Myleene Klass
English musician
Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is a British musician, singer, television presenter, model, writer and designer. She was a member of the pop group Hear'Say, and later released a solo classical crossover album in 2003, followed by additional "lullaby" albums from 2022 onward. Klass then went into television and radio presenting, hosting series including Popstar to Operastar (2010–2011) and BBQ Champ (2015) on ITV and The One Show (2007) on BBC One. She was a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women in 2014 and again from 2024 onwards. In 2006, Klass was runner-up on the sixth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and returned in 2023 for the "all-stars" series I'm a Celebrity... South Africa, which she won.
Early life and education
Myleene Angela Klass was born on 6 April 1978 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother.
She attended Notre Dame High School, Norwich, but transferred to the closer Cliff Park High School in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth, to complete her secondary education.
Klass learned to play violin and piano as a child, and at the age of 15 she went to weekend studies at the Junior Department of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied voice and harp. She gained A grades at A-Level, including music.
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