Shelley Craft
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Shelley De Billinghurst Craft (born Shelley Lorraine Iliff on 21 June 1976) and known professionally as Shelley Craft is an Australia
n television personality.
She is most well known for her long-running presenting roles on the Seven Network
programs Saturday Disney
from 1996 until 2002, and The Great Outdoors from 2002 until 2007.
From 2008 to present she has been working for the Nine Network
on a number of programs, most notably as host of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
, Domestic Blitz
and The Block
.
.
Craft remained with Saturday Disney
as host and segment producer 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 October 2005. Craft had one final appearance on Saturday Disney through flashbacks during an episode broadcast during September 2009, celebrating 1000 episodes of the program.
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 Cup
s.
Along with puppet, Agro, Craft hosted the short-lived revival of dating game show Perfect Match
in late 2002. In 2005, she co-hosted Australia's Guinness World Records with Grant Denyer
.
In 2006 Craft also joined Grant Denyer
in presenting the annual telecast of Carols In The Domain.
After the 2007 season, Craft left The Great Outdoors after a clean-out of the show, with several other presenters also shown the door.
In late 2007 it was reported that Craft could have been a possible replacement for Kate Ritchie
as the co-host of It Takes Two, but Craft, apparently miffed at the job offer, quit the network.
Craft's last on-air role at the Seven Network was presenting Comedy Classics for Comic Relief with Russell Gilbert
.
, severing her long links with Seven Network
.
Craft took over from Toni Pearen
as host of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
from February 2008.
She began as co-host on the lifestyle series, Domestic Blitz
, alongside Scott Cam
from May 2008.
Later in 2008, Craft did a commercial for National Tree Day, followed by advertisements for Jetstar in late 2009.
In 2011, Craft presenter alongside Scott Cam
in The Block
, where she presented the Friday night episode 'The Block: Unlocked' and numerous other challenges.
.
In November 2009, Shelley and partner Christian Sergiacomi exchanged wedding vows at the couples holiday home in Byron Bay. She has been quoted as saying it was the "perfect day".
On 24 August 2010 Craft gave birth to her first child a baby girl who the couple named Milla Grace. She weighed in at 5 pounds 13 ounces.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television personality.
She is most well known for her long-running presenting roles on the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
programs Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney is a children's program which has aired on the Seven Network in Australia for over 20 years, with the first episode going to air on 20 January 1990. Although, according to the hosts during the 800th episode of the show, they revealed the show premiered in March 1990, causing...
from 1996 until 2002, and The Great Outdoors from 2002 until 2007.
From 2008 to present she has been working for the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
on a number of programs, most notably as host of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
Australia's Funniest Home Videos is an Australian television show on the Nine Network that presents home videos sent in by viewers.The show is similar in content to You've Been Framed and America's Funniest Home Videos,...
, Domestic Blitz
Domestic Blitz
Domestic Blitz is an Australian lifestyle and DIY television series that debuted on the Nine Network on 18 May 2008, in the same former Sunday night 6:30 – 7:30pm time slot occupied by Backyard Blitz, which the show's format is based on. It is hosted by Shelley Craft and Scott Cam...
and The Block
The Block (Australian TV series)
The Block is an Australian reality television show broadcast on the Nine Network. The show sees four couples compete against each other to renovate a home and sell it at auction for the highest price....
.
Channel Seven
Craft began her television career in the early 1990s with a work experience stint at Channel Seven in Brisbane. This led to a job offer as a production assistant on a local program, and a few months later a co-host role with children's program Saturday DisneySaturday Disney
Saturday Disney is a children's program which has aired on the Seven Network in Australia for over 20 years, with the first episode going to air on 20 January 1990. Although, according to the hosts during the 800th episode of the show, they revealed the show premiered in March 1990, causing...
.
Craft remained with Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney is a children's program which has aired on the Seven Network in Australia for over 20 years, with the first episode going to air on 20 January 1990. Although, according to the hosts during the 800th episode of the show, they revealed the show premiered in March 1990, causing...
as host and segment producer 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 October 2005. Craft had one final appearance on Saturday Disney through flashbacks during an episode broadcast during September 2009, celebrating 1000 episodes of the program.
