Nikita Kanda

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Nikita Kanda
Born (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 (age 28)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Occupations
  • Radio presenter
  • broadcaster
Employer BBC
Television Zee TV
Take Me Out
The One Show
Strictly Come Dancing

Nikita Kanda (born 29 July 1995) is an English radio presenter and broadcaster. After joining the BBC Asian Network in 2021, she became the presenter of the Asian Network Breakfast in July 2022. In 2023, she competed in the twenty-first series of Strictly Come Dancing .

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Life and career

Nikita Kanda was born on 29 July 1995 in Birmingham, West Midlands. [1] [2] She is of Indian descent. [3] She studied film and screen media at university, and after graduating, worked on Zee TV and presented the drivetime show on Asian Star 101.6FM. [4] She took part in West End theatre productions including The Wiz , Bugsy Malone , Annie and Pocahontas . [1] Kanda also appeared as one of the thirty women on the final series of the ITV dating show Take Me Out in 2019. [5]

In March 2021, Kanda joined the BBC Asian Network, serving primarily as a regular relief presenter and hosted on Saturday afternoons. [6] [7] In July 2022, she began temporarily presenting the Asian Network Breakfast Show, and was subsequently appointed as the permanent host in January 2023. [8] [9] [10] For her work on the station, she was nominated for Presenter of the Year at the Asian Media Awards. [11] Kanda is also a frequent reporter on The One Show , and has fronted a range of topics including the rise of cashless businesses and government support for female sport. [11]

In August 2023, it was announced that Kanda would be a contestant on the twenty-first series of Strictly Come Dancing . [3] [12] Kanda described her participation as a "dream come true" and said she was "still pinching [herself]", adding that she "[didn't] think it [would] properly sink in until [she stepped] onto the dancefloor". [13] She was the second celebrity to be eliminated.

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  1. 1 2 "Nikita Kanda at Money Management". Money Management. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Kanda, Nikita (29 July 2021). "Same girl since day 1😎 26 today🎂🎈". Twitter . Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Nikita Kanda is the ninth celebrity contestant confirmed for Strictly Come Dancing 2023". BBC Media Centre . 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "My Pod with Nikita Kanda". Eastern Eye . 31 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Take Me Out 2019 contestants: Cast Instagram usernames". TellyMix. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nikita Kanda sits in for Harpz". BBC Asian Network . 20 October 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nikita Kanda & Mistah Islah are in for Harpz". BBC Asian Network . Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "BBC Asian Network announce Nikita Kanda as new host of the Breakfast show". BBC Media Centre . 9 January 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Asian Network Breakfast with Nikita Kanda". BBC Asian Network . 30 January 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Nikita Kanda secures Breakfast full time on BBC Asian Network". Radio Today. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Presenter Nikita Kanda is our ninth celebrity for Strictly 2023!". BBC . 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Strictly Come Dancing 2023 confirms Nikita Kanda for line-up". Radio Times . 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Strictly contestants 2023: Nikita Kanda and Adam Thomas join line-up". BBC News . 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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