Editing Dominik Diamond

{{Short description|Scottish television and radio presenter and newspaper columnist}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox presenter
| image       =
| name        = Dominik Diamond
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| birth_name   = Dominik Paul Diamond
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Arbroath]], Scotland
| show        = Get Up! with Dominik Diamond<ref>https://899thewave.fm/on-air/get-up-with-dominik-diamond/</ref>
| station     = 89.9 The Wave - Halifax
| timeslot    = 6am-10am Mon-Fri
| show2       =
| station2    =
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| style       = [[Disc jockey]]<br>[[Comedian]]
| country     = Canada
| prevshow    = 	The Rock of the Atlantic<br>Q104 Halifax<br>The Dominik Diamond Show<br>Q107 Toronto<br>Diamond and de Andrade<br>''[[Talk 107]]''<br>1400–1800 Mon-Fri<br>"''The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show''"<br>[[Galaxy Scotland|XFM Scotland]]<br>6:00–10:00 a.m. Monday–Friday<br>"''The Dominik Diamond Show''"<br>Beat 106<br>1000–1300 Saturday/Sunday<br>"Dominik & Dye"<br> 5:30–9:30 am Monday–Friday<br>102.1 The Edge<br>Jack FM Calgary Morning Show
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'''Dominik Paul Diamond''' (born 31 December 1969) is a Scottish television, radio presenter and newspaper columnist. He is best known as the original presenter of [[Channel 4]]'s [[video gaming]] programme ''[[GamesMaster]]'', as host of ''The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show'' on [[XFM Scotland (2006)|XFM Scotland]] and as a columnist for the ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]''. After moving to [[Canada]] in 2009, he has hosted radio shows for stations in [[Toronto]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] and [[Calgary]], where he was host of the Morning Show on [[Jack FM]] from 2015 to 2018.

==Early life==
Born in [[Arbroath]], Scotland, Diamond attended [[Strathallan School]] in [[Forgandenny]], [[Perthshire]].<ref name="Dinner with Dominik Diamond">{{cite web|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/magazine.cfm?id=665862002|title=Dinner with Dominik Diamond|work=[[The Scotsman]]|access-date=2007-07-07|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203080200/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/magazine.cfm?id=665862002|archive-date=3 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He then went on to study drama at [[Bristol University]], where he was a contemporary of [[David Walliams]] and [[Simon Pegg]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Diamond |first=Dominik |title=GamesMaster: The Oral History |publisher=THAMES & HUDSON |date=2022 |isbn=9780500025918 |location=UK |pages=103|oclc=1306202604}}</ref> Diamond, Walliams and Pegg were part of a comedy troupe called "David Icke and The Orphans of Jesus". Walliams and Diamond fell out after Walliams appeared as a guest on Diamond and his friend (and ''GamesMaster'' commentator) Kirk Ewing's<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/unknown/viewarticle.aspx?id=279420|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230636/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/unknown/viewarticle.aspx?id=279420|archive-date = 27 September 2007|title = News & Star}}</ref> [[Paramount Comedy 1|Paramount]] show ''Dom'n'Kirk's Night O Plenty'' – after which Diamond said that Walliams and co-''Little Britain'' star [[Matt Lucas]] were "complete arseholes" on the show. In a 2007 interview Diamond said that he had not spoken to Walliams since, whom he described as both a "comic genius" and a "twat."<ref name="DiamondGeezer">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/unknown/viewarticle.aspx?id=279420|title=Diamond Geezer|website=newsandstar.co.uk|access-date=2007-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230636/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/unknown/viewarticle.aspx?id=279420|archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>

==Television and publications==
Diamond's biggest role on television came presenting 6 series of [[Channel 4]]'s [[video game|computer and video game]] show ''[[GamesMaster]]'', which ran from 1992 to 1998. Diamond did not present the show's third series, following disagreements with the show's creators about Diamond's desire to pursue business opportunities outside ''GamesMaster'' and the appointment of [[McDonald's]] as the show's sponsor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Diamond |first=Dominik |title=GamesMaster: The Oral History |publisher=Read-Only Memory |year=2022 |isbn=978-0-500-97855-9 |pages=103 }}</ref><ref name="2008 Interview with Dominik Diamond">{{cite web |url=http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/09/23/an-interview-with-dominik-diamond-gamesmaster-legend/ |title=An interview with Dominik Diamond |publisher=Team Teabag |access-date=2008-09-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930031425/http://www.teamteabag.com/2008/09/23/an-interview-with-dominik-diamond-gamesmaster-legend/ |archive-date=30 September 2008 }}</ref> He went on to present the short-lived [[BBC Scotland]] panel show ''Caledonia McBrains'' in 2002.