As well as presenting stories for The Great Outdoors, she has worked on several of Channel Seven
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
's major sporting events, including the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
(as part of the Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...
team), the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
and the 2002
2002 Melbourne Cup
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, 2003
2003 Melbourne Cup
This is a list of horses which ran in the 2003 Melbourne Cup....
and 2004
2004 Melbourne Cup
This is a list of horses which ran in the 2004 Melbourne Cup....
Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
s.
Along with puppet, Agro, Craft hosted the short-lived revival of dating game show Perfect Match
Perfect Match (Australian game show)
Perfect Match is an Australian dating game show based on the format of The Dating Game. Perfect Match was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation.It originally aired on Network Ten for 30 minutes most weekdays from 5:30pm between 1984 and 1989...
in late 2002. In 2005, she co-hosted Australia's Guinness World Records with Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...
.
In 2006 Craft also joined Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer
Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...
in presenting the annual telecast of Carols In The Domain.
After the 2007 season, Craft left The Great Outdoors after a clean-out of the show, with several other presenters also shown the door.
In late 2007 it was reported that Craft could have been a possible replacement for Kate Ritchie
Kate Ritchie
Katherine "Kate" Ritchie is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008...
as the co-host of It Takes Two, but Craft, apparently miffed at the job offer, quit the network.
Craft's last on-air role at the Seven Network was presenting Comedy Classics for Comic Relief with Russell Gilbert
Russell Gilbert
Russell Gilbert , is an Australian comedian and actor from Footscray, Victoria.-Television:He has appeared in several Australian TV comedies, first attracting notice as 'Russ the Postie' on The Comedy Company , which led to a nine year stint on Hey Hey It's Saturday...
.
Channel Nine
In January 2008, Craft signed with the Nine NetworkNine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
, severing her long links with Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
.
Craft took over from Toni Pearen
Toni Pearen
Toni Pearen is an Australian actress, singer, songwriter and TV presenter born in Cronulla, Sydney on 5 June 1972. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera E Street from 1989 until 1992. She had a pop music career in the early 1990s which included the release of an album and...
as host of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
Australia's Funniest Home Videos is an Australian television show on the Nine Network that presents home videos sent in by viewers.The show is similar in content to You've Been Framed and America's Funniest Home Videos,...
from February 2008.
She began as co-host on the lifestyle series, Domestic Blitz
Domestic Blitz
Domestic Blitz is an Australian lifestyle and DIY television series that debuted on the Nine Network on 18 May 2008, in the same former Sunday night 6:30 – 7:30pm time slot occupied by Backyard Blitz, which the show's format is based on. It is hosted by Shelley Craft and Scott Cam...
, alongside Scott Cam
Scott Cam
Scott Cam is an Australian television personality appearing on several lifestyle programmes on the Nine Network.-Early career:Scott is a qualified carpenter who did a three-year apprenticeship with his brother’s business....
from May 2008.
Later in 2008, Craft did a commercial for National Tree Day, followed by advertisements for Jetstar in late 2009.
In 2011, Craft presenter alongside Scott Cam
Scott Cam
Scott Cam is an Australian television personality appearing on several lifestyle programmes on the Nine Network.-Early career:Scott is a qualified carpenter who did a three-year apprenticeship with his brother’s business....
in The Block
The Block
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, where she presented the Friday night episode 'The Block: Unlocked' and numerous other challenges.
Personal life
Craft was married to marketing expert Brett De Billinghurst Craft from 2001-2007. She has since moved from Brisbane to Melbourne with her partner Christian who is a cameraman for the Nine NetworkNine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
.
In November 2009, Shelley and partner Christian Sergiacomi exchanged wedding vows at the couples holiday home in Byron Bay. She has been quoted as saying it was the "perfect day".
