Greg Evans (television host)

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Greg Evans (born 17 April 1953 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian radio and television host.

In the 1970s he was the highly popular host of the drive time slot of radio station 3XY, with his program being the number one rated show in 27 of the 28 ratings surveys taken. He was nominated three times for a Gold Logie award. In 1975 he was nominated by TV Week as the most popular Victorian DJ, a title he held for the next seven years. He was MC at many concert events during this period.

He moved to television in 1981 to host the Network Ten series Together Tonight with Kerry Armstrong, then returned to radio in 1982 hosting a mid-morning show for 3MP for eighteen months. He returned to television as the host of Perfect Match on Network Ten in 1984^[1]. The series became a surprise hit. In 1985 Evans made a cameo appearance in soap opera Prisoner, playing the role of "Celebrity". When Network Ten allowed his contract to expire in oversight in 1986 he was quickly signed by Channel Nine but was warehoused by that network. After the Nine contract expired after two years he returned to Perfect Match however by this stage its ratings were in decline and it was cancelled in 1989.

Evans continues to do voice-over work and appears in television advertisements.

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