1. Grant Craig Denyer was born on 12 September 1977 and is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver, who has worked for several television networks, including Seven Network and Network 10, mostly serving as a presenter.
49 Facts About Grant Denyer
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Grant Denyer previously hosted Family Feud and Australia's Got Talent.
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In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media with a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist.
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Grant Denyer moved to Sydney to work as V8 Supercar pit reporter for Network Ten, when he caught the eye of television producer Adam Boland.
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Boland saw the potential in Grant Denyer and offered him full-time position as the weather presenter on the relaunched Sunrise program from 2004 until the end of 2006.
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Grant Denyer left this position in December 2006 due to wanting to spend more time with his family, though he remained as a roving reporter for the breakfast program Sunrise.
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Grant Denyer won the fourth series of Dancing with the Stars and hosted the celebrity duet singing competition It Takes Two from 2006 to 2008.
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Grant Denyer has presented All Time Greatest Aussie Bloopers, Guinness World Records with co-host Shelley Craft and Australia's Got Talent.
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Grant Denyer is the holder of five official Guinness World Records.
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In January 2010, Grant Denyer returned to Sunrise as weather presenter, succeeding Fifi Box who became Entertainment editor.
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Grant Denyer remained weather presenter until he resigned in March 2013 to spend more time with his family.
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Grant Denyer hosted the short-lived Iron Chef Australia, in 2010.
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Grant Denyer hosted a series of Million Dollar Minute which first aired on 16 September 2013.
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On 29 November 2013, Grant Denyer resigned due to 'family reasons' and he was replaced by Weekend Sunrise sports presenter Simon Reeve.
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In 2014, Grant Denyer joined Network Ten as the host of a revived version of game show Family Feud.
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In 2015, Grant Denyer co-hosted The Great Australian Spelling Bee alongside Chrissie Swan.
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In 2018, Grant Denyer hosted an Australian version of Game of Games.
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In 2019, Grant Denyer co-hosted Dancing with the Stars alongside Amanda Keller and hosted Celebrity Name Game.
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Grant Denyer ended up placing second overall, behind winner Abbie Chatfield.
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In 2023, Grant Denyer competed on the seventh season of The Amazing Race Australia with his wife, Cheryl.
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Grant Denyer had to be driven to the pit stop for that leg of the race after all other racers had finished, and was bedridden for seven weeks afterwards.
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Grant Denyer speculated this was due to his severe mould allergy, as one of the challenges involved handling cow manure.
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In 2023, Grant Denyer was announced as the new host of Deal or No Deal for Network 10 replacing Andrew O'Keefe.
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Grant Denyer has been nominated four times for the Logie Award for Best Presenter award at the TV Week Logie Awards.
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Grant Denyer was nominated in 2007,2008 and 2009 for his roles on It Takes Two and on Australia's Got Talent.
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Grant Denyer was nominated again in 2015 for his role in Family Feud.
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In 2006, Grant Denyer was recognised by voters in the TV Fugly Awards as being Australia's Spunkiest Male TV Personality.
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Grant Denyer has been voted "sexiest presenter on TV" by a Melbourne Metro magazine poll, and he was voted the most datable male by New Woman magazine.
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In 2016, Grant Denyer won the silver Logie award for Best Entertainment Program for Family Feud.
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In 2018, Grant Denyer was nominated for a Gold Logie for the third year in a row, which he won, as well as winning Logie Award for Most Popular Presenter.
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In December 2018, Grant Denyer released his debut single, "Driving Home for Christmas".
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Grant Denyer drove a Ford Falcon in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar series for Speed FX Racing with Michael Caruso and Daniel Elliot.
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In 2006, Grant Denyer raced in the Sandown 500 and the prestigious Bathurst 1000 with DJR and with Alex Davison.
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Grant Denyer had success in tarmac rallying, achieving a podium finish in 2007's Suncoast Rally in which he drove the Les Walkden-prepared Subaru Impreza WRX STi.
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Grant Denyer finished 37.8 seconds behind the Skelta G-Force of Ray Vandersee, and 3.6 seconds clear third place-getter, Matt Close, in his Porsche Turbo.
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In 2002, Grant Denyer competed in the Bathurst 24-hour Endurance Event, he drove a Nissan 200SX.
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Grant Denyer won his first ever Supercars race in the Development Series at Sandown on 7 June 2008 in the second race of the weekend.
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In early 2010 Grant Denyer stated he would no longer be pursuing full season drives in motorsport, however in 2011 Grant Denyer was announced as the lead driver of Shannons-Mars Racing, a V8 Supercar team formed for the purposes of a TV show, the Shannons Supercar Showdown.
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Grant Denyer competed in the Australian GT Championship with Maranello Motorsport in 2015, but switched to the McLaren 650S fielded by Tekno Autosports, sometimes in partnership with car owner and eventual 2016 Bathurst 1000 champion Jonathon Webb, in the GT series.
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In 2016 Grant Denyer won the Australian Endurance Championship, an offshoot of the GT Championship, with Nathan Morcom.
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Grant Denyer is married to TV producer Cheryl Rogers, who is the founder of Mummy Time.
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On 17 September 2008, Grant Denyer injured his back whilst participating in a monster truck promotional event.
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Grant Denyer suffered a compressed fracture of the lower vertebrae, and was taken by ambulance to Wollongong Hospital.
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The accident occurred while Grant Denyer was in training for the Monster Truck Championships, driving a monster truck at Groundz Precinct, Dapto.
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Grant Denyer was moved to a Sydney hospital, and his recovery took months.
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Grant Denyer was then moved into intensive care, but there were no signs of any nerve damage or serious injuries, so he was back on the air to host Australia's Got Talent in 2009; however, he did not return to It Takes Two in May.
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In 2017, Grant Denyer was banned from appearing on the radio stations Triple M and KIIS 106.5 after he used a story told by former rugby league player Matthew Johns on Triple M as his own an hour later on KISS 106.5.
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Grant Denyer later appeared on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on KIIS where he repeated the tale as his own.
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Later on Twitter, Grant Denyer admitted to stealing Johns' joke and changing the punchline, with The Kyle and Jackie O Show Twitter account posting a mocking reply to him.