Sam Pang

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Australian comedian, presenter, and writer

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::summary Australian comedian, presenter, and writer ::

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FieldValue
nameSam Pang
imageSam Pang 2016.JPG
captionPang at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony
birth_nameSamuel Pang
birth_dateNovember 3, 1973
birth_placeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
nationalityAustralian
occupation
years active2001−present
employerNetwork 10
Seven Network
televisionHave You Been Paying Attention?
The Front Bar
Sam Pang Tonight
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Samuel Pang is an Australian comedian, television presenter, writer, producer and former radio host.

Pang is a host of The Front Bar with Mick Molloy and Andy Maher and is a regular panellist, alongside Ed Kavalee, on Network 10's Have You Been Paying Attention?. He also hosts his own weekly variety tonight show Sam Pang Tonight. Pang has hosted the Logie Awards in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

He was the host of Chrissie, Sam & Browny on Nova 100 with Chrissie Swan and Jonathan Brown.

Early life and education

Pang attended Gold Street Primary School with Lidia Thorpe. He also attended Kew High School. Pang studied marketing at university.

Career

Football

Pang played Australian rules football for the Collingwood under-19s team in 1991. He played six games and kicked one goal. Collingwood made the grand final in the final season of the under-19s competition but Pang was not selected. In 1992, he moved to Sebastopol in the Ballarat Football League where he was coached by former Carlton champion, Wayne Johnston. He then played for Prahran in the VFA where he was coached by former VFL player, Brian Taylor, when selected in the senior side.

Pang went on to play country football in regional Victoria, and for Sandy Bay in Tasmania for a number of years. He was involved with the Tongala Football Club in the Goulburn Valley Football League from 1996 to 1998. He remained in the city, holding down a range of odd jobs, and received a small fee for his football services.

Radio

Pang turned to radio hosting at the age of 28, at the urging of his friends. He co-hosted Triple R's Breakfasters program for five years (2004-2008).

In January 2011, Pang presented Summer Nights on ABC Local Radio.

During the 2012 London Olympics, alongside Santo Cilauro, Pang presented The Rush Hour on Melbourne's Triple M while regular hosts James Brayshaw and Billy Brownless were at the Olympics.

From February to April 2011, Pang appeared on the radio-comedy programme The Lonely Hearts Club which was broadcast on Saturday nights from 10 pm to midnight on ABC Radio National. The show, played completely straight, featured an uncredited Pang appearing under the pseudonym of sports journalist Terry Wood, alongside Angus Sampson, Stephen Curry and Tony Martin as other fictional co-hosts.

In January 2016, Pang was appointed co-host of the Nova 100 breakfast program, Chrissie, Sam & Browny, with Chrissie Swan and Jonathan Brown. The show ran for seven years, ending in December 2022.

In September 2016, Pang joined Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee to co-host a podcast version of Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football on ABC Radio.

Television

Pang has hosted a variety of television shows. His first hosting role was in 2009, when he hosted ADbc, a quiz show based on history-related topics. It aired on SBS One and lasted for one season.

In 2009, Pang started doing commentary work with Julia Zemiro on the Eurovision Song Contest, as part of the Australian delegation. He remained in that role until 2017.

In 2010, with Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee, Pang co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!, a variety/panel/sports program coinciding with the FIFA World Cup airing on SBS TV. He has written for TV Burp, which was also hosted by Kavalee, on Channel Seven.

In February 2012, Pang reunited with Cilauro and Kavalee to co-host a spin-off of Cup Fever on Channel Seven called Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!. In August 2012, he was one of the reporters for ABC2 at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

In late 2013, Pang co-hosted Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football on Fox Sports, again with Cilauro and Kavalee. The show lasted two seasons, finishing in 2015.

Since 2013, Pang has been a regular panellist on Network 10's weekly game show, Have You Been Paying Attention?, which has won numerous Logie Awards.

In 2015, alongside Mick Molloy and Andy Maher, Pang began co-hosting The Front Bar, which airs on Channel Seven.

Pang presented a 2017 Logie Award with Lorrae Desmond, his mother's cousin. Six years later, he hosted the Logie Awards in 2023, becoming the first solo host of the event in eleven years, since Shane Bourne hosted the 2011 ceremony. Pang went on to host the Logie Awards again in 2024 and 2025.

In September 2024, it was announced that Pang would be hosting a weekly talk/variety show, Sam Pang Tonight, which then premiered on Network 10 on 17 March 2025. The series was renewed for a second season in April 2025, set to return in the second half of the year. The second season premiered on 13 October 2025.

References

References

  1. Knox, David. (17 June 2023). "Sam Pang to host 63rd TV Week Logie Awards". TV Tonight.
  2. "The Crissie Swan Show Facebook Video".
  3. "Have You Been Paying Attention?".
  4. "Under-19s Players L-Q".
  5. (2018-12-23). "Sam Pang: Not Even Close - The Complete Collection".
  6. Walker-Pearce, Fraser. (28 Feb 2018). "Sam calls in a favour to lure Lions legend up to Tongala". Kyabram Free Press.
  7. {{YouTube. g_qssZrJWIE. Santo Cilauro & Sam Pang – The Little Dum Dum Club, 2 August 2015
  8. (2009-08-20). "Mixing humour and history". The Age.
  9. (14 February 2011). "New comedy? Yes indeed".
  10. (7 November 2015). "Jonathan Brown and Sam Pang to join Chrissie Swan on Nova100 hosting breakfast in 2016".
  11. (15 January 2016). "NOVA's New Brekkie Show Chrissie, Sam & Browny Go Live A Day Early!". BandT.
  12. "Nova 100's Chrissie, Sam & Browny say their goodbyes on their final show". [[MediaWeek]].
  13. [http://www.sbs.com.au/article/109381/SBS-off-to-Eurovision-2009 "SBS off to Eurovision 2009!"]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
  14. Knox, David. (23 April 2017). "Logie Awards 2017: guide".
  15. Cullen, Tamara. (20 June 2023). "Sam Pang takes aim as the host of the 63rd TV WEEK Logie Awards". [[Are Media]].
  16. Vernem, Emily. (18 August 2024). "All the stars Sam Pang targeted in his Logies monologue.". [[Mamamia (website).
  17. Knox, David. (1 June 2025). "Sam Pang returns as 2025 Logies host". [[TV Tonight]].
  18. Thomas, Tia. (27 February 2025). "All the details on Sam Pang's show airing in 2025". [[Are Media]].
  19. Knox, David. (18 February 2025). "Airdate: Sam Pang Tonight".
  20. "Channel 10 reveals the fate of Sam Pang's late night talk show".

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