Scott Cam (born 24 November 1962) is an Australian television presenter, a recipient of the
Gold Logie appearing on several
lifestyle programmes on the
Nine Network
Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...
. He is best known as the host of the hit
reality TV
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 199 ...
renovation show ''
The Block''.
Career
Cam first appeared on Nine's popular lifestyle show ''
Backyard Blitz'' in 2000, alongside
Jamie Durie
Jamie Paul Durie (born 3 June 1970) is an Australian horticulturalist and landscape designer, modern furniture, furniture designer, television host, television producer, and author of eleven books on landscape architecture, garden design and ...
, doing building segments until the show's cancellation in 2006. In between, he appeared on the successful ''
Renovation Rescue'' (2004–2006) before appearing in his own live lifestyle program ''
Our Place''. However, this was cancelled after just five episodes in 2005. From 2008 until 2010, he appeared on ''
Domestic Blitz''.
Cam hosted the 2010 series of ''
The Block'' and has returned as host for every season ever since.
Scott Cam thinks showing The Block five nights a week is a ratings winner
''thetelegraph.com.au'', 14 June 2011 He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter and the Gold Logie for Most Popular Australian TV Personality in 2014 for his work on ''The Block''.Reno Rumble
''Reno Rumble'' was an Australian renovation reality television series, it aired on the Nine Network. The series was hosted by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft, and judged by Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan. The series first aired on Tuesday 5 M ...
which began airing in 2015 through to 2016 over two seasons until its cancellation.
In addition to his television work, he has written two books on building and renovating: ''Out The Back'' and the follow-up, ''Home Maintenance For Knuckleheads''. He is also a presenter on the Triple M
Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 45 radio stations with flagship stations broadcasting a mainstream/classic rock music format in Sydney, Melbourne, and B ...
Saturday morning breakfast show ''Wrong Side of the Bed''.
Scott Cam also heavily features as the brand ambassador for Mitre 10 Australia, and has been doing so since 2011.
He was the subject of an episode of the Australian television genealogical program '' Who Do You Think You Are?'' which screened on SBS on 30 April 2019.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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IMG Talent Profile
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Australian television presenters
Australian carpenters
Australian people of Italian descent
Triple M presenters
Television personalities from Sydney
1962 births
Living people
Gold Logie winners