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Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is a British television presenter, DJ and former model from Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. He began TV presenting on the BBC children`s show FBi, a spin-off of Fully Booked. Since then he has presented various shows, most notably T4, Beat the Star and All Star Family Fortunes.

Vernon Kay is a former host of T4. He also presented Boys and Girls, HeadJam, Celebrities Under Pressure and California Dreaming. He presented Hit Me Baby One More Time which first aired on British television in 2005. The show had many singing legends appear in the heats and finals, including: Shakin` Stevens, Belinda Carlisle and Tiffany. Stevens later won the show. The show was then picked up by NBC for broadcast in the United States, which Kay also hosted.

In 2005, Kay hosted the annual The Record of the Year competition. Also in 2005, Kay competed with a host of other celebrities in a series titled, Ant & Dec`s Gameshow Marathon, in which TV personalities battled each other in a series of well-known game formats that had been featured on ITV over the past 50 years. The series was screened as part of ITV`s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Kay managed to reach the final of the competition, but ended up losing to Carol Vorderman and her family, in a special edition of Family Fortunes.

Television bosses were reportedly so impressed with Kay`s performance on the show, that they announced plans to revive Family Fortunes with Kay as the host; the first episode aired on 28 October 2006. The show is now titled All Star Family Fortunes as it features celebrities and their families as well as the contestants. Kay was also selected to host the second series of Gameshow Marathon in 2007.

In 2006, he presented, alongside his wife Tess, on the BBC One celebrity singing contest Just the Two of Us. In 2006, he hosted a segment on ITV`s coverage of The Prince`s Trust 30th Birthday Live and a special entitled Duet Impossible, featuring contemporary music stars performing with their deceased pop heroes via technical wizardry.

It was announced on 26 April 2007 that Kay will host a new talent search show called Search for the next Elvis in which Elvis impersonators will compete for a prize. Votes will be cast by a set of judges as well as viewers.

Kay appeared in the first episode of Nathan Barley where he was the main character in the story, Rise of the Idiots. He presented The Paul O`Grady Show as a substitute host on two occasions (23 October 2006 and 9 May 2007).

In 2008 Kay hosted the English language adaption of the German TV show Schlag den Raab. The game - Beat the Star - broadcast on ITV1 in an eight part series, which ran from 20 April 2008 to 22 June 2008. In the final episode, Phillip Schofield surprised Kay by revealing that Kay himself was to be that night`s star rather than the presenter. Kay then went on to beat the marine contestant through a series of the seven challenges. The show also introduced his catch-phrases "put your sausage behind your back" and "place your meat on the scales".

He married fellow television presenter, Tess Daly, on 12 September 2003, at St Mary`s Roman Catholic Church in Horwich, near Bolton.

They have two daughters together, named Phoebe Elizabeth Kay, who was born in Westminster, London on 17 October 2004 and Amber Isabella Kay, born 30th May 2009 at 5.26am weighting 7lb 15oz.