Nicki Chapman
Nicki Chapman (born
17 January 1967 in
Herne Bay,
Kent) is an
English television presenter who also works in the British
pop music industry.
Chapman worked her way up in the music industry from being Promotions Assistant at
MCA records at the age of 21. She later worked at
RCA as Head of Promotions where she first met
Simon Cowell. She is a joint partner in the Brilliant!
PR company with Nick Godwyn
[http://www.geocities.com/shackysloverival/hello.html] which did PR for, among others, the
Spice Girls,
Charlotte Church and
Billie Piper. She resultantly met
Simon Fuller, and joined his management company
19 Entertainment, working with acts including
Kylie Minogue,
Take That,
Annie Lennox,
S Club 7,
Van Morrison, and
M People. In January
2001, she was promoted to the post of Creative Director at
19 Entertainment.
Chapman rose to fame as a judge on the UK editions of the
ITV television series
Popstars and
Pop Idol, together with Simon Cowell,
Pete Waterman and
Dr Fox.
Chapman currently works as a presenter of numerous lifestyle programmes for the
BBC and is a reviewer for
Richard & Judy's Book Club
[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/R/richardandjudy/book_club/book_club_feel_plus.html]. In May 2006 she introduced the BBC's lunchtime covarege of the Chelsea Flower Show with Andy Sturgeon and
Charlie Dimmock.
In 2006, Chapman was one of 12 celebrities in the BBC's
Sport Relief showjumping program
Only Fools on Horses. Despite being a novice, she came second.
* One sister Shelley (teacher), twin nephews Douglas and Christopher
* Married to Dave Shackleton (aka Shacky), Vice President of . They met in 1991, and he asked her out within two weeks - she turned him down, as she did for the next two years. After her
Breast Cancer scare, the first person she called was "Shacky". He proposed a few years later in front of the Blue Mosque in Jerusalem, and they married at Sion Park - Charlotte Church sang at the ceremony, her wedding ring was hand-designed by a jeweller called R.G. Baker in
Canterbury.
* The first record she bought was
Killer Queen by
Queen* Aged 21, Chapman applied for a promotions job in the music industry. The next day, she called and said I need to know if you want me, I've been offered another job, but this is the one I really want. Needless to say, they hired her
[http://bigrikcouk.brinkster.net/ff/other.htm]* She is addicted to sweets! Gives them up each year for
Lent:
But I'm so irritable everyone can't wait for me to get back on them. I love all of them - Jaffa Cakes, chocolate bonbons, Cadbury's Buttons* She discovered acrylic nails in New York, and uses a process called Pink and White that looks like a French manicure
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BBC Bio*
Fan site*
19 Entertainment
