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{{Short description|British TV personality}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Andy Kumar
| image = File:VJ Andy at the launch of Mandira Bedi’s ‘M The Store’.jpg
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| caption = Andy Kumar at the launch of [[Mandira Bedi]]’s ‘M The Store’
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|05|31}}
| birth_place = [[Slough, Berkshire]], [[England]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| othername =
| occupation = [[Television presenter|Host]], [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]]
| yearsactive =
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'''Andy Kumar''', previously known as '''VJ Andy''', is a British [[television]] personality based in India. He worked as [[VJ (media personality)|Video Jockey]] for [[Channel V]] and has hosted several [[television program]]s<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/im-a-host-first-an-entertainer-later-vj-andy/ "Vj Andy, Host", 10 June 2014]</ref> including ''Dare 2 Date''<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/bigg-boss-vj-andy-returns-with-dare-2-date-3-209148-2014-10-08 "VJ Andy, ''Dare 2 Date''", 8 October 2014]</ref> a dating reality show. He was a contestant in the [[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 7)|seventh]] season of [[Bigg Boss]],<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/bigg-boss-has-made-me-a-household-name-vj-andy/ "''Bigg Boss'', VJ Andy" 17 October 2014]</ref> finishing fifth.

== Early life ==
Kumar was born Anand Vijay Kumar<ref name="Nagpur Today 25 Dec 23">{{cite news |title=VJ Andy gets evicted from Big Boss, Nagpur dint like it! |url=https://www.nagpurtoday.in/vj-andy-gets-evicted-from-big-boss-nagpur-dint-like-it/12251803 |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=Nagpur Today |date=25 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118191830/https://www.nagpurtoday.in/vj-andy-gets-evicted-from-big-boss-nagpur-dint-like-it/12251803 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |language=en-IN |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Filmibeat">{{cite news |last1=Narayan |first1=Girija |title=It's Official: Bigg Boss 7's Andy Hosting India's Got Talent Replacing Mantra! |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2014/official-bigg-boss-7-vj-andy-hosting-indias-got-talent-replace-mantra-131767.html |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=Filmibeat |publisher=Greynium |date=10 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602121454/https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2014/official-bigg-boss-7-vj-andy-hosting-indias-got-talent-replace-mantra-131767.html |archive-date=2 June 2024 |language=en-IN |url-status=live}}</ref> to an [[British India|Indian]] [[British Punjabi|Punjabi]] Hindu family in [[Slough, Berkshire]], United Kingdom. He lives and works in [[Mumbai, India]].<ref name="BBC 24 Sep 14">{{cite web |title=There's Something About Simmy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/09/26/simmy_feature.shtml |website=BBC Berkshire |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602122036/https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/09/26/simmy_feature.shtml |archive-date=2 June 2024 |language=en-GB |date=24 September 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
Kumar hosted ''[[Beauty and the Geek]]'' and ''What's With Indian Women'' on [[Fox Traveller]] India with comedian Sanjay Rajoura.<ref>{{cite web | title =Fox Traveller kicks off 'What's With Indian Women?' next month | work =Indiantelevision.com | publisher =Indian Television Dot Com Pvt Ltd. | date = 2012-11-27 | url =http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/nov/nov248.php | access-date = 2013-11-08}}</ref> In September 2013, he was a contestant on the Indian reality TV show ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 7)|Bigg Boss 7]]''. In 2014 he was seen as a contestant on ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7)|Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7]]''. In October 2015, Andy was seen in the reality show ''[[I Can Do That (Indian TV series)|I Can Do That]]''.

==Personal life==
Kumar has been reported in his country to be a member of the LGBT community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/photo/7-lgbt-contestants-who-were-part-of-bigg-boss-lifetv-989728-2017-08-28/6|title=7 LGBT contestants who were part of Bigg Boss|website=India Today|date=28 August 2017 }}</ref>

== Television ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Name
! Role
! Notes
! Ref(s)
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Get Gorgeous|Get Gorgeous 6]]''
| Host
|
|
|-
| 2012
| ''Dare 2 Date''
| Host
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki]]''
| rowspan="2" | Contestant
| Winner
|
|-
| ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 7)|Bigg Boss 7]]''
| Evicted Day 101
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| ''[[Bani – Ishq Da Kalma]]''
| Guest
|
|
|-
| ''[[India's Got Talent]]''
| Host
| Along with [[Bharti Singh]]
|
|-
| ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7)|Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7]]''
| Contestant
| Eliminated 16th Place
|
|-
| ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 8)|Bigg Boss 8]]''
| Guest
| Along with [[Kamya Panjabi]]
|
|-
| 2014–2015
| ''Box Cricket League 1''
| Host
| Along with [[Kavita Kaushik]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| ''[[Killerr Karaoke Atka Toh Latkah]]''
| Contestant
| Along with [[Sana Khan]], [[Sara Khan (actress, born 1989)|Sara Khan]], [[Mahek Chahal]] & [[Diandra Soares]]
|
|-
| ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 9)|Bigg Boss 9]]''
| Guest
| Along with [[Sargun Mehta]]
|
|-
| ''[[I Can Do That (Indian TV series)|I Can Do That]]''
| Contestant
| Along with [[Gauahar Khan]]
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 10)|Bigg Boss 10]]''
| Guest
| Along with [[Tanishaa Mukerji|Tanisha Mukherji]]
|
|}

==Web==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Name
! Role
! Platform
! Notes
! Ref
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Masaba Masaba]]''
| Guest
| [[Netflix]]
| Season 01 Episode 04
|
|-
|}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Show !! Role
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Ek Paheli Leela]]'' || Himself
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Kya Kool Hain Hum 3]]'' || Himself
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Radhe (2021 film)|Radhe]]'' || Jazz
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bigg Boss 7}}
{{Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Actors from Slough]]
[[Category:British video jockeys]]
[[Category:British television presenters]]
[[Category:British people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:British people of Punjabi descent]]
[[Category:British LGBTQ broadcasters]]
[[Category:British expatriate actors in India]]
[[Category:Expatriate male actors in India]]
[[Category:LGBTQ video jockeys]]
[[Category:British gay actors]]
[[Category:21st-century British LGBTQ people]]
[[Category:21st-century British male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi television]]
[[Category:Television personalities from Berkshire]]

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