1. Larry Emdur was born on 9 December 1964 and is an Australian Gold Logie award winning television presenter.
21 Facts About Larry Emdur
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Larry Emdur hosted the Australian version of game show The Price Is Right on the Nine Network from 1993 to 1998, and from 2003 to 2005 and, then again, when the show returned to the Seven Network on 7 May 2012.
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Larry Emdur is known to Australian audiences for hosting several other game shows, including Cash Bonanza, and Wheel of Fortune.
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Larry Emdur hosted Hey Hey it's Saturday five times, once in 1994, twice in 1998, and twice, consecutively, in 1999, and substituted as host of It Takes Two, once in 2006 and again in 2007.
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Larry Emdur has hosted Celebrity Dog School on Network Ten.
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Larry Emdur grew up in a Jewish family near the beach in Bondi, New South Wales, and developed a keen interest in surfing from an early age.
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Larry Emdur debuted as host of a national primetime television show in 1989, aged 24, fronting 10 TV Australia's Family Double Dare.
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Larry Emdur hosted of the local version The Price Is Right on the Nine Network, from 1993 to 1998, before its cancellation.
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Larry Emdur modelled a trip to Australia in one of the two showcases that are presented on the United States version.
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Larry Emdur was one of numerous people who have hosted the format to appear as part of the 40th anniversary celebration.
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Larry Emdur filled in for Daryl Somers on the family show Hey Hey It's Saturday.
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Larry Emdur has been a fill-in host for It Takes Two and has filled in for Andrew O'Keefe on Weekend Sunrise and David Koch on Sunrise.
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Larry Emdur is currently co-hosting The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies, a morning talk show airing on the Seven Network, which began in mid-2007.
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Larry Emdur was invited to participate in the 2009 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race by finance commentator Anthony Bell.
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However, in 2010, Larry Emdur signed on to participate in the Sydney to Hobart again.
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On 4 February 2011, Larry Emdur renewed his contract with the Seven Network, reportedly worth in excess of $800,000 a year.
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Larry Emdur has been a regular fill-in co-host for Koch on Sunrise and Matt Doran on Weekend Sunrise, if they are away on holidays, sick or on assignment.
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In December 2013, Larry Emdur was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with other celebrity crew members, Karl Stefanovic, Guillaume Brahimi, Tom Slingsby, Phil Waugh and Jude Bolton.
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Larry Emdur appeared in the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.
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In 2021, Seven Network announced that Larry Emdur would be the new host of The Chase Australia, replacing Andrew O'Keefe, after the latter's contract was not renewed at the end of 2020, prior to his being charged over domestic violence in January 2021.
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In 2024, Larry Emdur won the 2024 TV Week Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.