Kayne Tremills

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Kayne Tremills
Born (1987-01-23) 23 January 1987 (age 38)
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2009–present
Spouse Saskia Hampele (2008-present) [1]

Kayne Tremills (born 23 January 1987) [2] is an Australian television presenter best known for his role as a host on Australian children's television programme Studio 3 , which was broadcast on ABC3.

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Early life

Tremills is from Melbourne. [3] Throughout both primary and high school, he was bullied due to being overweight – an experience that ultimately made him more empathic. [4] He attended Wheelers Hill Secondary College in Victoria and left school in year 11. [4]

Career

Tremills began his television career on Channel 31's live music series 1700 in 2008. [5] The following year, the ABC launched a nationwide campaign, called Me on 3, to find some faces for a new television channel, ABC3. From over 5,000 entrants, Tremills was chosen, alongside Amberley Lobo, to host children's show Studio 3 , [3] on which he interviewed celebrity guests including Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, Russell Brand and Justin Bieber. [5]

In 2011, Tremills hosted the Schools Spectacular , an annual Australian youth variety show, together with John Foreman. The show was filmed in front of a sold-out audience at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and aired on the ABC. [6] He drew on his qualifications as a youth worker to present ABC series My Great Big Adventure from 2012, for two seasons. [5] [7]

He hosted two seasons of the Australian version of Splatalot! with Prank Patrol host Scott Tweedie. He also hosted internationally-broadcast award-winning children's adventure series Bushwhacked! for three seasons, [8] [5] alongside Australia star Brandon Walters and later Kamil Elis, where they traversed various locations throughout Australia in an attempt to complete episodic missions.

Tremills hosted coverage of the nationally broadcast Sydney New Year's Eve for two years running. In 2014, he hosted the television special Antarctica: Secrets from the Giant Freezer, filmed in Antarctica. [5] The same year, he became the announcer in the Hits for Kids compilation albums television advertisements from 2014.[ citation needed ] He was also a cast member and field producer on the 7 Network’s Weekender series. [5]

Tremills hosted a live, unscripted broadcast in the YouTube Space Lab for Live Nation and the BBC. [5] He then secured the lead role of Dr. Septico Yuck in 2017 comedy series Oh Yuck! [5] In 2019, Tremills once again became a presenter, hosting the game show Get It Together! on ABC Me. [9]

Further credits include The New Inventors , Tractor Monkeys , Good Game: Spawn Point , Prank Patrol , You're Skitting Me , Mental As: Saturday Night Crack Up and Catalyst . [5]

Personal life

Tremills is married to actress Saskia Hampele. [10] [11] He is currently based in Sydney. [12]

Tremills was once a youth worker with The Reach Foundation, talking to private schools and working with Victoria’s Department of Human Services with children in care. [4]

Credits

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
20081700 Live Music Show [13]
2009ABC3 Channel Launch SpecialTV special [13]
2009–2012 Studio 3 Host / Voiceover [13] [14]
20103 on 3 [13] [14]
School’s Spectacular Co-hostTV special [13]
2011 My Great Big Adventure VoiceoverSeason 1 [13] [14]
GoodGame SPCelebrity Guest Host [13]
2012–2013 Splatalot! Co-host / VoiceoverSeasons 1–2 [13] [14]
2012–2015 Bushwhacked! Co-host / VoiceoverSeasons 1–3 [13] [14]
2013Antarctica: Secrets from the Giant FreezerHost / VoiceoverTV special [13]
Tractor Monkeys Panel Presenter [13]
WildcardVoiceoverPilot [13] [14]
2013–2014; 2014–2015 Sydney New Year's Eve HostTV special [13]
2013–2015Australia Day Smackdown!TV special [13]
2014ABC Splash – Live Online [13]
My Great Big Adventure Season 2 [13] [14]
2015Saturday Night Crack Up [13]
The Time Capsule [13]
Crack of Dawn Show [13]
Passion ProjectWeb series [13]
Melbourne Weekender Host / Voiceover [13] [14]
2017Oh Yuck!Dr. Septico Yuck [5]
2019Get It Together!Host [13]

TVC

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2009ABCVoiceoverTVC [14]
2013Trafalgar ToursVoiceoverTVC [14]
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre TVC [13]
2014 National Science Week TVC [13]
2014–presentHits for Kids compilation albumsAnnouncerTVC

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2013 Hot FM Guest Breakfast Show announcer Austereo [14]
2014 Mental Health Week Voiceover / Story Reader ABC Radio National / Triple J [14]
ABC Radio Guest announcer / Panelist (with Waleed Aly)National ABC [14]

References

  1. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/homeless-women-in-australia-are-going-without-tampons-appalling/news-story/4c6525507259460ac60bca4bafb1981d
  2. "All about... Kayne Tremills". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 "ABC3 – the new kid on the block". IF Magazine . 26 October 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 Crompton, Helen (27 January 2012). "Big Adventure looks at bullying". The West Australian .
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Kayne Tremills". www.tremills.tv. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  6. "Schools Spectacular 2011". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 December 2011.
  7. "My Great Big Adventure". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  8. "Bushwhacked!". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  9. Knox, David (5 July 2019). "Airdate: Get it Together". TV Tonight .
  10. Dudak, Gary (12 June 2012). "10 questions with Saskia Hampele of '6 Plots'". Mandatory.com. AOL and BermanBraun. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  11. "From the Outback to Ramsay Street". Press Association. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.[ dead link ]
  12. "Kayne Tremills". www.melbournevoicesmanagement.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Kayne Tremills – Television Host/Actor" (PDF). www.tremills.tv. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Radio & Voice Over" (PDF). www.tremills.tv. Retrieved 20 November 2025.