Grant Craig Denyer (born 12 September 1977) is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver. He has worked for several television networks, including Seven Network and Network 10, mostly serving as a presenter. He previously hosted Family Feud and Australia's Got Talent. Currently, he hosts Channel 10's main game show Deal or No Deal.
In 2018, he won a Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television.
Television career In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media with 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 Denyer and offered him full-time position as the weather presenter on the relaunched 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. He has also presented All Time Greatest Aussie Bloopers, Guinness World Records with co-host Shelley Craft and Australia's Got Talent. He is the holder of five official Guinness World Records.
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 saw him both racing and being a part of the commentary 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 hosted a series of Million Dollar Minute which first aired on 16 September 2013. On 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 alongside Chrissie Swan.
In 2016, he also had a guest appearance on Neighbours for Family Feud on episode 7477.
In 2018, Denyer hosted an Australian version of Game of Games.
In 2019, Denyer co-hosted Dancing with the Stars alongside Amanda Keller and hosted Celebrity Name Game.
In 2021, he appeared as a contestant on the seventh season of Network 10's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia. He ended up placing second overall, behind winner Abbie Chatfield.
In 2023, Denyer competed on the seventh season of The Amazing Race Australia with his wife, Cheryl. In the second leg of the race in Agra, India, he collapsed due to the extreme heat, reaching 45 °C (113 °F). He had to be driven to the pit stop for that leg of the race after all other racers had finished, and was subsequently bedridden for seven weeks afterwards. He speculated this was due to his severe mould allergy, as one of the challenges involved handling cow manure.
In 2023, Denyer was announced as the new host of Deal or No Deal for Network 10 replacing Andrew O'Keefe. It premiered on 29 January 2024.
Television Year Title Role Notes 2004–2006, 2010–2013 Sunrise Weather presenter 2005 Australia's Guinness World Records Host 2006 Dancing with the Stars ContestantWinner 2006 Deal or No Deal (Andrew O'Keefe) Contestant, wins $1,000 for a home viewer, which in case #4 2006–2008 It Takes Two Host 2006–2011 Carols in the Domain Co-host 2007–2012 Australia's Got Talent Host 2010 Iron Chef Australia Co-host 2013 SlideShow Host 2013 Million Dollar Minute Original host 2014–2020 Family Feud 2015, 2018, 2024 Have You Been Paying Attention? Guest quiz master 2015–2016 The Great Australian Spelling Bee Co-host with Chrissie Swan 2016–2018 All Star Family Feud Host 2016 Neighbours Himself Episode 7477, appeared as host of Family Feud 2018 Game of Games Host 2019–2020 Dancing with the Stars Co-host with Amanda Keller 2019 Chris & Julia's Sunday Night Takeaway Guest 2019 Hughesy, We Have a Problem Celebrity problem 2019–2020 Celebrity Name Game Host 2020 Drunk History Captain Thunderbolt 2021 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Contestant 2022 Dancing with the StarsWinner 2022 The Chase Australia: Celebrity special2024–presentDeal or No DealHost
Awards
Denyer has been nominated four times for the Logie Award for Best Presenter award at the TV Week Logie Awards. He was nominated in 2007, 2008 and 2009 for his roles on It Takes Two and on Australia's Got Talent (in 2009). He was nominated again in 2015 for his role in Family Feud.
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, and he was voted the most datable male by (Australian) New Woman magazine.Grant Denyer Resume
In 2016, Denyer won the silver Logie award for Best Entertainment Program for Family Feud.
In 2018, Denyer was nominated for a Gold Logie for the third year in a row, which he won, as well as winning Logie Award for Most Popular Presenter.
Radio career In December 2017, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Denyer would be joining 2Day FM to host the Em, Grant and Ed breakfast show with comedians Em Rusciano and Ed Kavalee. Ash London joined the show in 2019 replacing Rusciano.
In August 2019, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Grant, Ed and Ash would finish on Friday 16 August due to taking a 'new direction'. Grant, Ed and Ash was replaced by a music focused show.
On 3 October 2019, it was announced that Denyer would host a new radio show with Yvie Jones in December, the Grant and Yvie Show, a Summer breakfast show that would air in Hit Network's major metro markets, except 2Day FM in Sydney.
Recording career In December 2018, Denyer released his debut single, "Driving Home for Christmas".
