Mark Rhodes
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Mark Thomas Rhodes is an English singer
and television presenter.
in the UK
, runner-up to Michelle McManus
. After Pop Idol, he teamed up with third-place Sam Nixon
, releasing two singles under the name Sam & Mark. In February 2004, their cover of the song "With a Little Help from My Friends
" reached #1 in the UK singles chart, remaining there for one week. Their second single 'The Sun Has Come Your Way" only reached #19 in the singles chart. The pair were subsequently dropped from their record label.
Mark went on to co-present Top of the Pops Reloaded
with Sam Nixon and Fearne Cotton
in 2004. From April 2006, Mark co-hosted the weekday children's breakfast show Level Up
on BBC Two
alongside Nixon and Ayesha Asantewaa. Level Up finished its first series in September 2006.
Since September 2006, Rhodes co-presents BBC Two's Saturday morning show TMi
alongside Sam Nixon and television presenter Caroline Flack
. He has his own short segment of the show called "Question Mark", A feature where he tries to answer viewers' questions, but Caroline and Sam talk through it. In later series Caroline left and the show moved to Fridays. He also co-presented Do Something Different
with Sam Nixon
and Ayesha Asantewaa. Sam and Mark have produced children's reality series, Who wants to be a Superhero? and Sam and Mark's guide to Dodging Disaster.
In 2009, Mark co-presented the show Skate Nation
on BBC 2. Mark currently presents TMi Friday
on the CBBC Channel
with Sam Nixon and the pair also present the CBBC
family game show Copycats
. Mark unfortunately fell at the quarter-final stage in the Total Wipeout
Celebrity Special 2010, losing out to eventual winner Danielle Lloyd
. Sam & Mark took part in two episodes of Hole in the Wall
, airing on 11 October 2008 and 14 November 2009 and were contestants on a celebrity version of TV show Total Wipeout
which aired on 2 January 2010.
. Presently, Mark splits his time between his flat in London
, and his family house in Wolverhampton
, where he is regularly seen socialising in the village of Wombourne
.Mark became engaged in March 2011.
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
and television presenter.
Career
Mark finished in second place in the second series of Pop IdolPop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, runner-up to Michelle McManus
Michelle McManus
Michelle McManus is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, radio DJ and television presenter, who rose to fame after winning the second series of the UK talent show Pop Idol....
. After Pop Idol, he teamed up with third-place Sam Nixon
Sam Nixon
Sam Nixon is an English singer and television presenter. He came third on the Pop Idol television series in 2003 and is now one half of the duo Sam & Mark, with the other being Mark Rhodes.-Early life:...
, releasing two singles under the name Sam & Mark. In February 2004, their cover of the song "With a Little Help from My Friends
With a Little Help from My Friends
-Joe Cocker version:Joe Cocker's version was a radical re-arrangement of the original, in a slower, 6/8 meter, using different chords in the middle eight, and a lengthy instrumental introduction...
" reached #1 in the UK singles chart, remaining there for one week. Their second single 'The Sun Has Come Your Way" only reached #19 in the singles chart. The pair were subsequently dropped from their record label.
Mark went on to co-present Top of the Pops Reloaded
Top Of The Pops Reloaded
Top of the Pops: Reloaded is a weekly children's music show broadcast as part of the Saturday morning CBBC schedule on BBC Two. It was based on the show, Top Of The Pops, following on from its predecessor Top of the Pops Saturday....
with Sam Nixon and Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton is an English television and radio presenter who is 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...
in 2004. From April 2006, Mark co-hosted the weekday children's breakfast show Level Up
Level Up
Level Up was a UK children's TV programme that was broadcast on CBBC. It was launched on the 3rd April 2006, replacing Xchange. The show was an hour long and during the school year broadcasting from 7:30am until 8:30am...
on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
alongside Nixon and Ayesha Asantewaa. Level Up finished its first series in September 2006.
Since September 2006, Rhodes co-presents BBC Two's Saturday morning show TMi
TMi
Sam & Mark's TMi Friday was a British children's television show that was presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes . It originally aired on Saturday mornings on BBC Two from its launch on 16 September 2006, until the end of its fourth series on 19 December 2009. Sam & Mark were joined by Caroline...
alongside Sam Nixon and television presenter Caroline Flack
Caroline Flack
Caroline Louise Flack is a British television presenter. She is known for presenting I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! from 2008 to 2010....
