Shelley Craft

Infobox Celebrity
name = Shelley Craft


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birth_date = birth date and age|1976|6|21
birth_place = Australia
occupation = Television personality
spouse = Brett De Billinghurst Craft
(2001 - 2007)
maden name = Shelley Iliff
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Shelley De Billinghurt Craft (born Shelley Lorraine Iliff on June 21, 1976) and known professionally as Shelley Craft is an Australian television personality. She is most well known for her long-running presenting roles on the Seven Network programs "Saturday Disney" from 1996 until 2002, and "The Great Outdoors" from 2002 until 2007. As of 2008 she is currently working for the Nine Network on a number of programs, most notably as host of "Australia's Funniest Home Videos".

Television career

Channel Seven

Craft began her television career in the 1990s with a work experience stint at Channel Seven in Brisbane. This led to a job offer as a production assistant on a local program, and a few months later a co-host role with children's program "Saturday Disney". Craft remained with Saturday Disney as host for six years. Craft joined "The Great Outdoors" as a reporter in late 2001 and therefore chose to leave Saturday Disney in July 2002 whilst returning on occasion up until 2005.

As well as presenting stories for "The Great Outdoors", she has worked on several of Channel Seven's major sporting events, including the "2000 Summer Olympics" in Sydney (as part of the "Sunrise" team), the "2002 Winter Olympics" in Salt Lake City and the 2002, 2003 and 2004 "Melbourne Cups".

Along with puppet, Agro, Craft hosted the short-lived revival of dating game show "Perfect Match" in 2002. In 2005, she co-hosted "Australia's Guinness World Records" with Grant Denyer.

After the 2007 season, Craft left "The Great Outdoors" after a clean-out of the show, with several other presenters also shown the door.

In late 2007 it was reported that Craft could've been a possible replacement for Kate Ritchie as the co-host of "It Takes Two", but Craft, apparently miffed at the job offer, quit the network.

Her last on-air role at the network was presenting "Comedy Classics for Comic Relief" with Russell Gilbert.

Channel Nine

In January 2008, Craft signed with the Nine Network cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Craft joins Nine Blitz|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/01/craft-joins-nine-blitz.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=2008-01-18|accessdate=2008-01-19] cite web|first=|last=|title=Shafted Shelley Crift moves to Nine|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23040078-5006002,00.html|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=2008-01-12|accessdate=2008-01-19] , severing her long links with Seven Network. She will co-host an upcoming lifestyle series, "Domestic Blitz", alongside Scott Cam.

From 2008, Craft is currently the host of "Australia's Funniest Home Videos", succeeding Toni Pearen.

Later In 2008, Craft did a comercial for "National Tree Day" 2008

Personal life

Craft was married to marketing expert Brett De Billinghurst Craft from 2001-2007. She has since moved from Brisbane to Melbourne with her partner Christian who is a cameraman for the Nine Network. [New partner_ http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23974593-5006010,00.html]

Television roles

Commercials

YouTube Videos

* Australia's Funniest Home Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhxKGwUVhlU
* National Tree Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8El0HAOjeao
* Shelley @ The Logies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbKp1Nu3XKE

References

External links

* [http://au.travel.yahoo.com/great-outdoors/team/shelley-craft.html The Great Outdoors Profile]
* [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23103713-5012974,00.html Confidential Story]
* [http://www.whatagirlneeds.com.au/story/sep012006/shelly-craft What A Girl Needs interview with Shelley Craft]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508579/ Shelley Craft] on Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23974593-5006010,00.html]