Myf Warhurst
Myf Warhurst | |
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 Warhurst at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 | |
| Born | Myfanwy Warhurst 29 May 1973[1][2] |
| Career | |
| Show | Spicks and Specks Eurovision Song Contest |
| Stations | |
| Network | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Myfanwy Warhurst (born 29 May 1973)[1] is an Australian radio announcer and television personality living in Melbourne, best known for her work at Triple J and on ABC Television's long-running music-themed quiz show Spicks and Specks. Before her career as a radio announcer and TV personality, she was editor-in-chief of Melbourne street press Inpress. Warhurst is currently Australia's commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest alongside Joel Creasey and the co-host of the weekly arts and culture podcast Bang On.
Career
Early life
Warhurst was born in Portland, Victoria in 1974.[1][2] She has two older brothers named Kit and Andre. Kit plays drums in the band Rocket Science. Warhurst's family moved to Donald in central Victoria when she was a child, then to Red Cliffs in northwest Victoria when she was eight years old.[3]
Radio
Working as a radio announcer at Triple J, Warhurst came to the attention of the station's audience through short bi-weekly segments for Merrick and Rosso's Drive program in 2000. In 2001, Warhurst began hosting the Net 50 request program on Saturday nights, and in 2003, came to prominence as host of the weekday Lunch shift and her daily segment The Trashy Lunchtime Quiz. In January 2007 she joined Jay and the Doctor in hosting The Breakfast Show as Myf, Jay and the Doctor.
It was announced on 10 October 2007 that she would leave Triple J and co-host a new breakfast show with comedian Peter Helliar and take over the Triple M Melbourne breakfast spot from The Cage, who finished up in November 2007.[4][5]
Television
Warhurst's television work has included hosting jtv, the December 2006 special My Favourite Album, and captaining a team on Spicks and Specks from its inception in 2005 until it finished in 2011. When finishing Spicks and Specks, Warhurst said "I've been lucky enough to experience many great things. I've seen Frank Woodley's privates, been naked under a desk with Pete Murray, and met many of my childhood musical crushes. Life can't get much better than that, so this seems like the perfect time to wind things up."[6] Worst moments included her embarrassment at not being able to recall the name of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" upon hearing it.[7] Spicks and Specks twice won the Logies' Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program, and (as of September 2013) episodes have been repeated on ABC2 (now ABC Comedy) at 7.30pm on most nights. The irreverent TV Fugly Awards (in its "Good Categories") awarded Warhurst as their Most Spankable Female TV Personality in 2007 & 2008.[8][9] Warhurst has occasionally appeared on Rove, was a special presenter on RMITV's The Loft Live[10] and is now a regular presenter on the Roving Enterprises production, The Project.
Warhurst returned to ABC1 in June 2012 with a six-part series, Myf Warhurst's Nice.[11]
In 2017, Warhurst, along with Joel Creasey, was announced as one of Australia's commentators for the Eurovision Song Contest. Warhurst appeared as a guest quiz master on Have You Been Paying Attention?.
In 2018, she started voicing various characters in Bluey.[12]
In January 2020, Warhurst participated in the sixth season of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[13]
References
- ^ a b c Wilmoth, Peter (3 December 2006). "The woman behind the Myf". The Age. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ a b "What Myf Warhurst did next". Herald Sun. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Wilmoth, Peter (3 November 2006). "The woman behind the Myf". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ "Triple J's Myf Warhurst off to join Peter Helliar". AAP. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ Ziffer, Daniel (16 October 2007). "Martin's Get This gets the chop". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ "ABC announces end to Spicks and Specks". The Age. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ Sue Javes (2 June 2005). "Multiple exposure". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
- ^ "2007 results". The Fugly Awards. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2007.
- ^ "2008 results". The Fugly Awards. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
- ^ "The Loft - Series 8". 50megs.com.
- ^ "Airdate: Myf Warhurst's Nice". TV Tonight. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Collins, Simon (26 March 2019). "Fun tales ABC Kids series Bluey lapped up". The West Australian. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Whitehead, Mat (5 January 2020). "I'm A Celebrity 2020: Meet The Celebs Heading Into The Jungle". 10 Daily. Retrieved 8 January 2020.