. He has his own short segment of the show called "Question Mark", A feature where he tries to answer viewers' questions, but Caroline and Sam talk through it. In later series Caroline left and the show moved to Fridays. He also co-presented Do Something Different
Do Something Different
Do Something Different is a show produced and broadcast by CBBC. It is hosted by music duo Sam and Mark. Sam and Mark are aiming to get one million children to try out new things; literally to "do something different", also referred in the programme as 'DSD-ing'. A child who completes a DSD is...
with Sam Nixon
Sam Nixon
Sam Nixon is an English singer and television presenter. He came third on the Pop Idol television series in 2003 and is now one half of the duo Sam & Mark, with the other being Mark Rhodes.-Early life:...
and Ayesha Asantewaa. Sam and Mark have produced children's reality series, Who wants to be a Superhero? and Sam and Mark's guide to Dodging Disaster.
In 2009, Mark co-presented the show Skate Nation
Skate Nation
Skate Nation is a British children's television programme presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes broadcast by CBBC on BBC Two in 2009. It was an eleven-part series in which fourteen teams of roller skaters competed for a trip to the World Games in Taiwan...
on BBC 2. Mark currently presents TMi Friday
TMi
Sam & Mark's TMi Friday was a British children's television show that was presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes . It originally aired on Saturday mornings on BBC Two from its launch on 16 September 2006, until the end of its fourth series on 19 December 2009. Sam & Mark were joined by Caroline...
on the CBBC Channel
CBBC Channel
CBBC is a BBC television channel aimed at 6 to 12 year olds. It complements the CBBC programming that continues to air on BBC One and BBC Two. Launched on 11 February 2002, it broadcasts from 7am to 7pm on Freeview, cable, IPTV and digital satellite, occupying the same bandwidth as, but a different...
with Sam Nixon and the pair also present the CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
family game show Copycats
Copycats
Copycats is a gameshow on CBBC presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes, which first aired on 23 November 2009. It involves two family teams, each of six contestants, battling against each other in a series of games. Each episode consists of a number of rounds. Three of the rounds are based on...
. Mark unfortunately fell at the quarter-final stage in the Total Wipeout
Total Wipeout
Total Wipeout is a British game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, which first aired on 3 January 2009. Each week 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges are based in large pools of water or mud and generally involve large...
Celebrity Special 2010, losing out to eventual winner Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd is an English glamour model. The former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006, she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain 2006 title after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine and her alleged...
. Sam & Mark took part in two episodes of Hole in the Wall
Hole in the wall
Hole in the wall may refer to:Places*Hole-in-the-Wall, Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England*Hole-in-the-Wall, Herefordshire, England*Hole in the Wall Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada...
, airing on 11 October 2008 and 14 November 2009 and were contestants on a celebrity version of TV show Total Wipeout
Total Wipeout
Total Wipeout is a British game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, which first aired on 3 January 2009. Each week 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges are based in large pools of water or mud and generally involve large...
which aired on 2 January 2010.
Personal life
When at school, Mark attended Darlaston Comprehensive High School in DarlastonDarlaston
Darlaston is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands of England.-History:Archaeological evidence of the history of Darlaston has been destroyed by The de Darlaston family owned Darlaston and lived in the manor between the 12th century and 15th century. When the de...
. Presently, Mark splits his time between his flat in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and his family house in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, where he is regularly seen socialising in the village of Wombourne
Wombourne
Wombourne is a very large village and civil parish located in the district of South Staffordshire, in the county of Staffordshire, 4 miles south-west of Wolverhampton. Local affairs are run by a parish council. At the 2001 census it had a population of 13,691...
.Mark became engaged in March 2011.
