Larry Emdur | |
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Larry Emdur at the 2014 Sydney Hobart Race
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Born |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
9 December 1964
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Television presenter |
Employer | Seven Network |
Known for |
The Morning Show (2007-present) Weekend Sunrise (2010) Celebrity Dog School (2007) Wheel of Fortune (2006) Cash Bonanza (2001) The Price Is Right (1993-2012) Good Morning Australia (1980s) |
Spouse(s) | Sylvie Emdur |
Children | 2 |
Larry Emdur (born 9 December 1964) is an Australian television personality.
Emdur is currently co-host of The Morning Show alongside Kylie Gillies. The duo also hosted the Australian version of Celebrity Splash!. He also formerly hosted the Australian version of popular gameshow The Price Is Right from 1993 to 1998 and later 2003 to 2005 on the Nine Network and then again when the show returned to the Seven Network on 7 May 2012. The show was cancelled later that year.
He is also known to Australian audiences for his hosting duties on several other game shows, including Cash Bonanza (Nine Network), and Wheel of Fortune (Seven Network).
Emdur hosted Hey Hey it's Saturday five times, once in 1994, twice in 1998, and twice, back to back, in 1999, and substituted as host of It Takes Two once in 2006 and again in 2007. He has also hosted Celebrity Dog School on Network Ten.
Growing up near the beach in Bondi, New South Wales, Emdur developed a keen interest in surfing from an early age. Dropping out of school at age 15, Emdur began his career as a copyboy at The Sydney Morning Herald, before moving into television, where at age 17 he became Australia's youngest national newsreader, presenting the overnight news for Seven Network in Australia. After some time in news and current affairs as a reporter and newsreader, and presenter on Good Morning Australia, Emdur switched to hosting game shows and variety television.