53-429: John Henry Michael " Rove " McManus (born 21 January 1974) is an Australian triple Gold Logie award-winning comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the eponymous variety show Rove and was also the host of the comedy talk show Rove LA . He is the co-owner of the production company Roving Enterprises with business partner Craig Campbell. He hosts Whovians on
106-721: A 5th Grader? . In 2000 McManus was nominated for 'Most Popular New Talent – Male'. In 2002 he was nominated for the Gold Logie Award . In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, he was nominated for the Gold Logie . In 2010, McManus was nominated for the Most Popular TV Presenter and for the Gold Logie. Between 2008 and 2010, McManus was a director of the Australian chapter of the conservation charity Fauna & Flora International , for
159-528: A Problem . McManus's first recorded television appearance was as a child, when he appeared in the ABC television series, Kaboodle as Marty, in an episode called "Marty Makes A Move". After some time as a jack-of-all-trades helping to produce Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers , McManus voiced a role in the 1997 "Monkey See, Monkey Do" episode of Li'l Elvis . In 1997, McManus began hosting The Loft Live , which
212-465: A Saturday morning children's show, in which he worked with disc jockey Stan Rofe and McKenzie. In May 1954, 3XY employed him as a junior announcer (aged 15); by 1955, he was presenting Melbourne Speaks , a vox pop program recorded on the streets of Melbourne's CBD. After GTV-9 purchased 3AK in April 1961, all GTV-9 personalities were expected to present programs on 3AK. Graham Kennedy and Newton hosted
265-708: A daughter, born in 2013. He is a supporter of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League , for which his first cousin Shaun McManus played 228 games. For three seasons, starting from 2003, McManus was the number-one ticket holder of the club (a prestigious but largely symbolic position often given to prominent Australians). McManus is also a lifelong fan of professional wrestling; he interviewed wrestlers Ric Flair and John Cena on his talk show, and has managed wrestlers as part of
318-467: A guest on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and as a result had a regular spot on the show. In 2011 he hosted a segment called "Rove Across America" on The Tonight Show . Jay Leno and Ed McMahon also made a small pre-recorded appearance at the beginning of McManus' shows in Los Angeles giving him tips for the night's show. On 23 December 2008, McManus made his debut as host on American television as
371-548: A hosting role on a new talk show, Rove LA . The show debuted on 19 September 2011, on FOX8 , with catch-up airings on The Comedy Channel . The show was subsequently picked up for a two-year run. In 2013, McManus featured as a subject in the Australian version of the series Who Do You Think You Are? . McManus has also appeared as a 'Round table' guest on the E! Network late-night talk show Chelsea Lately . He has also made intermittent appearances on TV3 's satirical Pulp Sport series, usually performing menial tasks for
424-498: A live commercial on In Melbourne Tonight with his friend Graham Kennedy in 1959, he began to make regular appearances on the show and assumed hosting duties on some episodes. This began a lifelong association with Kennedy. From 1959 to 1960, he hosted The Bert Newton Show (later retitled Hi-Fi Club ) on GTV-9, a series aimed at teenagers. From 1960 to 1961, Newton appeared in the national Graham Kennedy's Channel 9 Show (a weekly national version of IMT ). In January 1962,
477-515: A new panel show, Show Me the Movie! . He also voiced King Tubby, Cheeta, and Last Chance in the kids TV series, Kitty Is Not a Cat . In 2018, McManus was given the greenlight for a new show, Bring Back...Saturday Night , after airing a pilot during Network Ten 's pilot week. The series premiered on 24 August 2019 under new title, Saturday Night Rove . It lasted two episodes before getting axed, after viewership dropped from 244,000 to 138,000, below
530-703: A period serving as the vice-president. McManus married actress and singer Belinda Emmett in 2005 at the Mary Immaculate Church in Waverley , an eastern suburb of Sydney. Emmett died of metastatic breast cancer on 11 November 2006 at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. McManus began dating actress Tasma Walton in October 2007. They married on 16 June 2009 in a private ceremony on a beach in Broome, Western Australia . They have
583-562: A quiz show, Ford Superquiz , produced by the Reg Grundy organisation for the Nine Network . Tonight with Bert Newton was a short-lived attempt to bring back the spirit of IMT. It aired in 1984. The Bert Newton Show was created for the Seven Network in 1989 as an attempt to woo some of the audience away from The Midday Show with Ray Martin . This, however, didn't rate well and
