Pete Lazer

From hosting a top-rating dating show on Channel 9, to being the AFL’s match day MC in the middle of the MCG – Pete Lazer has been a man in demand! Audiences and crowds from 100 to over 90,000 are kept entertained with his infectious enthusiasm, unlimited energy and engaging professional personality. In the past year alone he has worked as MC for the AFL, Cricket Australia, Hyundai A-League, Melbourne Storm, Formula One and Netball Australia as match day MC. Throw in any number of functions for over 1500 people with awards nights, product launches, charity functions, Christmas parties and corporate events… the dichotomy of his skill set is second to none. Sport, fashion, entertainment – you name it, Pete Lazer can do it. Pete is host of the cult hit show Shopping for Love, onChannel 9 – a summer TV hit that attracted more than 900,000 viewers per episode! He is also presenting “On Display” for Channel 9, showcasing the very best of home design and the best urban developments. The most recent exciting news sees Pete reporting for “Talk to the Animals” on Channel 9 – another great step in an ever impressive career! This year’s Twenty-20 cricket at the MCG had almost 90,000 people – and Pete Lazer in the middle of the MCG as the enthusiastic and infectiously entertaining host. As the match day MC during the AFL season, over 85,000 are engaged at the MCG and the Telstra Dome, not to mention the Commonwealth Games, the Grand Prix or watching the Melbourne Storm. Maybe you saw him as the MC for Melbourne Victory, or at an Australian netball test? Chances are you have seen and enjoyed his amazing energy and hosting ability. Pete was also the host and producer of Beyond the Boundary, on Channel 10 during the 2006 season. A brand new game show has just been piloted with Pete as host, and this will join many of his other roles from the past - welcoming new faces to Melbourne on Skybus TV, a pre-Commonwealth Games show “Naked Melbourne” (since titled “Melbourne Confidential”) and was formerly hosting a car show on Channel 31. Earlier this year he completed 2 pilot television shows “Let’s Get Wet” and “5 minutes with Fame” and continually hosts various corporate events across the country. The past year has seen Pete fly all over the country to front ANZ’s Breakout Campaign, as well as host events for Stella Artois in Sydney and charity functions in Adelaide. Back in Melbourne, Pete has MC’d or hosted for many big names – from fashion (Millinery Collection @ Flemington) and Miss Universe Australia Final (2006-2008), to entertainment (5th Avenue functions and Moomba concerts) to more sporting and award dinners everywhere. He even counted down the New Year for over 15,000 party goers as the host of the World Party at Federation Square. And he’s been invited back to do it all again this year to bring in 2009! Over the past few years, Pete Lazer as the face of Primus Telecom TV commercials, being seen on billboards, the internet and in your mailbox – you’ll even hear him on the radio! A great campaign and well-positioned brand for a new Australian celebrity face to be fronting. During the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, the voice and energy of swimming on the pool deck every morning and night, to rapturous applause and excitement. Many described the swimming as the most unbelievable sporting event they had witnessed – not least due to the noise and exhilaration generated by Pete before and during the events at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. Pete also writes feature articles with Postcards Magazine, Golf Australia Magazine and Edge Magazine. On a charity front, Pete is a current board member for Variety, the Children’s Charity and Chairperson of the Young Variety Committee. He has hosted My Room, for the Royal Children’s Hospital, raising over $700,000 on the night at Crown Casino. He’s also fronted Purple Nights, for the Allanah and Madeline Foundation and the Parkinson’s Victoria Gala Dinner. Add to that hosting Brainwave, EJ Whitten Foundation and many other events – he is the MC that everybody wants.