Merrick Watts
| Merrick Watts | |
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| Born |
18 November 1973 Melbourne, Australia |
| Station(s) | Triple M |
| Network | Southern Cross Austereo |
| Spouse(s) | Georgie Sulzberger |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | http://www.merrickwatts.com.au/ |
Merrick Watts (born 18 November 1973) is an Australian comedian, radio host and television presenter. He is best known for performing stand-up comedy and radio works as part of the comedy duo Merrick and Rosso with Tim Ross.
Watts is married to Georgie Sulzberger. They have a son called Wolfe Henry Watts.
Merrick currently hosts his own drive show Merrickville on the Triple M LocalWorks network.
Watts began his career in comedy and first came together with Tim Ross when they teamed up for a one off comedy show in 1996. They had many stand up shows and comedy tours across Australia and appeared at many comedy festivals. They also published the comedy books "Merrick and Rosso, The Book" and "Merrick and Rosso, The Book Volume 2".
Watts began his radio career with Tim Ross at Triple J performing a weekly guest spot on the drive-time program on Triple J radio in 1998 as Merrick and Rosso. They became full-time presenters and then in 2001 they moved to newly launched commercial radio station Nova 96.9 for the breakfast radio shift. Co-hosts on the breakfast show included Katrina Blowers, Sami Lukis and Kate Ritchie. Ross left the successful radio program in 2009.
Merrick continued on the breakfast show in 2010 with new co-hosts Scott Dooley and Ricki-Lee Coulter, although he announced on 24 August 2011 that he was leaving the show and the station on 2 September 2011.-
In September 2011, Watts signed with Triple M. He is the host of a drive & night show called Merrick and The Highway Patrol with Rachel Corbett and Julian 'Jules' Schiller. The radio program was cancelled due to poor ratings and will come to an end by the end of November 2013.
In late 2013, it was announced that Merrick would co-host the new Breakfast program on 2Day FM alongside Jules Lund & Sophie Monk with Mel B, replacing The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
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