On 24 August 2010 Craft gave birth to her first child a baby girl who the couple named Milla Grace. She weighed in at 5 pounds 13 ounces.
Television roles
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996–2002; 2005; 2009 | Saturday Disney Saturday Disney Saturday Disney is a children's program which has aired on the Seven Network in Australia for over 20 years, with the first episode going to air on 20 January 1990. Although, according to the hosts during the 800th episode of the show, they revealed the show premiered in March 1990, causing... |
Host |
| 2001–2002 | The Big Arvo The Big Arvo The Big Arvo was an Australian television series that was broadcast on the Seven Network from 1999 until 2005. It starred four hosts, who hosted the show in a large model bus. They had segments such as "cool job" and "dare" to amuse younger viewers and to teach viewers who had outgrown Play School... |
Recurring Guest |
| 2002 | Winter Olympics | Reporter |
| 2002–2007 | The Great Outdoors | Reporter/Presenter |
| 2002–2004 | Sunrise Sunrise (TV program) Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:... |
Travel Reporter |
| 2002–2007 | Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races... |
Reporter |
| 2002 | Perfect Match Perfect Match Perfect Match may refer to:*Perfect Match , a game show where married couples tried to answer their spouse's questions to win money*Perfect Match *Perfect Match... |
Host |
| 2003 | Wheel Of Fortune Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show) Wheel of Fortune was an Australian television game show produced by Grundy Television. The programme aired on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2004 and November 2005 to July 2006, and is mostly based on the same general format as the original US version of the programme... |
Celebrity Contestant |
| 2006 | Carols In The Domain Carols by Candlelight Carols by Candlelight is an Australian Christmas tradition that originated in southeastern Australia in the 19th century and was popularised in Melbourne in the 1930s. The tradition has since spread around the world. It involves people gathering, usually outdoors in a park, to sing carols by... |
Co-host |
| 2007 | Comedy Classics For Comic Relief | Presenter |
| 2008 – | Australia's Funniest Home Video Show Australia's Funniest Home Video Show Australia's Funniest Home Videos is an Australian television show on the Nine Network that presents home videos sent in by viewers.The show is similar in content to You've Been Framed and America's Funniest Home Videos,... |
Host |
| 2008 – | Domestic Blitz Domestic Blitz Domestic Blitz is an Australian lifestyle and DIY television series that debuted on the Nine Network on 18 May 2008, in the same former Sunday night 6:30 – 7:30pm time slot occupied by Backyard Blitz, which the show's format is based on. It is hosted by Shelley Craft and Scott Cam... |
Co-host |
| 2008–2009 | Holidaysforsale.tv. | Reporter |
| 2008–2009 | The Logie Awards Red Carpet Arrivals | Host |
| 2008 | What's Good For You What's Good For You What's Good For You is a Logie Award-winning Australian health and lifestyle television program that airs on the Nine Network. It investigates myths and fables concerning health and well being... |
Presenter |
| 2008 | Hole In The Wall Hole in the Wall (Australian game show) Hole in the Wall is an Australian television game show hosted by Jules Lund, based on the Japanese game show Brain Wall. In the show, contestants are required to fit though holes in a polystyrene wall that moves towards them... |
Celebrity Contestant |
| 2009 | Weekend Today Today (Australian TV program) Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982... |
Fill-in Presenter (12/04/09) |
| 2009 – | Money For Jam | Presenter |
| 2011 - | The Block The Block (Australian TV series) The Block is an Australian reality television show broadcast on the Nine Network. The show sees four couples compete against each other to renovate a home and sell it at auction for the highest price.... |
Presenter |
Commercials
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | McLeans Toothpaste Commercial | Herself/Diver |
| 2008 | National Tree Day Commercial | Herself |
| 2009 | Jetstar | Herself/Jetstar airlines spokesperson |
YouTube Videos
- National Tree Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8El0HAOjeao
- Shelley @ The Logies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbKp1Nu3XKE
External links
- Confidential Story
- What A Girl Needs interview with Shelley Craft
- Shelley Craft on Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...