Ulrika Jonsson

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Ulrika Jonsson : biography

16 August 1967 –

Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish television presenter living and working in the UK. She became famous as a TV-am weather presenter and moved on to present Gladiators and became a team captain of the show Shooting Stars.

Footnotes

Big Brother

From 2 to 23 January 2009, she took part in the Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother. Jonsson eventually won with 57% of the final vote during the 23 January final. The Telegraph. 24 January 2009 As results were announced to the contestants, Jonsson said "Oh my god, that’s bonkers."

She had been nominated by her fellow housemates on each occasion, firstly by ‘head of house’ Terry Christian and then by other housemates, but survived the public vote on five occasions. Jonsson eventually progressed to the finals night, as the only woman left, after LaToya Jackson was evicted by public vote on Day 20. Prior to her entry into the house, various newspapers had reported that Jonsson had negotiated a £175,000 payment, nearly eight times as much as some of the other celebrities. Jonsson commented "It is singularly the weirdest experience of my entire life and I’ve had quite a weird life".

Ulrika once again entered the Big Brother house on 24 August 2010 for Ultimate Big Brother, reaching the final and finishing seventh.

Personal life

Jonsson lives in Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, and has a home on the Swedish island of Värmdö. Maidenhead Advertiser – , 12 January 2009

She has been married three times and has four children. 

Jonsson’s first marriage, to cameraman John Turnbull, lasted from 1990 to 1995.Stuat Jeffries, The Guardian, 27 August 2011, They have one child together, son Cameron, born circa 1995.Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 27 August 2011,

Jonsson subsequently dated footballer Stan Collymore.BBC News, 10 June 1998, In June 1998, during the 1998 World Cup, Collymore issued a public apology after an argument between them in a Paris bar became violent.BBC News, 10 June 1998,

Soon after the end of her relationship with Collymore, Jonsson began dating German hotel manager Marcus Kempen. Hugh Davies, The Guardian, 11 November 2000, She gave birth to their daughter, Bo, in November 2000. Hugh Davies, The Guardian, 11 November 2000, Jonsson’s relationship with Kempen ended soon after the birth.Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 27 August 2011,

In April 2002, Jonsson confirmed reports that she had had an affair with Sven-Göran Eriksson, then manager of England’s football team, who had a long-time girlfriend. Jonsson stated that her relationship with Eriksson had recently ended.Vivek Chaudhary, The Guardian, 20 April 2002, BBC News, 24 April 2002, Partly as a result of her involvement with Eriksson, she was given the job as a columnist for the News of the World newspaper in 2003, in which she regularly commented on Eriksson’s personal life. Her column was stopped in 2007,. 19 September 2007 a year after Eriksson resigned as England manager. It was announced in 2011 that she had taken legal proceedings against the newspaper over allegations an investigator had hacked into her mobile phone.. 17 May 2011

While presenting Mr. Right, a 2002 reality television show, Jonsson met Lance Gerrard-Wright, who was a bachelor faced with choosing a girlfriend from a group of women during the show. However, the eventual winner turned Gerrard-Wright down, and he and Jonsson subsequently began a relationship.BBC News, 23 October 2005, They married in August 2003, and Jonsson gave birth to their daughter, Martha, in May 2004.Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 27 August 2011, Jonsson and Gerrard-Wright split in October 2005.BBC News, 23 October 2005,

Jonsson married her third husband, American advertising executive Brian Monet, in March 2008. They have one son together, Malcolm, born in June 2008.

Ulrika Jonsson is a Manchester United F.C. fan.