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#1733093898355636-440: A range of medical research and charitable organisations". Newton was the first Melbourne-born King of Moomba in 1978. A song called "For Bert" was written by GTV-9's musical director Brian Rangott . The lyrics include: In 1997, Newton was the subject of a This Is Your Life tribute. His wife Patti was honoured with her own tribute in 2001. The Best of Bert Newton was aired in 2002. Channel Nine Salutes Bert Newton
689-531: A series of issued stamps called the Australian Legends series that features stars from Australian television. Two weeks after his death, on 12 November 2021, Newton was given a Victorian state funeral, conducted at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne . In 1974, Newton married Patti McGrath with whom he worked on television. The Newtons had two children, son Matthew and daughter Lauren. Matthew Newton
742-511: A show titled 50 Years, 50 Stars , where they looked back at the top 50 stars of Australian television. Newton was listed as the No. 1 Australian TV star of the past 50 years. On 1 July 2008, Newton was named Victorian of the Year. On 23 July 2008, Channel 9 marked Newton's 70th birthday with a one-hour special of This Is Your Life hosted by Mike Munro . In 2018, he was honoured by Australia Post in
795-440: A star and fixture of Australian television since its inception in 1956, and was considered both an industry pioneer icon and one of the longest-serving television performers in the world. Newton was known for his association with both the Nine Network and Ten Network on numerous variety shows, including In Melbourne Tonight , New Faces , Good Morning Australia , 20 to 1 , and game show Bert's Family Feud . Newton
848-400: A two-hour morning program. He began a morning program on 3UZ in 1976. The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd appointed Newton as general manager of 3DB in 1986, which he combined with on-air appearances until 1988. Newton began his television career in 1957 at Melbourne's HSV-7 , hosting The Late Show . Newton left for GTV-9 in early 1959 to host In Melbourne Today . After appearing in
901-513: Is an actor who has appeared in a number of Australian films and television dramas. Lauren Newton married swimmer Matt Welsh . In 1993, a gambling problem led Newton to near bankruptcy and a $ 1 million debt. In 2020, Newton was the subject of an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? which focused primarily on his father and maternal grandparents. The episode first aired on 26 May 2020. In November 2012, Newton underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery , having been admitted to hospital twice in
954-529: The 2004 and 2007 federal elections, McManus unsuccessfully campaigned to have the Australian prime minister , John Howard , appear on his program. While Howard did not appear, then-opposition leaders Mark Latham appeared on the show in 2005 and Kevin Rudd in 2007. After being elected prime minister, Rudd appeared on the show again in 2008 and also on 28 June 2009. When Bert Newton fell ill in early 2004, McManus
1007-492: The ABC . McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia , to John and Coralie McManus. McManus attended Orana Catholic Primary School before going through grades 8–12 at Corpus Christi College . He acquired the nickname "Rove" as a child, from his sister. McManus is a long established exponent of stand-up comedy , touring nationally and also appearing internationally at major events such as
1060-681: The AFL football comedy panel program Before The Game during their runs on Network Ten. It also produces The Project . Past projects include the sketch comedy program skitHOUSE , the parody show Real Stories , Rove LA and, between 2000 and 2004, host and producer of the ARIA Music Awards . McManus is a triple TV Week Gold Logie winner for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, winning in 2003, 2004 and 2005. In all he has won 16 Logie Awards and been nominated for several others for his work on Rove and Are You Smarter Than
1113-458: The 200,000 viewers cutoff that was set by the network. In 2024, McManus guest starred in the Bluey episode " The Sign ", voicing a Toy Fox Terrier real estate agent named Bucky Dunstan. In 1999, McManus was a regular host on Triple J radio and had a segment on the breakfast show (starring Wil Anderson and Adam Spencer ) on Friday mornings, Know Your Millennium , a quiz show that looked into
