OJ Borg (born Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi on 4 April 1979 in Leicester[1]) is an English radio and television presenter.
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Borg has worked at various radio stations. He started out at Galaxy Manchester as a member of The Ground Crew; he then progressed through Traffic and Travel with Trafficlink to the evening show at Kix 96 Fm in Coventry. From there he moved back to Manchester to co-present The Breakfast Club on Oldham's 96.2 The Revolution with Sarah Mills.
Through summer 2008, Borg presented The Saturday Breakfast Show on Xfm South Wales before the station was sold and renamed Nation Radio.
Borg has also worked for Kerrang! Radio in Birmingham and in Summer 2010 sat in for Iain Lee on Absolute Radio.
Borg sat in for Janice Long overnight show on BBC Radio 2 from 15th-19th August 2011, 26 - 31 December 2011, and 2nd January 2012.
Borg sat in for Alex Lester overnight show on BBC Radio 2 from 19th - 24th September 2011.
From October 2011 he presents a Saturday breakfast show on Key 103.
Borg moved into television in late 2005 when he was picked up by VH1 to host their live and interactive show Radio Gaga alongside Absolute Radio's Sarah Champion. He has fronted guides to the Oxegen Festival in Ireland and Ibiza and presented The Rewind and Ultimate Charts, and the film show Screen.
Borg has also been a presenter on TMF Kicks, working first with Carole Machin, then Kate Edmondson daily from 4-8 pm.
Borg is also a presenter of the National Lottery and Euromillions programmes on BBC One.[2]
On 12 September 2007, Borg, along with Lynsey Horn, launched the new Freeview channel Nuts TV, presenting the weeknight live shows along with gameshow North Vs South. During this time he also presented with Chanelle Hayes and Lucy Pinder.
Borg was a continuity voice on newly branded channel Five, and took part in The Bullrun, a Gumball 3000 style rally across the United States which was documented for Nuts TV.[1][3]
Borg has also been the post-fight interviewer for Cage Rage promotions on NutsTV. Along with that he now presents Cage Fighter for Sky Sports which is an MMA panel show.[4]
On 27 December 2011 he appeared on Celebrity Mastermind on BBC1. Taking Star Wars as his specialist subject (and dressed as Princess Leia), he finished third with 21 points.
Borg also presents and produces his own programme, The 11th Commandment on digital media network Mevio.
In August 2008, Borg participated in the UK Air Guitar Final at the Carling Academy Islington, under the name Johnny Hot Sausage, finishing 12th overall.
In August 2009, Borg was voted "Personality Most Likely To Turn On Cathedral Square Christmas Lights" by readers of the Peterborough Evening Telegraph. The lights were in fact switched on by former BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Jakki Brambles.