Television Career
In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist. He moved to Sydney to work as V8 Supercar pit reporter for Network Ten, when he caught the eye of Television Producer Adam Boland.
Boland saw the potential in Grant and offered him full-time position as the weather presenter on the new look Sunrise program from 2004 until the end of 2006. Denyer left this position in December 2006 due to wanting to spend more time with his family, though he remains as a roving reporter for the breakfast program Sunrise. In 2007 Grant started a new weekly segment on Sunrise called Dare Denyer.
Denyer won the fourth series of Dancing with the Stars, and also hosted the celebrity duet singing competition It Takes Two from 2006 to 2008. Denyer has also presented All Time Greatest Aussie Bloopers, Guinness World Records with co-host Shelley Craft, and Australia's Got Talent.
In 2006 Denyer was recognised by voters in the TV Fugly Awards as being Australia's Spunkiest Male TV Personality. Grant has been voted 'sexiest presenter on TV' by a Melbourne Metro magazine poll plus he was voted the most dateable male by (Australian) New Woman magazine.
In 2007, his race and television career have seen him both racing and being a part of the team featuring Neil Crompton, Matthew White, Mark Beretta and Daniel Gibson to report on the V8 Supercar Series.
In 2007, he became the host of the Carols in the Domain in Sydney.
In 2010, Denyer returned to Sunrise as weather presenter replacing Fifi Box who is now Entertainment editor. He also hosted Iron Chef Australia.
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