The Morning Show (2007–present) The Chase Australia (2021–present). 64th TV Week Gold Logie winner for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television (2024)
The duo also hosted the Australian version of Celebrity Splash!. Emdur hosted the Australian version of game show The Price Is Right on the Nine Network from 1993 to 1998, and from 2003 to 2005 and, then again, when the show returned to the Seven Network on 7 May 2012. The show was cancelled later that year.
Emdur is known to Australian audiences for hosting several other game shows, including Cash Bonanza (Nine Network), and Wheel of Fortune (Seven Network). Emdur hosted Hey Hey it's Saturday five times, once in 1994, twice in 1998, and twice, consecutively, in 1999, and substituted as host of It Takes Two, once in 2006 and again in 2007. He has also hosted Celebrity Dog School on Network Ten.
Biography
Early life and career
Emdur grew up in a Jewish family near the beach in Bondi, New South Wales, and developed a keen interest in surfing from an early age.[3][4] Dropping out of school at 15, Emdur began working as a copy boy at The Sydney Morning Herald,[5] before moving into television, where, at the age of 19, he became Australia's youngest national newsreader,[6] presenting the overnight news for Seven Network in Australia.
After some time as a reporter and newsreader in news and current affairs, and a presenter on Good Morning Australia, Emdur switched to hosting game shows and variety television.[7]
TV host career
Emdur hosted of the local version The Price Is Right on the Nine Network, from 1993 to 1998, before its cancellation.[8] It was revived on 23 June 2003 and ran until 24 November 2005, when it was cancelled again, due to poor ratings and the high cost of production.
To commemorate the 40th season of the United States version in 2011–12, on a July 2011 trip to the United States, Emdur called down a contestant and served as a guest host for Cliff Hangers, under recommendation of host Drew Carey. Emdur also modelled a trip to Australia in one of the two showcases that are presented on the United States version. Emdur was one of numerous people who have hosted the format to appear as part of the 40th anniversary celebration.[9][permanent dead link]
Emdur filled in for Daryl Somers on the family show Hey Hey It's Saturday. After being "rested" by the Nine Network following the cancellation of The Price Is Right, Emdur became host of the Seven Network's Wheel of Fortune.[10] His contract with Seven was signed hours after his deal with the Nine Network expired.[citation needed] While in the first few weeks of his run with Seven's Wheel in the 5:00pm weekday timeslot, Emdur continued to appear simultaneously on Nine in re-runs of The Price Is Right, until Bert's Family Feud took over the 5:30pm timeslot on Nine in mid-February 2006. On 19 June 2006, news emerged that Wheel of Fortune was to be cancelled at the end of the 2006 season. Channel 10's Rove Live then started a campaign to "Save Larry Emdur", although Seven soon put an end to Rove's jokes by issuing a statement that Emdur would be staying with the Seven Network.[citation needed]
Emdur is currently co-hosting The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies, a morning talk show airing on the Seven Network, which began in mid-2007.[citation needed]
Emdur was invited to participate in the 2009 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race by finance commentator Anthony Bell. Upon reaching Hobart, Emdur said on The Morning Show that he might never set foot on a boat again.[12] However, in 2010, Emdur signed on to participate in the Sydney to Hobart again. His crew on the yacht Investec LOYAL finished second. On 4 February 2011, Emdur renewed his contract with the Seven Network, reportedly worth in excess of $800,000 a year. That contract stopped him from defecting to the Nine Network to co-host Today. The contract allowed him to stay on as co-host of The Morning Show and "other opportunities".[13]
In February 2010, Seven announced that Emdur would co-host Weekend Sunrise on Saturday mornings, alongside Samantha Armytage, and he held that position until the end of 2010. Emdur has also been a regular fill-in co-host for Koch on Sunrise and Matt Doran on Weekend Sunrise, if they are away on holidays, sick or on assignment.
In September 2013, Emdur produced and hosted a pilot for a late night talk show titled Larry on Late in Sydney, which featured guests Guy Sebastian, Samantha Armytage and Manon Youdale. The Seven Network passed on the show after viewing the pilot.[14]
In 2014, Emdur, and co-host of The Morning Show, Kylie Gillies, whose studio is across from the Sydney Lindt Cafe, were able to view and report on the events of the Martin Place siege as it unfolded, before transmission was handed over to the Seven Network Melbourne studios.[16]
In 2021, Seven Network announced that Emdur would be the new host of The Chase Australia, replacing Andrew O'Keefe, after the latter's contract was not renewed at the end of 2020, prior to his being charged over domestic violence in January 2021.[18] However, according to reports, he was close to not renewing his contract with the Seven Network at the end of the previous year and was offered The Chase hosting role in a bid to keep him at the network.[19] The episodes with Emdur as a host began airing on 26 July 2021, after the final episode of Andrew O'Keefe had aired on 20 July 2021.[20]
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