Sam Pang

Sam Pang
Pang at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony
Born
Samuel Pang

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • radio and television presenter
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2001−present
TelevisionHave You Been Paying Attention?
The Front Bar

Samuel Pang is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter, writer, and producer.

Pang currently[when?] is a host of The Front Bar with Mick Molloy and Andy Maher and is a regular panellist, alongside Ed Kavalee, on Network 10's Have You Been Paying Attention?. Pang has hosted the Logie Awards in 2023 and 2024.[1]

He was the host of Chrissie, Sam & Browny on Nova 100 with Chrissie Swan and Jonathan Brown.

Early life and education

Pang studied marketing at university.[2]

Career

Football

Pang played Australian rules football for the Collingwood under-19s team in 1991. He played six games and kicked one goal. [3] Collingwood made the grand final in the final season of the under-19s competition but Pang was not selected. In 1992, he moved to Sebastopol in the Ballarat Football League where he was coached by former Carlton champion, Wayne Johnston.[4] He then played for Prahran in the VFA where he was coached by former VFL player, Brian Taylor, when selected in the senior side.

Pang went on to play country football in regional Victoria, and for Sandy Bay in Tasmania for a number of years. He was involved with the Tongala Football Club in the Goulburn Valley Football League from 1996 to 1998.[5] He remained in the city, holding down a range of odd jobs, and received a small fee for his football services.[6][better source needed]

Radio

Pang turned to radio hosting at the age of 28, at the urging of his friends. He co-hosted Triple R's Breakfasters program for five years.[7]

In January 2011, Pang presented Summer Nights on ABC Local Radio. During the 2012 London Olympics alongside Santo Cilauro, Pang presented The Rush Hour on Melbourne's Triple M while regular hosts James Brayshaw and Billy Brownless were at the Olympics.

In January 2016, Pang was appointed co-host of the Nova 100 breakfast program, Chrissie, Sam & Browny, with Chrissie Swan and Jonathan Brown.[8][9]

In September 2016, Pang joined Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee to co-host a podcast version of Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football on ABC Radio.

Television

Pang's television career is known for his hosting roles in a variety of television shows. His first hosting role was in 2009, when he hosted ADbc, a quiz show based on history-related topics. It aired on SBS One and lasted for one season.

In 2010, with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee, he co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!, a variety/panel/sports program coinciding with the FIFA World Cup on SBS TV. He has written for TV Burp, which was also hosted by Ed Kavalee, on Channel Seven.

In 2009, he began doing commentary work with Julia Zemiro on the Eurovision Song Contest, as part of the Australian delegation.[10] He remained in that role until 2017.

In February 2012, he reunited with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee to co-host a spin-off of Cup Fever on Channel Seven called Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!. In August 2012, Pang was one of the reporters for ABC2 at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.[citation needed]

In late 2013, Pang co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football on Fox Sports with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee. The show lasted two seasons, finishing in 2015.

Since 2013, Pang has been a regular panellist on Network 10's weekly game show, Have You Been Paying Attention?, which has won numerous Logie Awards.

In 2015, he started co-hosting The Front Bar alongside Mick Molloy and Andy Maher, which airs on Channel Seven.

Pang presented a 2017 Logie Award with Lorrae Desmond, his mother's cousin.[11]

Pang hosted the Logie Awards in 2023 and was the first solo host of the event in eleven years, with Shane Bourne's 2011 ceremony being the last previous event to have had an official host.[1][12] He hosted the Logie Awards again in 2024.

References

  1. ^ a b Knox, David (17 June 2023). "Sam Pang to host 63rd TV Week Logie Awards". TV Tonight. TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Have You Been Paying Attention?".
  3. ^ "Under-19s Players L-Q". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ Sam Pang: Not Even Close - The Complete Collection, 23 December 2018, retrieved 12 July 2023
  5. ^ Walker-Pearce, Fraser (28 February 2018). "Sam calls in a favour to lure Lions legend up to Tongala". Kyabram Free Press. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023 – via PressReader.
  6. ^ Santo Cilauro & Sam Pang – The Little Dum Dum Club, 2 August 2015 on YouTube
  7. ^ Enker, Debie (20 August 2009). "Mixing humour and history". The Age. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Jonathan Brown and Sam Pang to join Chrissie Swan on Nova100 hosting breakfast in 2016". mUmBRELLA. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  9. ^ "NOVA's New Brekkie Show Chrissie, Sam & Browny Go Live A Day Early!". BandT. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  10. ^ "SBS off to Eurovision 2009!". SBS. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  11. ^ Knox, David (23 April 2017). "Logie Awards 2017: guide". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  12. ^ Cullen, Tamara (20 June 2023). "Sam Pang takes aim as the host of the 63rd TV WEEK Logie Awards". TV Week. Are Media. Retrieved 23 June 2023.