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Ore & Sonali

Newsreaders Ore Oduba and Sonali Shah are dancing for Comic Relief!

Sonali and Ore are best known as presenters of C´óÏó´«Ã½'s flagship , which the pair presented together between 2010 and 2011. They have also presented for ´óÏó´«Ã½ News Channel.

Ore Oduba joined the team in August 2008 and shortly after became the presenter of sport spin-off show Sportsround.

In 2010, he began presenting the main ´óÏó´«Ã½ One bulletin alongside Sonali. Following Sonali's departure in late 2011, he now presents the show alongside Leah Gooding and Hayley Cutts.

In addition to , Ore has presented a number of sports bulletins for and , as well as for ´óÏó´«Ã½ News Channel - alongside Sonali.

He now presents C´óÏó´«Ã½'s and is a regular face on the .

Sonali Shah's presenting career began in local hospital radio, whilst studying for a career in medicine (her parents run a pharmacy). Shortly after graduation, Sonali joined the – where she worked as a producer and presented on a number of shows before moving to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live as a producer for Jeff Rendall’s Weekend Business. Once at , she reported for , and .

Sonali’s biggest breakthrough came when she landed a job on the presenting team of C´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s . Having first presented the morning and afternoon bulletins, she became anchor of the main ´óÏó´«Ã½ One bulletin in 2008. In late 2011 – after five years - Sonali stepped down from . Since then, she has presented on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News and ´óÏó´«Ã½ News Channel, and was among the ´óÏó´«Ã½ News team for the Diamond Jubilee coverage on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One.

In recent years she has become a regular face for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport, covering events including the Commonwealth Games in 2010, 2011 Cricket World Cup, , and . During the Olympics, she anchored ´óÏó´«Ã½3 shows.

Ore and Sonali once did a Michael Jackson tribute dance for , complete with Moonwalk!

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Ore & Sonali perform ‘Hey Ya’

Ore & Sonali perform ‘Hey Ya’ by Outkast