# Grant Denyer
**Grant Denyer** (Grant Craig Denyer, born 1977) is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver, known for hosting game shows including [Family Feud](https://www.edgepedia.org/family-feud), Australia's Got Talent, and [Deal or No Deal](https://www.edgepedia.org/deal-or-no-deal), and for winning the Gold Logie in 2018.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489101/) • [2](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/01/grant-denyer-wins-gold-logie-amid-bert-newton-mentoring-controversy) He was born in Avoca Beach, New South Wales.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489101/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977, Avoca Beach, New South Wales[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489101/) |
| Signature hosting role | Family Feud on Network 10 from 2014; almost 1,200 episodes over four years, with a nightly audience above 1 million[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) |
| Top award | Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, 60th Logie Awards, 1 July 2018[2](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/01/grant-denyer-wins-gold-logie-amid-bert-newton-mentoring-controversy) |
| Dancing with the Stars | Won series 4 in 2005, beating boxer Kostya Tszyu; won again in 2022 with partner Lily Cornish[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) |
| Racing highlights | 9th (first-placed rookie) in his first Bathurst 1000 in 2006; 2016 CAMS Australian Endurance Championship winner; four Dunlop Super2 Series race wins[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) • [4](https://www.supercars.com/news/flashback-grant-denyers-supercars-starts) |
## Early career
Denyer began in media as a cadet journalist at Prime TV in [Wagga Wagga](https://www.edgepedia.org/wagga-wagga), and in 1999 became a full-time news reporter for Network Ten.[5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html) His racing background led to work as a pit reporter on the station's V8 Supercar coverage.[5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html) Television producer Adam Boland saw him in that role and offered him the weather presenter position on the relaunched [Seven Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/seven-network) breakfast program Sunrise, which he took up in 2003.[5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html)**Sunrise years.** As Sunrise weather presenter he traveled Australia in the "weather wagon" for a full year, set five official [Guinness World Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/guinness-world-records), tried out as a Rugby League cheerleader, and in 2006 was the first journalist to report from the cyclone-devastated zone at Innisfail.[5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html) In 2005 he competed in, and won, the fourth series of Dancing with the Stars, defeating world boxing champion Kostya Tszyu in the finale.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) • [5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html) He went on to host It Takes Two from 2006 and Australia's Got Talent from series 1 in 2007 through series 5 in 2011.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) • [5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html) In 2008 he broke his back in a Monster Truck demonstration in Wollongong, requiring six months of medical care and rehabilitation.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html)
In 2013 he left Sunrise to pursue racing, hosted Seven's Slideshow and Million Dollar Minute, and won Targa Tasmania in a Renault Megane.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) • [5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html)
## Family Feud and Network Ten
Denyer joined Network 10 in 2014 as host of the revived game show Family Feud. The show drew a combined metropolitan and regional audience above 1 million viewers a night and became Australia's number one game show; he recorded over 1,500 episodes across the run and its variants, and the All-Star Family Feud specials won three Logie Awards, including Best Entertainment Program in 2016.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) • [5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html) At Ten he also hosted Game of Games, the [Ellen DeGeneres](https://www.edgepedia.org/ellen-degeneres) format; [Celebrity Name Game](https://www.edgepedia.org/celebrity-name-game), five nights a week in 2019; The Great Australian Spelling Bee; and two seasons of Dancing with the Stars.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) • [5](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html)
**Gold Logie.** At the 60th annual Logie Awards on the [Gold Coast](https://www.edgepedia.org/gold-coast) on 1 July 2018, Denyer won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, beating Tracy Grimshaw, Amanda Keller, Rodger Corser, Andrew Winter, and [Jessica Marais](https://www.edgepedia.org/jessica-marais); he also won the Most Popular Presenter award, even though Family Feud had been canceled.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/01/grant-denyer-wins-gold-logie-amid-bert-newton-mentoring-controversy) He had been nominated for the Gold Logie in 2016 and 2017 as well.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489101/awards/) In 2018 he also joined the 2Day FM breakfast team with Ed Kavalee and Em Rusciano, winning an ACRA award for Best Newcomer.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html)
## Recent work
In 2021 Denyer finished runner-up to Abbie Chatfield in the seventh season of Network 10's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia, surviving five weeks in the jungle.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) In 2022 he won Channel Seven's Dancing with the Stars with dance partner Lily Cornish, his second victory in the format, joining Luke Jacobz, who won in 2008 and 2021, as a two-time winner of the series.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) • [7](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/dancing-with-the-stars-judges-choose-luke-jacobz-as-all-stars-lord-of-the-dance)
In 2023 he was announced as the new host of Deal or No Deal for Network 10, replacing [Andrew O'Keefe](https://www.edgepedia.org/andrew-okeefe); the reboot premiered on 29 January 2024, and he has also voiced Daddy Quokka in the animated feature films Daisy Quokka (2020) and Combat Wombat (2024).[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) With Chezzi he produces the It's All True? podcast on the Nova Network.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html)
## Motor racing
Denyer is the son of motorsport promoter Craig Denyer and has said he moved into television partly to fund his racing ambition.[4](https://www.supercars.com/news/flashback-grant-denyers-supercars-starts) His first car race was the 1998 Bathurst GTP 3 Hour in a Mazda 626, finishing second in class.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) His record includes the 2004 V8 Ute Summer Series title, four Dunlop Super2 Series race wins, and the 2016 Australian Endurance Championship, won in a McLaren with co-driver Nathan Morcom.[4](https://www.supercars.com/news/flashback-grant-denyers-supercars-starts) • [3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) In 2006 he made his first [Bathurst 1000](https://www.edgepedia.org/bathurst-1000) start, finishing ninth overall and first among rookies with co-driver Alex Davison for Dick Johnson Racing, earning V8 Supercar Rookie of the Year and CAMS Motor Racing Personality of the Year.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) In 2009 he drove a Porsche at the [Nürburgring](https://www.edgepedia.org/nurburgring) 24 Hour, finishing ninth of 200 cars.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) He has made three Bathurst 1000 starts and, from 2013 onward, has not missed a Bathurst 12 Hour, racing for McLaren in 2017.[4](https://www.supercars.com/news/flashback-grant-denyers-supercars-starts) In 2017 his Lotus hit a tree at 160 km/h while he was leading the Lake Mountain Sprint tarmac rally, injuring him and his co-driver.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html)
## Personal life
Denyer married Cheryl "Chezzi" Rogers at Hamilton Island in 2010, and the couple renewed their vows at their tenth anniversary in 2020.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) Their daughters Sailor and Scout were born in 2011 and 2015, and Sunday Mary Mae Denyer was born in 2021.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html) In 2014 the family moved to a farm outside Bathurst in the Central West of New South Wales.[3](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html)
## References
1. [Grant Denyer, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489101/)
2. [Grant Denyer wins Gold Logie amid Bert Newton 'mentoring' controversy, The Guardian (1 July 2018)](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/01/grant-denyer-wins-gold-logie-amid-bert-newton-mentoring-controversy)
3. [Grant Denyer's History, grantdenyer.com.au](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/grant-denyer-s-history.html)
4. [Flashback: Grant Denyer's Supercars starts, Supercars.com (2 July 2018)](https://www.supercars.com/news/flashback-grant-denyers-supercars-starts)
5. [About Grant Denyer, grantdenyer.com.au](https://www.grantdenyer.com.au/about-grant-denyer.html)
6. [Grant Denyer Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489101/awards/)
7. [Dancing with the Stars’ judges choose Luke Jacobz Lord of the Dance](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/dancing-with-the-stars-judges-choose-luke-jacobz-as-all-stars-lord-of-the-dance)
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