Subby Valentine is an Australian comedian and radio presenter. Valentine came to prominence in 1997 after winning

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, a national competition for new comic talent. He has since worked as a writer and performer for radio, free-to-air television, and pay TV. Valentine mastered his trade on the Sydney stand up comedy circuit for ten years. It was during this time that he sparked a relationship with fellow comic

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. The two would go on to form a duo and make the move to radio. Valentine was a co-host of the ''

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'', which aired first on radio

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and later on

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. From there he worked as a writer for the

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's ''

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'' as well as

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breakfast presenters

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and

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. In 2006, Subby started work as one of the rotating male guests on the

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breakfast show ''Sammy and the Boys''. It was from this that, in June of that year, Subby joined Mix 106.5 on a permanent basis as part of ''Sammy, Subby and Alan for breakfast'' with Sammy Power and '' Spicks and Specks'' star

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. Following Brough's departure at the end of 2006, Subby stayed on with Sammy to form ''Sammy and Subby in the Morning'' on Mix 106.5 for 2007. In 2009, Subby worked as a writer on the short lived Channel 7 show ''TV Burp''. In 2010, he worked as head writer on ''The Matty Johns Show'', also on Channel 7. He has since gone on to further writing jobs, including ''Australian Top Gear'', ''Anh Does Vietnam'', ''Anh Does and Britain'', and ''Celebrity Splash''. In 2013, Subby worked as a writer for the second series of ''Tractor Monkeys'' on ABC TV. and was a writer and performer on 'The Full Brazilian', a show on SBS for the 2014 Football World Cup. Subby is a regular contributor on the popular "Thank God it's Friday" segment of Richard Glover's Drive program on 702 ABC Sydney. He is part of a rotating panel of comedians which includes Wendy Harmer, Tommy Dean, and Rebecca De Unamuno. In 2016 Subby has been a regular panelist with Peter Berner on 'The B Team' on SKY News.

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