Myleene Klass
About
Myleene Klass is a classically-trained pianist, pop star and TV presenter
Hear’Say
In 2001, Myleene Klass auditioned for the ITV reality show Popstars. Klass reached the final and then became a member of Hear’Say.
Following the success of their first album, the band started their own TV show, Hear’Say It’s Saturday. During the show’s run, the band had a chance to perform with such established artists as Lionel Richie, Celine Dion, Bradley Walsh, Blue and Atomic Kitten. Then the end of 2001, Hear’Say appeared on the Royal Variety Performance.
Classical
Almost a year after the Hear’Say break-up in 2003, Klass signed a five-album deal with Universal Classics and Jazz.
On 28 March 2007, Myleene signed a record contract with EMI Classics as both a recording artist and an ambassador for the EMI Classics UK roster of artists.
The first album, Myleene’s Music for Romance, went straight to number 1 in the classical chart.
Radio
In February 2006, she began presenting the Sunday Breakfast programme on Classic FM, taking over from Aled Jones.
Myleene also presented the BBC Radio 2 show Friday Night is Music Night in front of a live audience at the Watford Colosseum, Watford, Hertfordshire.
TV Presenting
Myleene is well-known as a television and radio presenter; she has hosted television shows including Popstar to Operastar and BBQ Champ on ITV and The One Show on BBC One. She was briefly a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women in 2014.
Klass was announced as the new presenter of Channel 4 series 10 Years Younger, replacing Nicky Hambleton-Jones as presenter.
Endorsements & TV Advertising
Myleene worked as an ambassador for Ortak Jewellery. In January 2007, it was announced that Klass had signed a multi-million pound deal with Marks & Spencer to model clothes and swimwear for the new season. As the new face and body of Marks and Spencer’s Spring and Summer Collection, Klass appeared in both print and television advertising, including one modelled on Ursula Andress’s first appearance in Dr. No.
From 2012, Myleene became a brand ambassador for catalogue store Littlewoods.
Myleene Klass has worked with children’s shoe brand Start-rite. She helped the company design and promote a range of fitted footwear.