Motor racing
Denyer drove a Ford Falcon in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar series for Speed FX Racing with Michael Caruso and Daniel Elliot. He debuted with Dick Johnson Racing in 2005. In the same year, he was awarded the Mike Kable Rookie of the Year prize finishing his debut season in the top-ten (tenth).
In 2006, Denyer raced in the Sandown 500 and the prestigious Bathurst 1000 with DJR and with Alex Davison. Denyer and Alex came 9th overall at Bathurst. Denyer also had success in tarmac rallying, achieving a podium finish in 2007's Suncoast Rally in which he drove the Les Walkden-prepared Subaru Impreza WRX STi. He finished 37.8 seconds behind the Skelta G-Force of Ray Vandersee, and 3.6 seconds clear third place-getter, Matt Close, in his Porsche Turbo. Going into the final stage, he trailed Close by 4.7 seconds, and moved ahead of the Porsche to take second place.
In 2002, Denyer competed in the Bathurst 24-hour Endurance Event, he drove a Nissan 200SX. In 2003 he competed in the same event, this time driving a Porsche 996 GT3 finishing second in his class, sixth overall.
Denyer won his first ever Supercars race in the Development Series at Sandown on 7 June 2008 in the second race of the weekend. More wins came and Denyer had his best season in 2009, finishing fourth in the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.
In early 2010, Denyer stated he would no longer be pursuing full season drives in motorsport, however in 2011, Denyer was announced as the lead driver of Shannons-Mars Racing, a V8 Supercar team formed for the purposes of a TV show, the Shannons Supercar Showdown. Denyer's Bathurst 1000 co-driver was Cam Waters, winning the competition beating runner-up British racing driver Andrew Jordan. Waters as of 2016 became a full-time Supercars regular with ProDrive.
Denyer also competed in the Australian GT Championship with Maranello Motorsport in 2015, but switched to the McLaren 650S fielded by Tekno Autosports, sometimes in partnership with car owner and eventual 2016 Bathurst 1000 champion Jonathon Webb, in the GT series. In 2016 Denyer won the Australian Endurance Championship, an offshoot of the GT Championship, with Nathan Morcom.
Career results Source of results is Driver Database.Grant Denyer - Driver Database Season Series Position Car Competitor / team 2001 V8 Brute Muster 5th Ford Falcon XR8 VIP Pet Foods Racing 2002 V8 Brute Muster 4th Ford Falcon XR8 VIP Pet Foods Racing 2003 Australian V8 Brutes Series 7th Ford Falcon XR8 VIP Pet Foods Racing 2004 V8 Brute Championship 11th Ford Falcon XR8 VIP Pet Foods Racing V8 Utes Australia Summer Series 1st Ford Falcon XR8 VIP Pet Foods Racing 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series 10th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing2006 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 9th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing V8 Supercar Championship Series 42nd Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 28th Ford BA Falcon Ford Rising Stars RacingMW Motorsport V8 Supercar Championship Series 51st Ford BA Falcon WPS Racing 2008 Australian Mini Challenge 6th Mini Cooper JCW R56 Challenge Decorug Racing Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 15th Ford BA Falcon MW Motorsport V8 Supercar Championship Series 55th Ford BF Falcon Ford Rising Stars Racing 2009 Australian Mini Challenge 5th Mini Cooper JCW R56 Challenge Decorug Racing Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 4th Ford BF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 33rd Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing International V8 Supercars Championship NC Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 2014 Aussie Racing Cars Super Series 40th ARC Euro GT Yamaha MARC Cars Australia2015 Australian GT Championship 2nd Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Maranello Motorsport Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 31st Ford FG Falcon Image Racing2016 Australian Endurance Championship 1st McLaren 650S GT3 Tekno Autosports Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 27th Holden VE Commodore Eggleston Motorsport 2018 Australian Production Car Championship 3rd Lotus Exige 350 Sport Simply Sports Cars
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2006 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA Alex Davison 9th 161 2007 WPS Racing Ford Falcon BF Michael Caruso 15th 159 2011 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore VE Cam Waters DNF 95
Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2002 Donut King Racing Tony Quinn Tony Alford John Grounds Nissan 200SX Spec-R 5 426 18th 6th 2003 VIP Petfoods Racing Tony Quinn Klark Quinn Marcus Marshall Porsche 996 GT3 Cup B 495 6th 2nd
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results