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Fearne Cotton was born on 3 September 1981. She is an English presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon. In 2007, she became the first regular female presenter of BBC Radio 1’s Chart Show.

Cotton is a keen artist having studied art at A level, a skill she made much use of whilst presenting the series Draw Your Own Toons. She also enjoys body art and claimed on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that she has eleven tattoos over her body, the most notable of which is a fern leaf, covering her right hip up to her rib cage.

Cotton has dated many celebrities including rocker Ian Watkins, Fame Academy’s Peter Brame, and Channel 4 presenter Steve Jones. Fearne Cotton is best of friends with fellow TV presenter Holly Willoughby, with whom she has co-presented several shows. Cotton and Sarah Cawood acted as two of the bridesmaids at Willoughby’s wedding to Dan Baldwin on 4 August 2007.

Cotton has presented parts of the BBC’s coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest. On 20 May 2006 she read the United Kingdom’s votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, Greece. On 17 March 2007 she, along with Terry Wogan, hosted Making Your Mind Up 2007, the show to decide which song the UK sent to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. On the night, after the final "sing-off" between the two remaining acts, Wogan and Cotton simultaneously announced different winners. Since Wogan was the more experienced presenter, it was assumed that he was right. In fact, Wogan had accidentally announced the wrong artist, Cyndi, as the winner. Cotton had to persist in repeating the correct name until the confusion was resolved. The group Scooch was quickly proclaimed as the correct winner but came only second from bottom in the main competition, just avoiding Nil Points. Cotton also presented the United Kingdom’s votes at the show itself, held in Helsinki, Finland on 12 May 2007.

She has made many other notable TV appearances in the UK. In January 2007, Cotton presented The Brits Launch party and The Brits are coming for the ITV and ITV2 and on 14 February 2007 she interviewed performers backstage at the 2007 BRIT Awards for ITV. She interviewed Princes William and Harry for the BBC before the Concert for Diana on 1 July 2007. Fearne Cotton also interviewed performers and guests at the concert, which was held at the new Wembley Stadium. She presented Guinness World Records Smashed with Ben Shephard for Sky1, which aired in November 2008.