Dylan Lewis
{{Short description|Australian television and radio host}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
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| name = Dylan Lewis
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| birth_name = Dylan Thomas Lewis
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|02|19|df=y}}{{Cite Twitter profile|_Dylan_Lewis_|Dylan Lewis}}
| birth_place = Australia
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| education =
| alma_mater = University of Melbourne
| occupation = {{Plainlist|
- Television personality
- Radio personality
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| years_active = 1996–present
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| television = {{Plainlist|
- Recovery (1996–2000)
- Celebrity Big Brother (2002)
- Video Hits (2010–2011)
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| spouse = Hollie Kennedy
| children = 2
| parents = {{Plainlist|
- Rowen Lewis
- Angela Bannon
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| website = {{url|https://www.dylanlewis.com.au}}
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Dylan Thomas Lewis (born 19 February 1973) is an Australian television and radio host.{{cite web |url=http://www.profiletalent.com.au/dylan-lewis.html |title=Dylan Lewis |publisher=Profile Talent Management |access-date=3 June 2015}} He is currently the host of Arvo's on Double J. As a musician, he played in funk/alternative rock band The Brown Hornet under the stage name Dirk Vile.{{cite web |title=The Brown Hornet |url=http://www.last.fm/music/The+Brown+Hornet |access-date=3 June 2015 |website=Last.fm}}
Early life
Lewis was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and graduated in 1990; he then studied a Bachelor of Education in Drama and Music degree at the University of Melbourne. John Bannon, former South Australian premier, was Lewis's stepfather.{{citation |last=Zwar |first=Adam |title=Dylan Lewis's Dog Day Afternoon |newspaper=Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne), Sunday Magazine |pages=Z10 |date=27 May 2001}}
Career
=Television=
Lewis has undertaken several roles hosting and presenting for numerous Australian music programs; his quick rise to fame started was while he was a host on ABC TV's national Saturday-morning live music show Recovery (from 1996 until the show's run finished in April 2000). The year 2000 saw Lewis presenting a national television program, The 10:30 Slot, and Pepsi Live, a music chart television program.
Lewis won Celebrity Big Brother in 2002 and was a contestant on Celebrity Circus in 2005.
In 2010, he was appointed host of Video Hits on Network Ten. He stayed on the show until its cancellation in mid-2011.
In January 2022, Lewis won the eighth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.{{cite web |title=I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 2022: Meet The Celebrities |url=https://10play.com.au/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/articles/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-2022-meet-the-celebrities/tpa220103siamc |date=3 January 2022 |website=10 Play |publisher=Network 10 |access-date=11 January 2022}}{{cite web |last=Cartwright |first=Lexie |title=Full I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! cast finally revealed |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/im-a-celebrity/first-two-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-names-revealed/news-story/1cef9afacb29290d4d2ef4541987ce4d |date=3 January 2022 |website=news.com.au |publisher=News Corp Australia |access-date=11 January 2022}}{{cite web |last=Lilly |first=Alex |title=Revealed: The I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia contestants for 2022 |url=https://www.newidea.com.au/im-a-celebrity-australia-2022-contestants |date=3 January 2022 |website=New Idea |publisher=Are Media |access-date=11 January 2022}}
=Radio=
In September 2006, Lewis signed with Nova 100 where he was music presenter in mornings for four years then moved to afternoons until November 2012. {{As of|2013|6}}, he co-hosted the Lewis & Lowe breakfast show on Nova 91.9 in Adelaide with Shane Lowe, later joined by, then replaced by Hayley Pearson as the Dylan & Hayley breakfast show (until 2019). He previously worked as a radio announcer for the Austereo Network and Triple J. He has won three Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs): "Best Newcomer" in 2007, "Best Music Personality" in 2009 and most recently for "Best Music Presenter" in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.acras.com.au/Winners-and-Finalists/Archive |title=Winners & Finalists |website=Australian Commercial Radio Awards |publisher=Commercial Radio Australia |access-date=3 June 2015}}
In 2020, Lewis re-joined the ABC hosted the weekend Double J mornings until the end of 2021.{{cite web |url=https://theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/dylan-lewis-double-j-interview/ |title=Dylan Lewis talks new Double J weekends presenter gig: 'It's going to have something of what Recovery was' |date=16 July 2020}}
=Music=
Lewis was the lead vocalist and played harmonica for funk/alternative rock band The Brown Hornet, and was later involved in a hip-hop project under the name Megabias. More recently, he has sung in a Melbourne-based group called Manchoir and the children's band [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSf4BJrOsDGyKrOL2z8NJwQ/about The Haploids].
=Film=
Lewis had a role in the Australian film The Real Thing (2002),{{Citation |last=Amis |first=Stephen |title=The Real Thing |date=24 October 2002 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279362/ |type=Romance |publisher=Hi-Jinks Enterprises |access-date=3 January 2022}} and has played the lead role in three short films: Like It Is, Ray (2004) and The Postman (2007).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} He was also an extra in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.{{cite web |last1=Rowe |first1=Zan |title=Take 5: What we learned about the '90s from Recovery icon Dylan Lewis |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/what-we-learned-about-the-90s-from-recovery-icon-dylan-lewis/10328242 |website= Double J |date=27 September 2018 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=8 March 2023}}
He has a cameo in the Australian film "EMO the Musical" (2016) as Doug Skeleton.{{Cite web |last=Cockrell |first=Eddie |date=2017-02-11 |title=Berlin Film Review: 'Emo The Musical' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/emo-the-musical-berlin-film-reivew-1201984842/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Lewis had a brother, Quinn, three years younger, who died in 2006.{{cite web |title='We're Here For A Bigger Reason': Celebs Get Emotional Discussing Their Chosen Charities |url=https://10play.com.au/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/articles/were-here-for-a-bigger-reason-celebs-get-emotional-discussing-their-chosen-charities/tpa220111sckiw |date=11 January 2022 |website=10 Play |publisher=Network 10 |access-date=11 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111103723/https://10play.com.au/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here/articles/were-here-for-a-bigger-reason-celebs-get-emotional-discussing-their-chosen-charities/tpa220111sckiw |archive-date=11 January 2022}}{{cite web |last=Aubusson |first=Laura |title='I'm sad every day': I'm A Celebrity's Dylan Lewis breaks down talking about shock death |url=https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/entertainment/im-sad-every-day-im-a-celebrity-star-breaks-down-talking-about-shock-death/news-story/f3905b125e3c61834b472006d3526dd6 |date=11 January 2022 |website=KidSpot |publisher=News Corp Australia |access-date=11 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111211148/https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/entertainment/im-sad-every-day-im-a-celebrity-star-breaks-down-talking-about-shock-death/news-story/f3905b125e3c61834b472006d3526dd6%2A?nk=202c887986d501f1d3766ca863648444-1641935508 |archive-date=11 January 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.dylanlewis.com.au}}
- {{IMDb name|0507142}}
- [http://www.nova919.com.au/nova919/shows/lewis-lowe Lewis & Lowe] at Nova 919
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Category:People educated at Caulfield Grammar School
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Australian music critics
Category:Australian music journalists
Category:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series) winners
Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Australian radio presenters
Category:Musicians from Melbourne
Category:Celebrity Big Brother (Australian TV series) winners