Orla Chennaoui

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(124 votes, average: 4.91 out of 5)

 

Orla Chennaoui (born 13 November 1978) is a Northern Irish television journalist and former all-Ireland triple jump champion. Orla Chennaoui was born in Draperstown, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. After completing a degree in Law and French at Queen’s University Belfast, she took a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Edinburgh Napier University. While in Edinburgh Orla Chennaoui began her journalism career, working in print-journalism at Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News.

Orla Chennaoui moved into broadcast journalism at 2 Ten FM, a local radio station in Reading, Berkshire. A move into regional television news followed, working on the Meridian West news service at ITV Meridian and the ITV News network, based in Southampton. She returned to Scotland with a role at STV and Scotland Today.

In 2005, she joined Sky News as Northern Ireland correspondent. In 2010 Orla Chennaoui made a move into sports broadcasting for Sky Sports specialising in cycling; she was also Sky Sports’ principal correspondent for the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

In 2019, Orla Chennaoui left Sky to join Eurosport as the lead presenter for the station’s coverage of cycling events. Eurosport became TNT Sports from February 2025.

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Abi Stephens

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(34 votes, average: 4.32 out of 5)

 

Whether it’s presenting MotoGP live on BT Sport, interviewing boxers ringside on Eurosport or jumping out of a plane whilst hosting The National Sky Diving Championships, Abi Stephens brings exceptional knowledge and an infectious energy to everything she tackles.

Abi’s skill is getting right to the heart of the action, capturing the drama and excitement and especially – in her unique, personable style – eliciting the compelling human stories, which make us care so much.

A graduate of Loughborough University and the prestigious sports school Millfield, Abi is an all round athlete. She’s a passionate runner with an impressive 3:17 marathon and 1:30 half marathon personal best. Whatever the sporting challenge, she’s always seen representing ‘Place2Be’, a childrens’ mental health charity she supports whole heartedly.

Alongside her work in front of the camera, Abi is also a performance coach, helping others to present with greater confidence and authenticity.
She draws on her decade worth of experience presenting live in high pressured environments to offer those she works with concrete practices to make their own.

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