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When we first met him, Rylan Clark he had blonde flowing locks and was best known for hysterically crying at Nicole Scherzinger on X Factor - but four years later and he's landed his very own show.

After a slight career change from singing to presenting, Rylan now is one of the most popluar stars on the box thanks to his appearances on This Morning and Big Brother - who knew he'd get this far?

He clearly thought he wouldn't and ahead of the first episode of Up Late With Rylan he shared a snap of him from the early X Factor days and the polished presenter we know now.

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Writing alongside the pic, he said: "In just under 4 years. Thank you to everyone along the way that's helped make this happen"

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Hosting his own series is a big deal for the star and he admitted he was expecting "carnage" from the first episode, which is filmed live.

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"Tonight's show is going to be carnage. First show, so sure EVERYTHING will go wrong. But there's no re-takes! And we love it! #Nervewrack X," he confessed.

Rylan gave us just a taster of what was to come, when he dressed up as James Bond and he even got involved in painting a model’s bum GOLD.

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He said: “This is from Goldfinger. I’m being James Bond for the day – what more could any boy want?

“I think Daniel [Craig]’s got one more film in him, hasn’t he? Come on, we’ve all seen him in those trunks. I think they need one more outing.”

Rylan revealed today on This Morning that he’s seriously nervous about the new show . The funny host, who has already had a stint at presenting This Morning alongside Ruth Langsford, is well practised at interviewing but it's the first time he's running things solo.

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Appearing on This Morning to dish all the showbiz gossip from over the weekend he told his pals Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield: "I'm so nervous."

While Holly wished Rylan "good luck" with his debut gig, Phil was a little bit cheekier.

After Rylan confirmed that Keith Lemon and Alesha Dixon were his first guests, Phil added: "We'll come on at some stage. Well we'll come on if it's any good tonight!"

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An upset Rylan then shouted: "I knew that's why you were waiting!"

"Yeah if it's rubbish we're not," Phil laughed.

He told This Morning last month about his new role as a chat show host: "We are going to be on four nights a week - there's not a chat show out there that goes on four nights a week in this country - and we record it literally an hour before it goes out on air, so it's live.”

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Good luck, Rylan – we’ll be watching!

Up Late With Rylan starts tonight, 11pm, Channel 5