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#17330938983551166-680: The 2010 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and as the host of the 2013 International Comedy Gala. In 2005 and 2008, McManus undertook live stand-up comedy shows, touring Australian capital cities as well as Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand . During the tour he returned to Melbourne each Tuesday to film Rove Live . McManus has appeared on Good Morning Australia , John Safran vs God , Pulp Sport , The Living Room , The Project , Studio 10 , Celebrity Name Game , Have You Been Paying Attention New Zealand? and Hughesy, We Have
1219-881: The International Diabetes Institute. On 14 August 2012, Newton appeared as a celebrity contestant on Millionaire Hot Seat and won $ 5,000 for the charity Sids & Kids. Newton reputedly received a yearly salary of A$ 800,000 from Nine during this era. Newton's stage appearances included Professor Marvel/the Wizard of Oz in The Wizard of Oz , Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast , Franz Liebkind in The Producers and Max in The Sound of Music . From November 2008, Newton took over
1272-650: The New Zealand cartoon bro'Town and voices a number of characters in Cartoon Network 's Exchange Student Zero . McManus voiced additional characters in Norm of the North . In 2014, McManus worked on the film Cookies From Outer Space with Yahoo Serious . In 2000, McManus started the production company, Roving Enterprises and co-owns it with business partner Craig Campbell. The company co-produced Rove Live and produced
1325-467: The competitive Sunday 8.30 pm timeslot on 1 April 2007 with a major format overhaul, including renaming the show to simply Rove . Rove scored its highest ever audience of 1.69 million viewers. In September 2007, McManus made his debut as a game show host in the Australian version of the US game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? . On 2 May 2007, 25 July 2007, and 29 October 2008, McManus appeared as
1378-479: The controversial UK Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad to put a fatwa on McManus. The fatwa was later taken off when Omar Bakri found out that the pictures showing McManus mocking Islam were falsified. In 2005, McManus co-hosted the historic tri-network tsunami appeal Reach Out with fellow presenters Eddie McGuire and Andrew O'Keefe on three commercial networks Seven, Nine and Ten. The appeal raised over $ 20 million for tsunami relief efforts around Asia. The event
1431-555: The former World Wrestling All-Stars promotion. On 8 June 2007, he appeared as the presenter of a secondary school discussion at Rod Laver Arena with Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama , in attendance. Gold Logie The Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television , commonly referred to simply as the Gold Logie , is an award presented annually at the Australian Logie Awards . The Gold Logie
1484-496: The host of an American Broadcasting Company special The List . On the 2009 series finale of Rove shown on 15 November, following several weeks of rumours that the show was going to end, McManus confirmed live on the show that it would be ending with the 2009 finale. He said: "It's purely my decision. It's not one I've made lightly or flippantly. The timing was right to stop, stand back and see what happens next." In May 2011, McManus relocated to Los Angeles, California, and landed
1537-618: The hosts, "Bill and Ben". In 2014, McManus hosted Riot , the US version of the French light entertainment improv show Vendredi Tout est Permis (Friday Anything Goes). In the show, two teams compete on a floor tilted at a 22.5-degree angle. It screened on FOX for one season, and the executive producer was Steve Carell . On 1 May 2014, McManus appeared on the American comedy show @midnight , presented by Chris Hardwick on Comedy Central . He emerged as
1590-586: The narrator in the 2015 Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show . Newton was an institution of the Logie Awards since the awards since 1959. He was nominated for many Logie Awards and won several: Three 'Best Compere' awards: 1972, 1973, 1974 (for his role in In Melbourne Tonight and The Graham Kennedy Show ) Newton hosted the Logie Awards ceremony on 19 occasions: 1968–1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1993 and 2010, and co-host in 2006. He holds
1643-449: The past. In 2000, he filled in on Triple M Sydney 's Andrew Denton Breakfast Show with co-host Amanda Keller and Mike Fitzpatrick . In 2002, Austereo commissioned Roving Enterprises to create a weekly radio program starring McManus alongside regular Rove colleagues Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant ; the show was originally called Saturday Morning Rove and was broadcast on Fox FM every Saturday from 10 am to midday; it
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1696-454: The public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. Gold Logies were awarded for separate male and female categories in 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, and between 1974 and 1977. The most represented programs are The Don Lane Show and Blue Heelers . Bert Newton Albert Watson Newton AM MBE (23 July 1938 – 30 October 2021) was an Australian media personality. He
