Grant Denyer | |
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Denyer at Flickerfest in January 2013
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Born |
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia |
12 September 1977
Occupation | Television presenter, motor racing driver |
Employer | Network Ten |
Spouse(s) | Cheryl Rogers |
Children | 2 |
Website | grantdenyer |
Grant Denyer | |
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Related to | Craig Denyer (father) |
Supercars Dunlop Series Australian GT Championship |
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Years active | 2005–16 |
Teams |
Dick Johnson Racing Speed FX Racing MW Motorsport Tekno Autosports |
Starts | 75 |
Wins | 4 |
Best finish | 4th in 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series |
Previous series | |
2001–05 2005–16 2006–11 2008–09 2015– |
V8 Utes V8 Supercar Development Series V8 Supercars Australian Mini Challenge Australian GT Championship |
Championship titles | |
2004 2016 |
V8 Utes Summer Series Australian Endurance Championship |
Awards | |
2005 | Mike Kable V8 Supercar Rookie of the Year |
Grant Craig Denyer (born 12 September 1977) is an Australian television presenter and motor racing driver. He has worked for several television networks, including Seven and Ten, mostly serving as a presenter. He has been the host of Ten's Family Feud since the show was revived in 2014.
In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist. He moved to Sydney to work as V8 Supercar pit reporter for Network Ten, when he caught the eye of television Producer Adam Boland.
Boland saw the potential in Grant and offered him full-time position as the weather presenter on the new look Sunrise program from 2004 until the end of 2006. 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.
Denyer won the fourth series of Dancing with the Stars, and also hosted the celebrity duet singing competition It Takes Two from 2006 to 2008. Denyer has also presented All Time Greatest Aussie Bloopers, Guinness World Records with co-host Shelley Craft, and Australia's Got Talent. Denyer is the holder of 5 official Guinness World Records.
From 2006 to 2011, he was the host of Carols in the Domain in Sydney.