Marcel Somerville

Marcel Somerville
Somerville in 2019
Born (1986-01-07) January 7, 1986 (age 38)
London, England
OccupationRapper • Television personality
Years active2002–present

Marcel Somerville (born 7 January 1986), also known as Rocky B, Plat'num B or Bezzle, is a British rapper, DJ, and record producer and former member of 10-piece UK hip hop group Blazin' Squad.[1][2] He is the founder and producer of Dmode[3] and has appeared in reality TV shows The Games[4] and as a finalist[5] on the third series of Love Island.[6]

Following his spell on Love Island, it was announced that Somerville would release a book titled Dr Marcel's Little Book of Big Love: Your Guide to Finding Love, the Island Way.[7]

Somerville presented numerous episodes of Trending Live! between January and February 2018 and he co-presented an episode of The Calum McSwiggan Show on Fubar Radio.[8] Marcel also starred on Come Dine with Me in January 2020.

He presents the podcast It's Not All Dad with Jamie Jewitt and Jake Quickenden.[9]

  1. ^ "From Chingford to Love Island: the rise and fall of Blazin' Squad". telegraph.co.uk/. The Telegraph. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Who were Blazin' Squad – the rap group Love Island star Marcel Somerville used to be in?". metro.co.uk. The Metro. 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Who is Marcel Somerville? Everything you need to know about the Love Island 2017 contestant". lifestyle.one. Heat World. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Who is Marcel Somerville? The Love Island contestant used to be in Blazin' Squad". radiotimes.com. Radio Times. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Kem and Amber win over Jamie and Camilla as public picks drama over romance". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Love Island women under 'intolerable pressure' to have sex on the show, ex-contestant claims". independent.co.uk. The Independent. 1 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Love Island's Marcel Somerville signs book deal". independent.ie. Irish Independent. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Calum McSwiggan || Marcel Sommerville". FUBAR Radio. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  9. ^ "It's Not All Dad - NEW podcast by Rocket and Jamie Jewitt". We Are Rocket. Retrieved 17 September 2022.