Paul Gorton
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Quest for the Backflip
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Paul Gorton | |
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| Notable work | Deal or No Deal Quest for the Backflip The Traitors Do You Know Your Place? |
| Spouse | Forgoodnesskate |
Paul Gorton (born 1987 or 1988)[1] is an English television presenter. He has appeared on The Traitors series 2 and co-presented Do You Know Your Place?.
Gorton was originally from Sutton, St Helens[2] but was living with his mother in Warrington in 2010, when he won 10p as an unemployed 22-year-old contestant on Deal or No Deal.[3][4] He then presented the four-part Extreme Sports Channel series Quest for the Backflip in 2012, a show about BMX,[5] a sport he had resumed after seven years working as a development manager for Three UK.[6] He recounted his Deal or No Deal experience on Joe Wilkinson and David Earl's Chatabix podcast several times from August 2022,[4] which gave him the idea to apply for The Traitors. He subsequently appeared on that series' second season in 2024,[2] having narrowly avoided dropping out after suffering a collapsed lung from a football injury several weeks earlier;[1] he played that series' villain[1] and was banished on day eight.[7] He also appeared on Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip that year.[2]
By January 2025, he had moved to Hale, Greater Manchester,[2] having moved with his wife to be closer to family, and having lived in London for seven years.[8] His wife is the content creator Forgoodnesskate.[5] In September and October that year, Gorton filmed inserts in multiple UK locations including Cardiff, Dudley, Bolton, Wrexham, Bristol, Taunton, and Falkirk; these were broadcast from February 2026 as part of the BBC Two quiz show Do You Know Your Place?.[9][10] He had previously been booked as a contestant for the pilot programme - his first - but had been promoted to host after an unidentified scheduled co-host withdrew.[11][12]