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Grant Craig Denyer (born 12 September 1977) is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver, who 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.
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.
| 2004–2006, 2010–2013 | Sunrise | Weather presenter | |
| 2005 | Australia's Guinness World Records | Host | |
| 2006 | Dancing with the Stars | Contestant | Winner |
| 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 Stars | Winner | |
| 2022 | The Chase Australia: Celebrity special | ||
| 2024–present | Deal or No Deal | Host |
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.
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.
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.
| V8 Utes Australia Summer Series | 1st | Ford Falcon XR8 | VIP Pet Foods Racing |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | 42nd | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | 51st | Ford BA Falcon | WPS Racing |
| Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 15th | Ford BA Falcon | MW Motorsport |
| V8 Supercar Championship Series | 55th | Ford BF Falcon | Ford Rising Stars Racing |
| Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 4th | Ford BF Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| International V8 Supercars Championship | NC | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing |
| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 31st | Ford FG Falcon | Image Racing |
| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 27th | Holden VE Commodore | Eggleston Motorsport |
He is married to TV producer Cheryl Rogers, who is the founder of Mummy Time. They have three daughters.
The accident occurred while Denyer was in training for the Monster Truck Championships, driving a monster truck at Groundz Precinct, Dapto. After practising a jump over five cars in the truck, Denyer removed his foot too soon from the accelerator which caused the vehicle to land heavily; his lower vertebrae was broken in eight places. He was moved to a Sydney hospital, and his recovery took months. He was reported as saying that his injury had reduced his rather short size by 1 cm.
Denyer was then moved into intensive care, but there were no signs of any nerve damage or serious injuries, so he was back on the air to host Australia's Got Talent in 2009; however, he did not return to It Takes Two in May.
Denyer's 2018 Gold Logie win has proved controversial, with people (including Russell Crowe) believing he only won because of Tom Gleeson's campaign. The Fix website. Gleeson has denied these suggestions. TVTonight.com.au website.
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