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Samuel Pang (born 3 November 1973) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter, writer and producer. Pang co-hosts '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' on
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with
Chrissie Swan Christina Swan (born 3 November 1973) is an Australian television and radio presenter and media personality. Swan co-hosts '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' on Nova 100 with Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown. In 2022, she served as a judge on ''The Masked ...
and Jonathan Brown and co-hosts ''
The Front Bar ''The Front Bar'' (formerly ''Friday Front Bar'') is an Australian Football League-based talk show that airs on the Seven Network. The show is hosted by journalist Andy Maher and comedians Mick Molloy and Sam Pang. Hosts * Regular ** Andy Mahe ...
'' with
Mick Molloy Michael Molloy (born 11 July 1966) is an Australian comedian, writer, producer, actor and television and radio presenter who has been active in radio, television, stand-up and film. He currently hosts ''The Front Bar'' on the Seven Network. L ...
and
Andy Maher Andrew Maher is an Australian sports journalist and broadcaster for the Seven Network and Melbourne sport radio station 1116 SEN. He is best known for covering both Australian rules football and the Big Bash League for the Network Ten, Ten tel ...
and is also a recurring panelist on
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's ''
Have You Been Paying Attention? ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' (abbreviated on social media as HYBPA? and stylised on-screen as Have you been paying attention? in sentence case) is an Australian panel game television quiz show on Network 10. The series, which is produced ...
'' with
Ed Kavalee Edward Robert Kavalee (born 30 June 1979) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, podcaster radio and television presenter. He is a recurring panellist on Network 10's ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' with Sam Pang and co-hosts ''Hughesy, ...
.


Career


Early career

Pang played
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for the Collingwood under-19s team in 1991 as well as
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in the VFA. He then went on to play country football in regional Victoria and
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for a number of years. He remained in the city holding down a range of odd jobs and received a small fee for his football services. He studied marketing at university.


Radio

Pang turned to radio hosting at the age of 28 at the urging of his friends to do so."Mixing humour and history"
by Debi Enker, ''
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'', 20 August 2009
He co-hosted Triple R's ''
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'' program for 5 years. In January 2011, Pang presented ''Summer Nights'' on
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. During the course of the
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alongside
Santo Cilauro Santo Luigi Cilauro (born 25 November 1961) is an Australian comedian, television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author and cameraman who is also a co-founder of ''The D-Generation''. Known as the weatherman in ''Frontline'', ...
, Pang presented ''
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'' on Melbourne's
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while regular hosts
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and
Billy Brownless Anthony William Brownless (born 28 January 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer and radio and television media personality who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. Early life Brownless was ...
were at the Olympics. In January 2016, Pang was appointed co-host of the
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breakfast program, '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' alongside
Chrissie Swan Christina Swan (born 3 November 1973) is an Australian television and radio presenter and media personality. Swan co-hosts '' Chrissie, Sam & Browny'' on Nova 100 with Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown. In 2022, she served as a judge on ''The Masked ...
and Jonathan Brown. 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
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and lasted for one season. In 2010, he co-hosted ''
Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever! ''Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!'' is an association football themed comedy television show in Australia on SBS. The nightly panel-style show was produced by Working Dog Productions and aired for the duration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The s ...
'', a variety/panel/sports program coinciding with the
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on
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. He co-hosted it with Santo Cilauro and
Ed Kavalee Edward Robert Kavalee (born 30 June 1979) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, podcaster radio and television presenter. He is a recurring panellist on Network 10's ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' with Sam Pang and co-hosts ''Hughesy, ...
. He has written for ''
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'', which was also hosted by Ed Kavalee on Channel Seven. In 2009, he began doing some commentary work with
Julia Zemiro Julia Zemiro () (born 14 April 1967) is a French-born Australian television presenter, radio host, actress, singer, writer and comedian. She is best known as the host of the music quiz and live performance show '' RocKwiz''. Zemiro is a fluent ...
on the
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as part of the Australian delegation."SBS off to Eurovision 2009!"
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He remained in this role until 2017. As of February 2012, he has 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! ''Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!'' was an Australian sports themed comedy television show hosted by Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee. It screened from 30 January to 2 April 2012. It screened live-to-air on 7mate on Monday nights at 8:30 ...
''. In August 2012, Pang was one of the reporters for ABC2 for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. In late 2013, Pang reunited with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee to co-host ''
Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football ''Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football'' was an Australian association football themed comedy television show, hosted by Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee. The series launched in 2013, screening each Tuesday on Fox Sports from October to M ...
'' on
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. The show lasted two seasons, finishing in 2015. Since 2013, Pang has been a regular panellist on
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's weekly game show, ''
Have You Been Paying Attention? ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' (abbreviated on social media as HYBPA? and stylised on-screen as Have you been paying attention? in sentence case) is an Australian panel game television quiz show on Network 10. The series, which is produced ...
''. The show has won numerous
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. Since 2015, he has co-hosted ''
The Front Bar ''The Front Bar'' (formerly ''Friday Front Bar'') is an Australian Football League-based talk show that airs on the Seven Network. The show is hosted by journalist Andy Maher and comedians Mick Molloy and Sam Pang. Hosts * Regular ** Andy Mahe ...
'' alongside
Mick Molloy Michael Molloy (born 11 July 1966) is an Australian comedian, writer, producer, actor and television and radio presenter who has been active in radio, television, stand-up and film. He currently hosts ''The Front Bar'' on the Seven Network. L ...
and
Andy Maher Andrew Maher is an Australian sports journalist and broadcaster for the Seven Network and Melbourne sport radio station 1116 SEN. He is best known for covering both Australian rules football and the Big Bash League for the Network Ten, Ten tel ...
, which airs on Channel Seven. Pang presented a 2017 Logie Award with
Lorrae Desmond Lorrae Desmond (2 October 1929 – 23 May 2021) born as Beryl Hunt, was an Australian Gold Logie-award-winning singer, recording artist, radio and television presenter, character actor, and playwright, with a career that spanned over 55 years ...
, his mother's cousin.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pang, Sam Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Australian male film actors Australian radio personalities Australian game show hosts Australian male comedians Australian podcasters Australian people of Chinese descent 1973 births Radio personalities from Melbourne