Shelley Craft

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Shelley Craft
Born June 21, 1976 (1976-06-21) (age 31)
Australia
Occupation Television personality
Spouse Brett De Billinghurst Craft
(2001 - 2007)

Shelley Craft (born Shelley Lorraine Iliff on June 21, 1976) is an Australian television personality. She is currently working for Nine Network. She was married to marketing expert Brett De Billinghurst Craft in 2001, but they split in 2007. She has since moved down to Melbourne with her partner.

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[edit] Television career

[edit] Channel Seven

Craft began her television career in the 1990s with a work experience stint at Channel Seven in Brisbane.[1] This led to a job offer as a production assistant on a local program,[1] and a few months later a co-host role with children's program Saturday Disney. Craft remained with Saturday Disney as host for six years. Craft joined The Great Outdoors as a reporter in late 2001 and therefore chose to leave Saturday Disney in July 2002 whilst returning on occasion up until 2005.

As well as presenting stories for The Great Outdoors, she has worked on several of Channel Seven's major sporting events, including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (as part of the Sunrise team), the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Melbourne Cups.

Along with puppet, Agro, Craft hosted the short-lived revival of dating game show Perfect Match in 2002. In 2005, she co-hosted Australia's Guinness World Records with Grant Denyer.

After the 2007 season, Craft left The Great Outdoors after a clean-out of the show, with several other presenters also shown the door.[2]

In late 2007 it was reported that Craft could've been a possible replacement for Kate Ritchie as the co-host of It Takes Two,[2] but Craft, apparently miffed at the job offer, quit the network.[2]

Her last on-air role at the network was presenting Comedy Classics for Comic Relief with Russell Gilbert.

[edit] Channel Nine

In January 2008, Craft signed with the Nine Network [1][2], severing her long links with Seven Network. She will co-host an upcoming lifestyle series, Domestic Blitz, alongside Scott Cam. [1]

From 2008, Craft is currently the host of Australia's Funniest Home Videos, succeeding Toni Pearen.

[edit] Television roles

Year Title Role
1996-2002; 2005 Saturday Disney Host
2001-2002 The Big Arvo Recurring Guest
2001-2007 The Great Outdoors Reporter/Presenter
2002-2004 Sunrise Travel Reporter
2002-2007 Melbourne Cup Reporter
2002 Winter Olympics Reporter
2002 Perfect Match Host
2003 Wheel Of Fortune Celebrity Edition - Herself
2005-2006 Australia's Guinness World Records Co-host
2006 Carols In The Domain Co-host
2007 Comedy Classics For Comic Relief Presenter
2007 McLeans Toothpaste Commercial Herself/Diver
2008-present Australia's Funniest Home Videos Host
2008-present Domestic Blitz Co-host
2008-present Holidaysforsale.tv. Reporter

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Knox, David (2008-01-18). Craft joins Nine Blitz. tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  2. ^ a b c d Shafted Shelley Crift moves to Nine. The Daily Telegraph (2008-01-12). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.

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