presenter of Big Brother by Emma Willis for Series 14, which started in June 2013. Dowling has also had numerous appearances on This Morning, presenting segments on the show. Since 2014, Dowling has presented the TV3 game show Sitting on a Fortune in Ireland. Dowling has hosted The Real Housewives of Cheshire's reunion specials since the series' premiere in 2015. In 2020, Dowling participated in the fourth series of the Irish edition of Dancing with the Stars. Dowling was paired with Laura Nolan. On 6 February 2020, Dowling and Kai Widdrington were announced by RTÉ as the first male same-sex dance partners on the show during switch-up week. Dowling was eliminated from the competition in the first dance-off of the series on 16 February 2020. Theatre Dowling has appeared in popular Irish Christmas pantomimes, at Dublin's Tivoli Theatre. In December 2008 – January 2009, he starred as the evil Captain Hook in Anthem Productions' presentation of Peter Pan. Since then, Dowling has had the new character "Bridie" created for him, appearing in 2009's Cinderella and 2010's Beauty and the Beast''. Television References External links 1978 births Living people Big Brother (British TV series) winners Gay entertainers Irish LGBT broadcasters Irish LGBT entertainers Participants in Irish reality television series People from County Kildare Television presenters from the Republic of Ireland 21st-century LGBT people