Nationality Australian Role Television presenter | Name John Deeks Years active 1975-present | |
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Occupation TV presenter, Voice artist TV shows Family Feud, The Price Is Right, Fast Forward | ||
John Deeks, co host with Philip Brady and Peter Hitchener, 3AW Nightline Thurs 060815
John "Deeksie" Deeks (born 1 May 1951) is an Australian television and radio presenter and voice artist for the Seven Network, where he has been working since 1975 based in Melbourne.
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- John Deeks co host with Philip Brady and Peter Hitchener 3AW Nightline Thurs 060815
- Jim Sherlock The story as told to John Deeks on Aust Overnight Fri 150716
- Biography
- References
Jim Sherlock, The story, as told to John Deeks on Aust Overnight Fri 150716
Biography
For many years Deeks was the announcer who said "Come on Down!" on the Australian version of game show The New Price Is Right, although frequently the program's host Ian Turpie is erroneously named as the person to voice the phrase. Deeks was also the announcer on game show Man O Man and presented the Tattslotto lottery draw for many years.
He has acted as announcer on several popular programs, making his voice and style highly recognisable, leading to his being cast as voice over artist in recreations of game shows in some dramatic works.
He is best known as the announcer of the now-defunct Wheel of Fortune (which he joined in 1984), on the Seven Network. During Deeks' time on Wheel of Fortune he would travel to Adelaide where the show was taped between 1981 and 1996, (as did the show's host John Burgess who would travel from his home in Perth. Hostess and letter-turner Adriana Xenides lived in Adelaide) each weekend to work on the show and often used his comedic skills to entertain the studio audience between takes.
Deeks departed Wheel in 1996 to host Family Feud, taking over from Rob Brough. After Feud was cancelled later that year, Deeks returned to his old gig as Wheel's voice-over man, which continued until the show's cancellation on 28 July 2006, at which point Deeks was offered a position at the Collingwood Football Club, which he accepted.
In addition to providing the audience warm-up for Australia's Got Talent, Wheel of Fortune and Deal or No Deal, "Deeksie"' is a continuity announcer for Seven Network stations across Australia, voicing trails, promos and ratings & announcements. He also voices commercials for Australian retailers such as JB Hi-Fi.
Deeks is also a former co-host of radio program Family Counsellor on 3UZ.
He also does the introduction to Wil Anderson's podcast TOFOP.