Pop Idol 2 performances
| Week | Theme | Song Choice | Original Artist | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 50 | "She's Like The Wind" | Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest... |
20.3% (2/10) | |
| Top 12 | Your Pop Idol | "With Or Without You" | U2 U2 U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music... |
Bottom 3 |
| Top 10 | Birthyear Songs | "Imagine" | John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music... |
Safe |
| Top 8 | Elton John Songs | "Something About The Way You Look Tonight" | Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor... |
Safe |
| Top 7 | Disco | "More Than A Woman" | Bee Gees Bee Gees The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a... |
Bottom 3 |
| Top 6 | The Beatles | "Help!" | The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr... |
Bottom 3 |
| Top 5 | Big Band | "Have You Met Miss Jones?" | Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the... |
Safe |
| Top 4 | Christmas Songs | "Merry Christmas Everybody" | Slade Slade Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles... |
Bottom 2 |
| "Blue Christmas" | Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... |
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| Top 3 | Judges' Choice | "Back For Good" | Take That Take That Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter... |
Safe |
| "If You Don't Know Me By Now" | Simply Red Simply Red Simply Red were a British soul band that sold more than 50 million albums over a 25-year career. Their style drew influences from blue-eyed soul, new romantic, rock, reggae and jazz... |
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| Final | Contestant's Choice | "She's Like The Wind" | Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest... |
Runner-up |
| B Side | "Measure Of A Man" | Clay Aiken Clay Aiken Clayton Holmes "Clay" Aiken is an American singer, songwriter, actor, producer and author who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. RCA Records offered him a recording contract, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man was released... |
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| Winner's Single | "All This Time" | To be released by the winner. The eventual winner was Michelle McManus Michelle McManus Michelle McManus is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, radio DJ and television presenter, who rose to fame after winning the second series of the UK talent show Pop Idol.... |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Pop Idol Pop Idol Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003... |
Contestant |
| 2004–2006 | Top of the Pops Reloaded Top Of The Pops Reloaded Top of the Pops: Reloaded is a weekly children's music show broadcast as part of the Saturday morning CBBC schedule on BBC Two. It was based on the show, Top Of The Pops, following on from its predecessor Top of the Pops Saturday.... |
Co-presenter |
| 2006 | Level Up Level Up Level Up was a UK children's TV programme that was broadcast on CBBC. It was launched on the 3rd April 2006, replacing Xchange. The show was an hour long and during the school year broadcasting from 7:30am until 8:30am... |
Main presenter with Sam Nixon |
| 2006–2010 | TMi TMi Sam & Mark's TMi Friday was a British children's television show that was presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes . It originally aired on Saturday mornings on BBC Two from its launch on 16 September 2006, until the end of its fourth series on 19 December 2009. Sam & Mark were joined by Caroline... |
Main presenter with Sam Nixon and Caroline Flack |
| 2007 | Do Something Different Do Something Different Do Something Different is a show produced and broadcast by CBBC. It is hosted by music duo Sam and Mark. Sam and Mark are aiming to get one million children to try out new things; literally to "do something different", also referred in the programme as 'DSD-ing'. A child who completes a DSD is... |
Main presenter |
| 2008 | SMart SMart SMart was a British CBBC television programme based on the subject of art, which began in 1994. The programme was recorded at BBC Television Centre in London, previously it had been recorded in Studio A at BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham. The format is similar to the Tony Hart programmes Take Hart... |
Guest presenter |
| 2008 | Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster Sam and Mark's Guide to Dodging Disaster is a children's television programme shown on CBBC. The programme features Sam and Mark in non-speaking roles, with Hugh Dennis providing a voice-over. The programme is filmed using chroma key techniques.... |
Main presenter with Sam Nixon |
| 2009 | Who Wants To Be A Superhero? Who Wants To Be A Superhero? (UK TV series) Who Wants to Be a Superhero? is a UK children's reality show hosted by Sam Nixon, Mark Rhodes and Stan Lee, based on the NBC Universal/Sci Fi Channel series of the same name... |
Main presenter |
| 2009 | Skate Nation Skate Nation Skate Nation is a British children's television programme presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes broadcast by CBBC on BBC Two in 2009. It was an eleven-part series in which fourteen teams of roller skaters competed for a trip to the World Games in Taiwan... |
Main presenter with Sam Nixon |
| 2010 | Jump Nation | Main presenter with Sam Nixon |
| 2010 | Copycats Copycats Copycats is a gameshow on CBBC presented by Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes, which first aired on 23 November 2009. It involves two family teams, each of six contestants, battling against each other in a series of games. Each episode consists of a number of rounds. Three of the rounds are based on... |
Main presenter with Sam Nixon |
| 2011 | Comic Relief Comic Relief Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief... Does Glee Club Glee club A glee club is a musical group or choir group, historically of male voices but also of female or mixed voices, which traditionally specializes in the singing of short songs—glees—by trios or quartets. In the late 19th Century it was very popular in most schools and was made a tradition... |
Main presenter with Sam Nixon |
| 2011 | Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind Up | Main presenter with Sam Nixon |
Discography
Singles- With a Little Help from My Friends - Sam & Mark (February 2004)
- The Sun Has Come Your Way - Sam & Mark (May 2004)
External links
- Mark Rhodes at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- tv.com Mark Rhodes
- Sam and Mark's official website