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Paul Khoury is an Australian television personality and voice talent.

Khoury was bass guitarist in a Melbourne band called Gravel, before entering and winning the Cleo Bachelor of the Year award in 2002. He has had roles on Australian TV shows such as Blue Heelers .

In 2009, Khoury provided commentary for Fox8's [1] Crown Australian Celebrity Poker Challenge , hosted Miss World Australia [2] for the Seven Network, and his voice was his ticket to working with television legend Bert Newton as his voice-over and sidekick on Bert's Family Feud on the Nine Network. Khoury left the show to take up an international project for cable television. He hosted a series shown around the world, Coffee Lovers’ Guide to Italy. which has been played in Australia on Foxtel's Lifestyle Channel and AFC (Asian Food Channel), and many countries around the world. Foxtel. [3] Khoury is the lead anchor for the Asia Pacific Poker Tour [4] series shown on ESPN [5] and has also become the leading commentator in the international poker arena working with 441 Productions in New York City. From 2010 to 2015, he hosted one of the richest poker events in the world, The Aussie Millions [6] - aired on GSN in the United States -Prime Time - ESPN and One-HD,

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References

  1. ↑ "FOX8 - FOXTEL". fox8.tv. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Miss World Australia - 2016". missworldaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Foxtel: The best live sport, movies, new shows and complete seasons". foxtel.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Asia Pacific Poker Tour - APPT Season 10". appt.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Sports". go.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Crown Aussie Millions - Home". aussiemillions.com.au. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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