1749-527: The record for both the most Logies hosted and the most Logies hosted in a continuous run. Some notable moments of his hosting include: Newton was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1979, for his service to the performing arts. On 12 June 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to the entertainment industry as a presenter, actor, comedian, and through support for
1802-432: The retrospective program What a Year with comedian Julia Zemiro , replacing previous hosts Mike Munro and Megan Gale , which took a light-hearted look at significant events from a chosen year in history. In 2008 Newton appeared as a celebrity contestant on Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune alongside Livinia Nixon and Dawn Fraser. He won the main game, with $ 3,235 (including a plasma TV) going to his chosen charity,
1855-503: The role of The Wizard in the Melbourne production of the musical Wicked , after the sudden death of Rob Guest . The production transferred to Sydney from September 2009. Newton continued to play the role on the national tour, which began in January 2011, opposite Lucy Durack as Glinda, Jemma Rix as Elphaba, David Harris as Fiyero and Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madame Morrible. In 2011 he
1908-529: The series at the end of its run. In 2000, McManus was offered the opportunity to produce a new version of the Rove show for Network Ten . The resulting Rove Live was almost identical to Nine's Rove . Rove Live became a flagship show for Network Ten, and it was also broadcast on TV3 in New Zealand. The show followed a variety show format and showcased weekly celebrity guests; comedy acts; variety segments; local and international comedians; and live bands . During
1961-527: The show as well. In October 2015, Southern Cross Austereo announced that McManus and Sam Frost would host breakfast on 2Day FM with the show titled Rove and Sam , replacing the ailing The Dan & Maz Show . McManus was on a three-year contract beginning from the start of 2016, which included remuneration of shares valued at $ 350,000 every six months. McManus had a cameo voicing a crab in Pixar 's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo . He appeared as himself on
2014-431: The show was cancelled and replaced by the similar The Channel 9 Show , hosted by Newton. From 1975 to mid-1992 Newton mainly appeared on the Nine Network . In 1975 Newton was cast in the role of sidekick and "barrel boy" on The Don Lane Show . He was dubbed "Moonface", and the nickname stuck. Newton frequently appeared in outlandish costumes, often sending up celebrities. Newton memorably sent-up Demis Roussos , who
2067-401: The tenth series of Doctor Who ; the show aired on ABC TV Plus . The second season began on 8 October 2018 on ABC TV Plus as a companion to the first episode of the eleventh series of Doctor Who , and there was no Doctor Who series in 2019 so the third series began on 9 February 2020 to tie in with the twelfth series of Doctor Who . In 2018, McManus returned to Network Ten to host
2120-627: The week live-to-tape (recorded complete and aired later). GMA was cancelled in late 2005 after a 14-year run. Although Newton was offered ongoing employment at Network Ten, he stated that he would return to the Nine Network in 2006. After finishing on GMA . Newton returned to the Nine Network hosting Bert's Family Feud , a revised version of Family Feud , from 2006 and until it was cancelled in May 2007. From 2006 to 2011, Newton hosted 20 to 1 taking over from Bud Tingwell . In 2007, Newton hosted
2173-648: The winner, being declared by Hardwick as having won the Internet and being the funniest person in the world for the next 23 and a half hours. In April 2015, the Game Show Network in the United States debuted a new show hosted by McManus called Lie Detectors , in which audience members decide which of three comedians is telling the truth. In 2017, McManus presented the new Australian Broadcasting Corporation panel show, Whovians , to tie in with their broadcast of
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2226-421: Was a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie –winning entertainer, and radio, theatre, and television personality and compère . Newton was known for his collaborations opposite Graham Kennedy and subsequently Don Lane on their respective variety shows, and appearances with his wife, singer Patti Newton . Newton started his career in radio broadcasting, primarily as an announcer, before becoming
