{{short description|English television presenter}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | image = Helen Chamerlain.jpg | imagesize = 150px | name = Helen Chamberlain | caption = Chamberlain in 2007 | birth_name = Helen Marie Chamberlain | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|4|2}} | birth_place = [[Street, Somerset|Street]], [[Somerset]], England | occupation = Television presenter | education = [[Crispin School]], Street{{cn|date= March 2025}} | genre = | movement = | notableworks = | influences = | influenced = | website = }} '''Helen Marie Chamberlain''' (born 2 April 1967) is an English [[television presenter]], best known for presenting ''[[Soccer AM]]'' on [[Sky Sports]] for 22 years. She previously worked as a [[holiday camp]] entertainer.
==Biography== Chamberlain was born in [[Street, Somerset]]. She worked as a Bluecoat at [[Pontins]] holiday camp and an announcer at [[Chessington World of Adventures]],<ref name=G /> before becoming a club [[Disc Jockey|disc jockey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Helen Chamberlain – Biography and Images|url=https://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/biography-images/helen-chamberlain-3607/|publisher=TV Newsroom|access-date=26 April 2017}}</ref>
She was discovered at Chessington by a producer for [[Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)|Nickelodeon]], where she began presenting in 1994. She began presenting on [[Sky Sports]]'s Saturday morning show ''[[Soccer AM]]'' in 1995. She also guest presented on two former [[Channel 4]] breakfast shows – ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' (alongside [[Johnny Vaughan]]) and ''[[RI:SE]]'' – and was a presenter for [[British Sky Broadcasting|Sky TV]]'s dedicated Poker channel [[Sky Poker]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=show_static&page=pkrnews_presenters |title=Sky Poker Presenter Profiles |access-date=20 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808233059/https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=show_static&page=pkrnews_presenters |archive-date=8 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also co-hosted on [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]'s late night sports programme ''Live and Dangerous'' during 1997.
She appeared in a photo shoot for the May 2004 edition of ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-02-08 |title=Soccer AM World - Helen Chamberlain Penthouse Pictures |url=http://www.socceramworld.com/helen-chamberlain-penthouse/helen-chamberlain-penthouse.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208020723/http://www.socceramworld.com/helen-chamberlain-penthouse/helen-chamberlain-penthouse.html |archive-date=8 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She also modelled in underwear for [[Euro 2004]] in [[Trafalgar Square]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}
Chamberlain left ''Soccer AM'' in August 2017, shortly before the start of the programme's 23rd season on air.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40864736 Soccer AM presenter Helen Chamberlain leaves after 22 years], [[BBC]], 8 August 2017</ref>
After leaving Soccer AM, Chamberlain took a step back from TV to work on her farm, although in 2018 she appeared on ''[[Catchphrase (British game show)|Celebrity Catchphrase]]'' and from 2022 to 2023, she hosted the World Seniors Darts Championship for [[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|TNT Sports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1941790/Helen-Chamberlain-Soccer-AM-Net-Worth-Farm-Football|title=Where Helen Chamberlain is now after Soccer AM and presenter's massive net worth|website=www.express.co.uk|date=31 August 2024|accessdate=11 October 2024}}</ref>
==Sports== A pub-league level [[darts]] player when she was younger, Chamberlain claims to have once beaten [[Eric Bristow]] in a game of [[Cricket (darts)|darts-cricket]].<ref name=G>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/jan/08/features.sport11 | work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London | title=My passion: Helen Chamberlain | first=Nick | last=Greenslade | date=8 January 2006 | access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref>
Chamberlain finished second in the 2005 [[Poker Million]] tournament winning $400,000. She spent her winnings on buying a [[Range Rover]] for her boyfriend, and the racehorse Birkspiel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishhorseracing.com/goracing/racing/newsweather/features/view.asp?item=003352|title=Helen Chamberlain on her new passion|publisher=britishhorseracing.com|access-date=19 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030220403/http://www.britishhorseracing.com/goracing/racing/newsweather/features/view.asp?item=003352|archive-date=30 October 2007}}</ref> The horse was trained by [[Simon Dow]] at Clear Height Stables in [[Epsom]]. On his first outing for the presenter, in April 2006, he won a €50,000 Group 3 race in [[Baden-Baden]], Germany. One month later, he finished third in a Group 2 race in [[Cologne]], Germany. She owned the flat racer ''Napoletano,'' and also co-owned sprinter Merlin's Dancer who finished second in The Dash which is the race before [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]], in 2008. All three horses have now retired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/napoletano|title=Napoletano|publisher=Pedigree Querry|access-date=19 March 2008}}</ref>
Chamberlain is a [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] fan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-06-29 |title=Soccer AM: Helen Chamberlain |url=http://www.socceram.com/crew/0,,13879,00.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |archive-date=29 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629044544/http://www.socceram.com/crew/0,,13879,00.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
==Personal life== Chamberlain is a [[Teetotalism|teetotaler]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/aug/05/smalltalk.sportinterviews|title=Small Talk: Helen Chamberlain|work=The Guardian|date=5 August 2005|access-date=31 December 2011|last=Doyle|first=Paul}}</ref> and [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0150164}}
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