Ben Phillips (YouTuber)
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| Born | Ben Phillips 10 October 1992 Bridgend, Wales | |||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||
| Residence | Cardiff, Wales | |||||||||
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| Website | benphillips | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2013–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 2,409,340 (April 2017) | |||||||||
| Total views | 339 million (April 2017) | |||||||||
| Network | Comedy Central | |||||||||
| Associated acts | Ben and Harley, Elliot Giles | |||||||||
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Ben Phillips (born 10 October 1992[citation needed]) is a Welsh YouTube personality, vlogger, and actor. Known for his prank collaborations with his half-brother[1], Elliot Giles, who is the usual victim for most of Phillips's videos on YouTube, Phillips started his career in the social media, Vine and rose to fame as part of the duo account, Ben and Harley. After Phillips committed to a solo career as a Vine star, later a YouTuber, he has over 2 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, and since released his book, Sorry Bro, on November 2016.
Internet career[edit]
Early career with Vine (2014–2016)[edit]
Ben Phillips started making Vines with his then-girlfriend's son, Harley, under the name 'Ben and Harley', while Phillips was working in his mother's shoe shop.[1] This caused him to be contacted by numerous companies, including Ford Motor Company's European division[2] which they reportedly paid Phillips £12,000 per 6 seconds[2], or £2,000 per second on his Vine[2]. Following the split of Phillips and Harley's mother[1], Abi[3], Phillips rebranded his account and continued making solo Vines. Phillips prospered success with approximately 1.3 million followers on his Vine[1], until his account was hacked in March 2015.[4] Not long after the incident happened, Phillips deviated from Vine to take a break[2]., and transitioned from the 6-second video format to the vlog prank format with Facebook, with his brother, Elliot Giles.[3][1]
YouTube and Facebook (2014–present)[edit]
The same year in September, when Phillips was still a Vine star, he started his YouTube channel, benphillipsuk (Ben Phillips) in the vlog-prank format, which revolves around the theme of deceiving Elliot Giles, for fun, including supergluing Giles's hair[1], and more. As of March 2017[update], Phillips's YouTube channel has over 2 million subscribers[5] and 337 million views[5], while his Facebook page has over 8.5 million likes.[6] Thus, Phillips has been considered one of Europe's largest influencers.[7]
Autobiography, world tour[edit]
Phillips published his autobiography, Sorry Bro! My Life and Elliot's Journey, printed in hardcover on November 2016.[8] The book went to #1 as the best seller on Amazon's United Kingdom website. As a result, Phillips launched a world tour in 2016, Ben Phillips: The Live Cinematic Experience.
Ben Phillips Blows Up[edit]
On January 2017, it was announced that Comedy Central had given Phillips his own television comedy prank show, Ben Phillips Blows Up[9], which will start airing in the spring of 2017.[9] The show will be produced by Channel X[10] , and will air on the main Comedy Central channel by spring 2017. The 1×22’ pilot will feature Phillips and his circle of friends playing a prank on Giles, and Giles 'backfiring' at them.
Personal life[edit]
Phillips was born on 10 October 1992 in Bridgend, Wales.[citation needed] Phillips has a half-brother[1], Elliot Giles.[1] Phillips currently resides in Cardiff, Wales.[11] He currently focuses his career in vlogging and pranking Giles, uploading videos onto various social medias, such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Phillips has since confirmed that most of his pranks are real[1], especially from one of his most well-known YouTube videos, which involves in supergluing Giles's hair products:
"He [Elliot] was really annoyed with a lot of the pranks. But I had to amp it up and make the world share it more. So I put Superglue in his hair gel. He went to do his hair and superglued his hairbrush to his hands, to his hair. We went to A&E. It's all real."[1]
Phillips has a catchphrase, "sorry bro"[12], which became the title of his autobiography, "Sorry Bro! My Life and Elliot's Journey". Phillips's height measures at 6'4".[13]
Filmography[edit]
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Notes |
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| 2017 | Ben Phillips Blows Up | Himself | Comedy Central UK | Also co-producer and writer (In production) |
World Tour[edit]
It was announced in 2016 by Phillips himself via his social media accounts that he would be going on a world tour. The tour was so big[citation needed] that there will be a second tour in 2017.[14]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2016 | Ben Phillips: The Live Cinematic Experience | |
| 2017 | TBA |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Longridge, Chris (7 July 2016). "YouTuber Ben Phillips: "Everyone wants a slice of the pie when it's hot – and it really is hot"". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Rosney, Daniel (7 March 2015). "The 22-year-old who makes a living from Vines". BBC: Newsbeat. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Patrick (6 March 2015). "Meet The 22-Year-Old Making £2,000 Per Second On Vine". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ Cresci, Elena (10 March 2015). "Vine star who makes up to £12,000 a clip says account was hacked". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ben Phillips – YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ "Ben Phillips – Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ Weiss, Geoff (23 September 2016). "Viral Facebook Prankster Ben Phillips To Release Debut Book, 'Sorry Bro!', On Nov. 3". Tubefilter. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ Sorry Bro!: Amazon.co.uk: Ben Phillips: 9781911274049: Books[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Online prankster Ben Phillips gets TV pilot". British Comedy Guide. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ Whittingham, Clive (17 January 2017). "Central pilots Facebook prank show". C21Media. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ Palmer, Kate (1 September 2014). "Britain's social media stars making £2,000 a second". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ↑ James, Lauren (16 October 2016). "YouTuber Ben Phillips explains why all he ate in HK was McDonald's and he's not #sorrybro". Youngpost: South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ "Ben Phillips – ABOUT US – Ben". Ben Phillips. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BenPhillipsUK/status/840490335524536320[better source needed]
Bibilography[edit]
Phillips, Ben (2016) Sorry Bro! My Life and Elliot's Journey. Blink Publishing. ISBN 978-1911274049
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