Glenn Daryl Ridge (born 21 November 1955 in
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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) is an Australian
television
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and
radio
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presenter, and the owner and managing director of the Q Media Group, a production company making television specials and documentaries.
Career
In the 1980s, Ridge hosted a music program in
Bendigo
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,
Victoria
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, called ''Breezin; two
Ballarat
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children's television programs, ''Kids Only'' and ''Six's Super Saturday Show''; and a 90-minute music program, ''Off The Record''.
In April 1991, he joined the
Nine Network
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as host of the primetime quiz show ''
Sale of the Century
''Sale of the Century'' (stylized as ''$ale of the Century'') is an American television game show that originally debuted on September 29, 1969, on NBC daytime. It was one of three NBC game shows to premiere on that date, the other two being th ...
'', with co-host
Jo Bailey
Joanne Louise Silvagni (née Bailey; 10 March 1970) is an Australian model and television personality and television hostess/compere.
Career
Silvagni was born on 10 March 1970 to Barrie and Fran Bailey and was educated at Tintern Grammar, in t ...
, taking over from
Tony Barber
Anthony Ferraro Louis Barber (born 28 March 1940) is a British Australian Gold Logie award-winning television game show host, radio announcer singer and media personality, who has been active in the industry since the early 1960s.
Biography
E ...
and
Alyce Platt
Alyce Mary A Platt (born 19 December 1963) is an Australian actress and singer. As an actress, she had roles in the TV soap operas '' Sons and Daughters'' and '' Neighbours'', and worked as a TV presenter and game show host, including on ''Sal ...
. He held the role for 10 years, making him the second-longest-serving host of ''Sale of the Century'' in Australia.
Ridge is well known in Australian motorsport circles for his interest in the sport, having competed in many tarmac events, including
Targa Tasmania
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and
Targa West
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.
He was involved in a famous
skit
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* Skete
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on the
ABC
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's ''
The Late Show The Late Show may refer to:
Books
* ''The Late Show'' (book), a 2017 book by Michael Connelly
Film
* ''The Late Show'' (film), a 1977 film
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Music
* ''The Late Show'' (Eddie "Loc ...
'', called "Glengarry Glenn Ridge", which was basically a send-up of the film ''
Glengarry Glen Ross
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''. In the skit, Ridge scolds the other characters for swearing so much.
In April 2010, Ridge joined radio station
MTR 1377
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to present Saturday and Sunday afternoon programs from 12pm until 6pm. He was also a fill-in presenter. In December 2011, he resigned from MTR 1377, but he returned to the frequency in 2012 as morning host of MyMP 1377, now
3MP.
Since 2014, he has appeared in various commercials for
APIA
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Health Insurance.
See also
*
List of game show hosts
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References
External links
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Q Media Group bio
1955 births
Living people
Australian game show hosts
People from Adelaide
Racing drivers from South Australia
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