Nationality Australian Name Karl Stefanovic | Role Television presenter Spouse Cassandra Thorburn | |
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Occupation Television presenterJournalist Notable credit(s) TodayTen NewsNational Nine News Siblings Peter Stefanovic, Tom Stefanovic, Elisa Stefanovic Parents Alex Stefanovic, Jenny Stefanovic Children River Stefanovic, Jackson Stefanovic, Ava Stefanovic TV shows Similar People Lisa Wilkinson, Sylvia Jeffreys, Peter Stefanovic, Richard Wilkins, Georgie Gardner Profiles | ||
Sports presenter Yvonne fooled by Karl Stefanovic
Karl Stefanovic (born 12 August 1974) is an Australian Gold Logie-winning television presenter. Stefanovic is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program, Today.
Contents
- Sports presenter Yvonne fooled by Karl Stefanovic
- Grumpy cat vs karl stefanovic
- Early life
- Nine Network
- Personal life
- Controversy
- Awards
- Suit incident
- References
Grumpy cat vs karl stefanovic
Early life
Stefanovic had auditioned to study acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the advice of his father. He had made if through the first few rounds of auditions but wasn't successful in the final. He was encouraged to reapply for the following year, however he had dropped all interest when he was offered a job at WIN Television. In 1994, he began working for WIN in Rockhampton and Cairns as a cadet reporter.
In 1996, Stefanovic took up a position with TVNZ as a reporter for One Network News in New Zealand. In 1998, Stefanovic returned to Australia with a job reporting and presenting for Ten News in Brisbane, and also acted as a fill-in news presenter for Ron Wilson in Sydney.
Nine Network
In 2000, Stefanovic moved to the Nine Network as a reporter and back-up presenter for National Nine News in Brisbane. He received a Queensland Media Award for Best News Coverage for his report on the Childers backpacker hostel fire in 2000. His reports on the 2001 Warragamba bushfires from Sussex Inlet in January 2002 led to his appointment to Nine's Sydney newsroom, and he was involved in the coverage of the 2003 Canberra bushfires.
In February 2005, Stefanovic replaced Today host Steve Liebmann and currently co-hosts the program with Lisa Wilkinson. He has been a fill-in host on A Current Affair for Tracy Grimshaw. In 2006, he participated in the Nine Network reality television show Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice. He eventually made it to the grand final of the show, but was beaten by Jake Wall by a viewer poll. Since 2008, he has hosted the Nine Network's Carols by Candlelight with Lisa Wilkinson replacing longtime host Ray Martin.
In 2011, along with his hosting role at Today, Stefanovic is a contributing reporter on 60 Minutes. More recently, Stefanovic began hosting a Sunday evening edition of A Current Affair (ACA Sunday). In December 2011 Stefanovic was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Investec LOYAL when it won line honours in the 2011 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Stefanovic hosted the Nine Network's evening reports on the 2012 London Olympics.
In December 2013, Stefanovic was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with his other celebrity crew members, Larry Emdur, Guillaume Brahimi, Tom Slingsby, Phil Waugh and Jude Bolton.
In October 2015, Stefanovic hosted television panel show The Verdict on the Nine Network. The weekly show mixed elements of successful programs The Project and Q&A but courted controversy with its line-up of panelists.
In July 2017, Stefanvoic began hosting This Time Next Year on the Nine Network.
Personal life
Stefanovic was born in Darlinghurst, New South Wales to a Serbian-German father and an Australian mother. His younger brother, Peter Stefanovic, is a Nine News presenter and reporter and Weekend Today host.
He was educated at St Augustines College (Cairns), Anglican Church Grammar School and the Queensland University of Technology, where he graduated with a degree in journalism in 1994.
Karl met journalist Cassandra Thorburn at a party in Rockhampton in 1995 and later married. Together they have 3 children. In September 2016, it was revealed that Stefanovic had separated from his wife after 21 years.
Controversy
In July 2016, Stefanovic received backlash from the LGBTQI community after using the word "tranny" and making a number of jokes deemed transphobic during a segment on Today. On July 29th, 2016, a day after the segment, Stefanovic made a public apology on the show stating that "I was an ignorant tool,” and further explained that he was now informed of how offensive the term was considered.
Awards
At the 2011 Logie Awards, Stefanovic won two awards - the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality, and the Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter.
Suit incident
On November 15, 2014, Stefanovic revealed in an interview with Fairfax Media that he had been wearing the same suit on-air every day for a year, "except for a couple of times because of circumstance," as what he claimed to be an experiment in sexism. He claims that, while his female colleagues receive regular criticism for whatever they wear, nobody noticed his outfit the whole time. He did, however, vary his ties and shirts more regularly than his suit.