Scott John Wilson

Scott John (born 30 October 1983) is a Northern Irish born Radio Presenter based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His most notable radio experience to date is presenting The Lock In on Belfasts most music station Blast 106. Prior to this he was involved in minor online radio stations including American gaming radio KJSR and Rockradioni.

Family
Scott is the eldest of 3 boys born to John and Gillian Wilson. His brothers are Stuart and Adam.

Education
Scott attended Hollybank Primary School in Monkstown where he grew up. He passed what was known as the 11+ with a B and attended Monkstown Community High School. He graduated Monkstown Community High School with 7 GCSE grades C and above including English, Maths and English Literature.

Early career
Scott entered an annual talent competition while in school. He sang the R Kelly hit single I Believe I Can Fly and won the competition. Scott continued singing and entering competitions which he won numerous times. Scott also played the role of Danny Zuko in a community production of Grease. In the summer of 2000 Scott attended the Brit Academy of Music in London.

Brief wrestling career
Scott joined a local wrestling company called UCW for a brief stint at wrestling. Scott was scheduled to debut in a singles match only a month after being made part of the roster but broke his hand. His eventual debut was as the tag partner of Mick Stupp. Scott only wrestled in 5 live events as he had to quite due to an injury sustained during a triple threat hardcore match. Scott suffered a fractured spine, broken ribs, broken fingers, dislocated fingers and a severe loss of blood. His stage name was Skot Fury.

Mask Mantra
In 2009 Scott formed the band Mask Mantra. After the release of the first ep, Scott reshaped the band by introducing a gimmic of the band wearing masks and having stage names. This lineup wrote a string of heavy yet catchy songs. They entered Belfast Battle of the Bands in the summer of 2010 and won the competition. During that summer as focus was on the competition and other members were involved in another band, tensions began to grow. Egos clashed, controversy surrounded the band and Scott in particular and when the prize for winning the competition was never given, the band felt piling pressure and it was no longer fun. In March 2011 Mask Mantra called it a day. Career highights included supporting Shoctopus in Drogheda, supporting Deft Leppard in the Empire, Belfast and of course winning the Battle of the Bands. Whilst with Mask Mantra Scott began a friendship with glamour model Laura Lacole and went on to write a song about her which entered in the top 10 of the Northern Ireland Chart.

Faith and religion
Whilst Scott grew up in the Protestant community of Monkstown Scott does not consider himself to be Protestant. Scott openly declares he has faith in God and the Bible but he fails to acknowledge or accept organised religion or the church.

Health issues
Its a matter of public record that Scott spent the majority of time between 2010 and 2012 attempting to deal with depression but found himself drinking and self harming to excess. March 2012 Scott was admitted into hospital and almost lost his life, due to a suicide attempt. The next 6 months Scott spent trying to get his life on track. During his time in therapy and a course of anti depressants Scott made the conscious decision that he wanted to work in the entertainment industry and that only he had the power to progress in his life. Scott is very open to talk about his fight against depression.

Equality and charity
Scott is open and very vocal in his support for LGBT Equality in Northern Ireland. His radio show is sponsored by the biggest Gay venue in Belfast, The Kremlin. He has recently ranted after Michelle Shocked publicly declared that the world is being destroyed by gay rights, and even more recently he tweeted his frustration at Equal Marriage discrimination towards the LGBT community in Northern Ireland.

Scott recently completed a 14 mile walk wearing nothing but a skin tight morph suit carrying a pair of giant testicles for the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign.

On Tuesday 7th May 2013, Scott was named as Official Spokesperson and Ambassador for PIPS Charity, a suicide awareness and prevention charity. Scott hopes to raise more awareness regarding mental health issues throughout Northern Ireland.

Radio
Scott or SJ has been working in radio on and off since 2006. He has done online radio for KJSR and Rock Radio NI before joining Blast 106.

Podcast
He is currently working with a team of industry veterans to produce a weekly Podcast which will be available for download on his website and this will also host a weekly Blog of his unconventional views on life.

Blast 106
In late September 2012 Scott was presented with an opportunity to volunteer on Blast Xtra. He began doing a 2 day slot on Blast Xtra in the mornings from October. 3 weeks later his style of presenting caught the attention of the Programme Controller. Scott was then promoted to a late night show on Blast 106 called The Lock-In.

He went live on Blast 106 in December 2012.

He has earned a swift reputation of being the "loose cannon" or "live wire" of local radio. Many would describe Scott as a marmite presenter, you will either love him or hate him. Scott often announces during his show that, "if you are easily offended I advise you tune off right now". His show includes a segment called the "random question."

He has done some of the most unique interviews on radio with Rylan Clark from the X Factor and American pop star Camryn.

Q Radio Network
Scott joined the Q Radio Network in June 2013. He was the host of Q After Dark form Midnight to 2am. This show was to run week nights across the Q Network. After 1 show it got pulled off air.

Other work and TV
Scott has worked on voice overs for radio adverts and is currently working on 2 animations for a UK animator on behalf of George Lucas. Scott was also dubbed "The Unluckiest Man in Belfast" after his appearance on the David Meade Project on BBC

Scott does compere/MC work for events. He was the host for Blastaoke in April 2013.

Scott has also judged on various talent competitions including Band Wars, Crumlins Got Talent, Strand Stars and Got To Sing.

Halloweenfest
Scott is the innovator of "Halloweenfest". The first "Halloweenfest" took place in the Rosetta Bar on Halloween 2009. 4 local bands played at this which were Sweet Taste, Sister MarKo, Cavehill and Mask Mantra. Halloweenfest 2 was held in Ma Nelsons Bar on Halloween 2010 and had around 16 bands playing from early in the afternoon including Setback, ForChristSake and Mask Mantra. After a year break "Halloweenfest" returned in 2012 in the form of a Project X style house party, this was called "Halloweenfest 12" as it was in 2012. "Halloweenfest 30" is scheduled for 31st October in Victorias Bar and is a ticketed event.