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Zara McDermott

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Zara McDermott

Zara Nicole McDermott (born 14 December 1996) is an English reality television personality. After working for the Department for Education as a policy advisor, she became a contestant on the fourth series of Love Island (2018) and subsequently appeared on The X Factor: Celebrity (2019) and Made in Chelsea (2019–2020). McDermott has gone on to present her own BBC documentaries, including: Revenge Porn (2021), Uncovering Rape Culture (2021) and Disordered Eating (2022) based on her own experiences, as well as Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge (2023), The Idaho Murders: Trial by TikTok (2024), Inside Ibiza (2024) and Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise (2025). In 2022, she presented the dating series Love in the Flesh on BBC Three and a year later, she competed on the twenty-first series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Infobox

Born
Zara Nicole McDermott (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 29)Havering, London, England
Occupations
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Years active
2009–present
Employer
BBC
Notable work
List of documentaries
Television
mw- Love Island The X Factor: Celebrity Made in Chelsea Strictly Come Dancing

Tables

As herself · Filmography
2009
Role(s)
Participant; 1 episode
2013
Role(s)
Participant; 1 episode
2018
Role(s)
Contestant; series 4
Role(s)
Guest; 1 episode
Role(s)
Guest; 1 episode
2019–2020
Role(s)
Made in Chelsea
Notes
Cast member
2019
Role(s)
Contestant
2021
Revenge Porn
Role(s)
Presenter
Uncovering Rape Culture
Role(s)
Presenter
2022
Love in the Flesh
Role(s)
Presenter
Disordered Eating
Role(s)
Presenter
2023
Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge
Role(s)
Presenter
Role(s)
Contestant; series 21
2024
Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island
Role(s)
Presenter
The Idaho Murders: Trial by Tiktok
Role(s)
Presenter
2025
To Catch a Stalker
Role(s)
Presenter
Year
Title
Role
Ref.
2009
Wanted Down Under
Participant; 1 episode
2013
Wanted Down Under: Revisited
Participant; 1 episode
2018
Love Island
Contestant; series 4
Politics Live
Guest; 1 episode
Panorama
Guest; 1 episode
2019–2020
Made in Chelsea
Cast member
2019
The X Factor: Celebrity
Contestant
2021
Revenge Porn
Presenter
Uncovering Rape Culture
Presenter
2022
Love in the Flesh
Presenter
Disordered Eating
Presenter
2023
Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge
Presenter
Strictly Come Dancing
Contestant; series 21
2024
Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island
Presenter
The Idaho Murders: Trial by Tiktok
Presenter
2025
To Catch a Stalker
Presenter
Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise
Presenter
· Awards and nominations
2022
Role(s)
Authored Documentary
Notes
Zara McDermott: Uncovering Rape Culture
Year
Award
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2022
National Television Awards
Authored Documentary
Zara McDermott: Uncovering Rape Culture
Nominated

References

  1. Heat
    https://heatworld.com/entertainment/tv-movies/zara-mcdermott-love-island/
  2. Entertainment Daily
    https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/zara-mcdermott-revenge-porn-which-ex-boyfriend-betrayed-the-love-island-star/
  3. Reality Titbit
    https://www.realitytitbit.com/channel-4/zara-mcdermott-parents
  4. "Wanted Down Under, Series 3, Episode 7, McDermott"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gskvk
  5. "Wanted Down Under: Revisted, Series 6, Episode 6, McDermott"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gskvk
  6. The Times
    https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/zara-mcdermott-revenge-porn-almost-ruined-my-life-k3swcm3ml
  7. BBC
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/b80a18ed-e1e9-4fc5-9400-afba5f736c9d
  8. OK!
    https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/zara-mcdermott-job-government-teacher-23270213.amp
  9. Cosmopolitan
    https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a22045133/love-islands-zara-mcdermott-return-government-job/
  10. The Times
    https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/zara-mcdermott-i-asked-my-partner-sam-thompson-why-some-posh-boys-behave-so-badly-xth6gmjz0
  11. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a34437032/zara-mcdermott-cheat-sam-thompson/
  12. Cosmopolitan
    https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a34871490/sam-thompson-breaks-silence-back-zara-mcdermott/
  13. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/sam-thompson-zara-mcdermott-split-why-instagram-b2678391.html
  14. People
    https://people.com/louis-tomlinson-zara-mcdermott-instagram-official-pda-packed-selfie-11784672
  15. Radio Times
    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/zara-love-island-2018-contestant-profile-instagram-photos-video-itv2/
  16. "Zara McDermott - Love Island"
    https://www.itv.com/loveisland/tags/zara-mcdermott
  17. Radio Times
    https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-10-04/the-islanders-x-factor-celebrity/
  18. Grazia
    https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/tv-and-film/zara-mcdermott-made-in-chelsea/
  19. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a35597568/made-in-chelsea-zara-mcdermott-quits-reason/
  20. Heat
    https://heatworld.com/entertainment/love-island/zara-mcdermott-love-island/
  21. "BBC Three announces Zara McDermott: Revenge Porn (w/t)"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/zara-mcdermott-revenge-porn-bbc-three
  22. "Zara McDermott Uncovers: Rape Culture"
    https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2021/47/zara-mcdermott-uncovers-rape-culture
  23. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59303919
  24. "BBC Three's Love In The Flesh delves into digital dating"
    https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/love-in-the-flesh-bbc-three
  25. "Love In The Flesh: Meet the couples and presenter Zara McDermott"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/love-in-the-flesh-bbc-three
  26. BBC Three
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/88b8852b-79ec-4821-a7c3-01dd8bf3e245
  27. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/gaia-a-death-on-dancing-ledge
  28. BBC
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fstrictlycomedancing%2Fentries%2F4ac80460-29db-4471-88b4-7448c56c7d49
  29. BBC
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66408141.amp
  30. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a44752178/strictly-2023-cast-zara-mcdermott/
  31. Evening Standard
    https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/zara-mcdermott-rick-astley-adam-thomas-bbc-one-charleston-b1116680.html
  32. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
    https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2024/17/zara-mcdermott-ibiza-secrets-of-the-party-island
  33. www.bbc.co.uk
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/zara-mcdermott-new-series-commissioned-stalked
  34. BBC
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jwhg
  35. Daily Mirror
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/zara-mcdermott-faces-huge-backlash-35898209
  36. nationthailand
    https://www.nationthailand.com/news/world/40055334
  37. Metro
    https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/13/zara-mcdermott-branded-ignorant-bbcs-judgemental-patronising-thailand-documentary-24153776/
  38. TV Zone UK
    https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/pr-thailanddarksideofparadise-bbcthree
  39. Moment Zara McDermott is nearly arrested while filming in Thailand
    https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/culture/zara-mcdermott-arrested-thailand-documentary-video-b2824734.html
  40. BBC
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06w5mwl
  41. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bbc-panorama-influencers-instagram-youtube-million-pound-selfie-sell-off-a8775601.html?amp
  42. BBC iPlayer
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001x8mz/zara-mcdermott-the-idaho-murders-trial-by-tiktok
  43. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/01/to-catch-a-stalker-review-bbc-documentary-review
  44. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/bbc-three-zara-mcdermott-thailand-documentray
  45. Radio Times
    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/ntas-2022-longlist/
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