a record high. Although online speculation suggested a move to BBC Radio 1, this never materialised.

In June 2014, it was announced that McDermott would present a show on RTÉ 2fm radio on the 7 – 10 am slot on Saturday and Sunday starting on 6 July.[11] Three months later, it was announced that he would stand in for Louise McSharry on the station's weekday evening slot for the next few months while she receives treatment for cancer.[12] In September 2015, McDermott took over from the Driveby show from Colm Hayes under a two-year contract.[13]

In June 2019, McDermott presented the new breakfast show on RTÉ 2fm alongside Doireann Garrihy.[14]

Filmography
Year Title Role
2010–2011 Seacht DJ Pete
2011 Frenemies Presenter
2012–2016 The Voice of Ireland Co-presenter
2013 Celebrity Super Spa Co-presenter
2015 Junior Eurovision Eire Presenter
2018–present Love Island Australia Narrator

See also

References
  1. Tyaransen, Olaf. "Eoghan McDermott Interview". Hotpress.
  2. Needham, Lucy (9 August 2018). "All you need to know about Love Island Australia's narrator Eoghan McDermott". Daily Mirror.
  3. Ryan, Ali (2 March 2015). "'Blast from the past' - Laura Whitmore shares throwback to Pick Me MTV". www.goss.ie. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. "The Voice Presenters". RTÉ.
  5. "Eoghan McDermott reveals new TV show shot in Paris". 13 October 2015.
  6. Domjen, Briana (1 July 2018). "Love Island Australia narrator Eoghan McDermott reveals why he won't go on the dating show". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. "RTE star Eoghan McDermott praises doctor girlfriend Aoife Melia: 'I almost feel like I've got an inferiority complex'". Irish Independent. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Dee, Johnny (3 April 2012). "What makes the perfect radio drivetime show?" – via www.theguardian.com.
  10. PM, Ken Sweeney-17 July 2013 03:30. "Eoghan lands Celeb Spa TV gig". Herald.ie.
  11. "'I don't want to do bubble-gum, throwaway stuff' -". Irish Independent. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  12. "Louise McSharry takes 6 months off to beat cancer". Independent.ie.
  13. "Eoghan McDermott takes over 2fm drivetime show". 23 June 2015 – via www.rte.ie. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. "There won't be 'competing egos' - Eoghan McDermott on new 2FM breakfast show with Doireann Garrihy". Irish Independent. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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