In 2006, Diamond filmed a [[Five (channel)|Five]] documentary, ''Crucify Me''. During filming, he took part in the [[Crucifixion in the Philippines#San Pedro Cutud, San Fernando|annual Holy Week re-enactment of the crucifixion at San Pedro Cutud]] in the Philippines. However, he backed down at the last minute, breaking into tears.<ref name="cry1">{{cite news|author=Stephen McGinty|year=2006|url=http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=571792006|title=A crucifixion too far|work= The Scotsman|access-date=15 April 2006}}</ref><ref name="cry2">{{cite news|author=Caroline Davies|author2=Sebastien Berger|name-list-style=amp|year=2006|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1515782/Crucify-me-Sorry-Ive-changed-my-mind.html|title=Crucify me? Sorry, I've changed my mind|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|access-date=15 April 2006 }}</ref>

He also has appeared on the [[Discovery Real Time]] programme, ''Rubble Trouble'', which charts the development of his house extension.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Diamond in the rough |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/a-diamond-in-the-rough-1-688776 |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=The Scotsman |date=19 January 2006}}</ref> While residing in [[Brighton]] from 2002 to 2004, he trained and worked as a bus driver with the local transport company Brighton and Hove Bus Company, recording his thoughts and feelings for a documentary to be shown on UK television Channel 5.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} Similarly to Diamond, many celebrities have worked for Brighton and Hove Bus Company, some of which are named on the front of the city's buses.<ref name="Names on Our Buses">{{cite web|author=Brighton and Hove Bus Company|year=2010|url=http://www.buses.co.uk/information/busnamesintro.aspx|title=Names on Our Buses|publisher=Brighton & Hove Bus Company|access-date=5 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018065629/http://buses.co.uk/information/busnamesintro.aspx|archive-date=18 October 2010}}</ref>

Diamond's autobiography, ''Celtic & Me: Confessions From The Jungle'', was published in the UK by Black & White Publishing in August 2010. The book is a combination of media memoir and the story of Diamond's life as a fan of Celtic Football Club.<ref name="Celticunderground Podcast 106">{{cite web|url=http://traffic.libsyn.com/celticunderground/cu106.mp3 |title=Celticunderground Podcast 106: Dominik Diamond |publisher=celticunderground.net |access-date=2010-09-30 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2015, he became one of 44 financial backers for the short film ''[[Autumn Never Dies]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

==Radio==
Diamond launched XFM Scotland with ''The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show'' on [[XFM Scotland (2006)|XFM Scotland]] in January 2006.<ref>''Celtic & Me: Confessions from the Jungle'', Dominik Diamond</ref> On 27 June 2007, RadioToday.co.uk announced that Diamond had joined [[Talk 107]] to cover a number of programmes over the summer months. From 13 October 2007 Diamond presented the Dominik Diamond Breakfast Club on [[Talk 107]]. In January 2008 Dominik took over Talk 107 Drive with Marisa de Andrade. In April 2008, following a station revamp, the show became known as ''Diamond and de Andrade''. Diamond left Talk 107;{{when|date=September 2016}} the station closed in December 2008.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/dec/17/utv-radio Edinburgh's Talk 107 radio station is to shut down]. ''[[The Guardian]]'', 17 December 2008.</ref>

He hosted The Dominik Diamond Show Mon–Fri 6–11pm on [[CILQ-FM|Q107]] in Toronto. After a stint hosting on new music station Radio 96.5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Diamond returned to the Toronto market in March 2014, replacing [[Dean Blundell]] as host of the morning show on [[CFNY-FM|102.1 The Edge]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/corus-102-1-the-edge-announces-new-on-air-lineup/1002967624/?&er=NA |title=Corus' 102.1 the Edge Announces New On-Air Lineup |work=Broadcaster Magazine |access-date=2016-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318235851/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/corus-102-1-the-edge-announces-new-on-air-lineup/1002967624/?&er=NA |archive-date=18 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> From September 2015 to November 2018 he was the Morning Show host on 96.9 [[Jack FM]] in Calgary. In April 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, Dominik started a live-stream channel on Twitch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.twitch.tv/dominikdiamondlive/videos|title = Twitch}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Diamond is a lifelong fan of [[Celtic F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dominikdiamond-celtic-rangers-living-canada-13455312|title=Dominik Diamond on Celtic, Rangers, living in Canada and missing Glasgow|first=Adam|last=Miller|date=9 August 2017|website=Glasgow Live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=224613|name=Dominik Diamond}}

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