2279-482: Was as a schoolboy on Melbourne radio station 3XY on 10 June 1952, doing advertisements dressed as a clown with Doug McKenzie, who later became Zag in Zig and Zag . "... there was a radio program on 3XY Melbourne called Scouting Around , compered by the late Tom Jones. One week, the broadcast was recorded at our Scout Hall, and as the direct result of this, I began to appear on 3XY." This led to regular appearances on
2332-449: Was born in Fitzroy , an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria , to Joseph (Joe) and Gladys Newton. He had three brothers (Tom, Jack, and Bob) and two sisters (Alice and Elizabeth). He was educated at St Joseph's Marist Brothers Roman Catholic college. In his early years, he had thoughts of entering the priesthood and remained an active Roman Catholic . Newton's first paid radio appearance
2385-672: Was broadcast in early 2004, depicting the career of Newton from his earliest days. In 2001, he was awarded the Centenary Medal . Show business awards include a Mo Award (1995), two Television Society of Australia awards (1981 and 1983), three Penguin Citations and three Pater (Professional Excellence in Television and Radio Arts and Sciences) awards for radio. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of television in Australia, Channel 9 ran
2438-419: Was first awarded at the 2nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards , held in 1960 when the award was originally called Most Popular Personality on Australian Television . It was briefly renamed Best Personality on Australian Television in 2016-2017. For the 2018 ceremony, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Personality on Australian Television . The winner and nominees of the Gold Logie are chosen by
2491-480: Was one of many guest presenters who hosted Newton's Good Morning Australia program. McManus hosted the episodes on 24 April and 12 October 2004. The following year, McManus and Newton co-hosted a Roving Enterprises television special Ten Seriously 40 , a look at the history of the Ten Network. In 2004, McManus appeared in comedian John Safran 's TV show John Safran vs God in a segment in which Safran convinced
2544-408: Was only on air for that year. In 1992, Newton moved into daytime TV as host of The Morning Show , which was soon renamed Good Morning Australia ( GMA ) on Network Ten . The show revived Newton's celebrity status and was a continuing success for Ten. GMA was a mix of interviews, music, cooking segments and infomercials . It was broadcast live-to-air on Mondays and Tuesdays, but for the rest of
2597-478: Was part of the Australian cast performing Wicked in Singapore. Altogether, Newton had a three-year run in this show. In July 2012 Newton joined the Melbourne cast of Annie for a few weeks, taking over the role of President Roosevelt from Alan Jones . From August 2013 Newton returned to the stage in producer John Frost's production of Grease The Musical , playing disc jockey Vince Fontaine. Newton played
2650-447: Was pre-recorded the day before to allow the performers to have a full weekend of other media commitments. In 2004, the program moved to Friday mornings, allowing live phone callers, and was retitled as Rove Live Radio ; it was discontinued at the end of 2004. In 2006, McManus and Helliar filled in for Merrick & Rosso while they were on holiday. In the first week of their three-week stint, Meshel Laurie of Nova 106.9 co-hosted
2703-503: Was produced by RMIT University 's Student television station RMITV for the community television station Channel 31 , where, according to Rove, he was given a budget of $ 50 per week. It was there where he met long-time co-host Peter Helliar . Rove then worked for Foxtel as a roving reporter on a show called In Fashion which was hosted by Hugh Jackman . He then took an offer from the Nine Network for ten late-night episodes of his own variety show, Rove , in 1999, but Nine cancelled
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#17330938983552756-559: Was sent on set while Newton was doing the impersonation . Newton remained on the show until it ended in 1983. Newton briefly hosted his own program, The Bert Newton Show , recorded for the ABC . It was not a success, and he returned to working with Kennedy. In 1976, Newton replaced long-running compere Frank Wilson on Nine's amateur talent program New Faces . The show was a success, and lasted until 1985. In 1992, Newton hosted another version of New Faces ; however, it did not last for long. In 1981, Newton (and wife Patti) presented
2809-484: Was such a success that the three teamed up just a few months later to host the Logie awards. In November 2006, after his wife Belinda Emmett died after fighting breast cancer for eight years, McManus took indefinite leave, and Rove Live did not screen its last two planned episodes of the year. At the time, there were unfounded rumours circulating in the industry that he might quit television for good. He returned, however, in
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