PhilKeoghan
- Presenter
After presenting children's television, sports and magazine shows (Spot On, That's Fairly Interesting, 3:45 LIVE!, Keoghan's Heroes), Phil Keoghan moved to the United States. In 2000 he was picked to host The Amazing Race, one of the most awarded shows in the history of reality television. Multiple Emmy-winner Keoghan has also written book No Opportunity Wasted, and created a bevy of accompanying TV series.
Screenography
Biography
Phil Keoghan's love of travel began early. Later it would help him become a vital cog in one of reality TV's biggest successes. Though Keoghan is far from the first New Zealander to work in Hollywood, his gig as presenter of The Amazing Race makes him one of the few Kiwis to have made it big on American network television.
Awards
Emmy Awards (United States)
2003 - 2009, 2011, 2012: Winner (as part of the producing team) Outstanding Reality or Reality-Competition Programme: for The Amazing Race
2010, 2013: Nominated (as part of the producing team) for the same award: for The Amazing Race
2009 - 2012: Nominated for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Programme: for The Amazing Race
“That’s what I say to people. Just watch it once. If I had a dollar for every person who said to me ‘I don’t watch reality television, but I watch The Amazing Race,’ I would be a gazillionaire.’”
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