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Grant Denyer (born 12 September 1977) is an Australian television presenter and former motor racing driver. ==Television career== 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.〔http://www.grantdenyer.com.au/guiness-world-record-holder.html〕 In 2006 Denyer was recognised by voters in the TV Fugly Awards as being Australia's Spunkiest Male TV Personality.〔("2006 Fuglies" ), ''Fugly Awards'', retrieved 2006〕 Grant has been voted 'sexiest presenter on TV' by a Melbourne Metro magazine poll plus he was voted the most datable male by (Australian) New Woman magazine.〔(Grant Denyer Resume )〕 From 2006 to 2011, he was the host of ''Carols in the Domain'' in Sydney.〔(16 January 2015) ("Family Feud host Grant Denyer in talks with Channel 10 to do an extra prime time TV show" )〕 In 2007, his race and television career have seen him both racing and being a part of the team featuring Neil Crompton, Matthew White, Mark Beretta and Daniel Gibson to report on the V8 Supercar Series. In January 2010, Denyer returned to ''Sunrise'' as weather presenter, succeeding Fifi Box who became Entertainment editor. Grant remained weather presenter until he resigned in March 2013 to spend more time with his family. He also hosted the short-lived Iron Chef Australia, in 2010.〔(Grant Denyer to host Iron Chef Australia | The Age 10 September 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2013 )〕 In late 2013, Denyer hosted ''Slide Show''. He also has hosted the current series of ''Million Dollar Minute'' which first aired on Monday 16 September 2013. On Friday 29 November 2013, Denyer resigned due to 'family reasons' and he was replaced by ''Weekend Sunrise'' sports presenter Simon Reeve.〔(Grant Denyer quits Million Dollar Minute. Simon Reeve to host ), ''TV Tonight'', 29 November 2013〕 In 2014, Denyer joined Network Ten as the host of a revived version of game show ''Family Feud''.〔("Under pressure: can Grant Denyer's Family Feud revive Ten's fortunes?" ), ''Sydney Morning Herald'' (Australia), 27 June 2014.〕 Denyer has described himself as a "Workaholic".〔("Grant Denyer on Sunrise role: ‘I thought I was invincible and I f * * *ed up’" ) (15 January 2014)〕 In 2015 Denyer co-hosted The Great Australian Spelling Bee which premiered on 3 August on Network 10 while still hosting Family Feud on the same TV network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grant Denyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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