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McMullen at the Sydney premiere of the 2013 film The Great Gatsby
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Born |
Glasgow, Scotland |
10 February 1982
Nationality |
Scottish Australia |
Occupation | TV presenter |
Years active | 2000s-present |
Employer |
Nine Network Seven Network (2016-present) |
Known for |
The Voice Kids (2014) The Voice (2012-2015) Minute to Win It (2010) Commercial Breakdown (2009) |
Website | darrenmcmullen |
Darren McMullen (born 10 February 1982) is a Scottish TV and radio presenter and personality, music journalist and music critic. He was born in Glasgow and immigrated with his family to Australia at the age of 12. He now lives in Los Angeles, California. He is best known as the host of The Voice Australia, opposite Sonia Kruger, Prior to his career as a presenter, he was a student at Bradfield College and then an advertising executive.
McMullen's career as a host and presenter began as a presenter with Arena's Exclusive news on Foxtel and with appearances in major advertising campaigns for Westfield and Gloria Jean's. Darren appeared weekly on MTV Australia's The Lair in 2007 and 2008, his own live music show where he interviews bands and entertains the party goers. In addition to hosting on The Lair, McMullen also hosted a monthly car DVD called Ignition.
In 2009, he hosted Commercial Breakdown on the Nine Network. In 2010, McMullen signed with the Seven Network as host of their new primetime game show Minute to Win It.
On 29 June 2011, McMullen debuted as the host of the prime-time reality show Love in the Wild on NBC in the USA and CTV in Canada. McMullen also hosted the UK version of Minute to Win It on ITV2 (which was cancelled after one eight-episode season) and hosted Series 2 of The Magicians on BBC One.