Dylan Thomas Lewis (born 19 February 1973) is an Australian television and radio host. He is currently the host of ''Arvo's'' on Double J. As a musician, he played in

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band The Brown Hornet under the stage name Dirk Vile.

Early life

Lewis was educated at

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and graduated in 1990; he then studied a Bachelor of Education in Drama and Music degree at the

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, former South Australian premier, was Lewis's stepfather.

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

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television program. Lewis won ''

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'' in 2002 and was a contestant on '' Celebrity Circus'' in 2005. In 2010, he was appointed host of '' Video Hits'' on

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. 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!''.

Radio

In September 2006, Lewis signed with

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where he was music presenter in mornings for four years then moved to afternoons until November 2012. , he co-hosted the Lewis & Lowe breakfast show on Nova 91.9 in

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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 The Hit Network is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 41 radio stations broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format, as well as 6 digital radio stations. Histor ...

and

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. He has won three

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(ACRAs): "Best Newcomer" in 2007, "Best Music Personality" in 2009 and most recently for "Best Music Presenter" in 2012. In 2020, Lewis re-joined the ABC hosted the weekend Double J mornings until the end of 2021.

Music

Lewis was the lead vocalist and played

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for

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 ban
The Haploids

Film

Lewis had a role in the Australian film ''The Real Thing'' (2002), and has played the lead role in three short films: ''Like It Is'', ''Ray'' (2004) and ''The Postman'' (2007). He was also an extra in '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''. He has a cameo in the Australian film '' EMO the Musical'' (2016) as Doug Skeleton.

Personal life

Lewis is married to Hollie, with whom he has a daughter and son. Lewis had a brother, Quinn, three years younger, who died in 2006.

References

External links

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