Danny Yeo

For the Singaporean swimmer, see Danny Yeo (swimmer).

Danny Yeo (Chinese: 杨君伟; pinyin: Yáng Jūn Wěi) is a Singaporean host, theatre director, writer and lecturer. He has over a decade of experience in hosting TV, as well as being a former radio DJ, and writing books regarding topics such as culture, youth and psychology. He is also a World Vision goodwill ambassador in Singapore. In the year 2010, he was nominated for the "Best Director" award in The Straits Times' theatre awards.

Early life

Danny Yeo's Chinese-educated parents encouraged him to be interested in Chinese culture and language, which he studied along with the English language, achieving a high level of proficiency in both languages. His mother was very strict on him when he was young. After he graduated secondary school and junior college, Yeo studied science at the National University of Singapore and decided to pursue a mass communications degree in the United States.

Career and achievements

From the 1990s to the early 2000s, Yeo hosted the morning drive-time show on Mediacorp's 93.3FM Mandarin radio station and certain variety shows on Mediacorp Channel 8. From 2001 to 2004, he crossed over to television with SPH MediaWorks and helped to operate 2 television channels, Mediacorp Channel U and former Channel i, as well as hosting on UFM100.3, a Mandarin radio station. At the end of 2004, both stations decided to merge, which ended Yeo's career in this area. He then taught at institutions such as Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Singapore Management University. In 2015, he returned to TV on Channel U as host of the popular talk show Face Off! and a lifestyle documentary show about child labour; Innocence Lost. Danny Yeo has won the founder of Pure Talents award for his years of rich experience in various fields, top 20 male artiste star awards, and the most creative DJ Golden Mike award in year 2000. In 2004, the Singapore Media Academy twice honoured him at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic academic awards for his excellence in teaching.