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 Hey, hey, I'm a bloody idiot - Drive.com.au   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Former television personality Daryl Somers admitted he was a "bloody idiot" after pleading guilty in court yesterday to a drink driving charge.
Somers, 49, the former host of Hey Hey It's Saturday, was fined $600 but kept his licence and avoided a conviction after the Melbourne Magistrates Court heard he had a blood alcohol reading of.098.
Somers' lawyer Mark Klemens said his client had an unblemised driving record over 25 years and had already paid a penalty for his lapse when reports of the incident were leaked to the media the next day.
www.drive.com.au /Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=2567&vf=1   (423 words)

  
 Daryl Somers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daryl Somers (born Daryl Schultz August 6, 1951 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia), sometimes referred to as Dazza or Dags, is an Australian television personality.
In late 2004 Somers returned to the small screen when he made the controversial move to sign with Nine's arch rival, the Seven Network.
In May 2006, Somers was voted the Worst Male TV Personality and Hey Hey was voted Australia's ALL TIME Most Overrated TV Show in The Fuglies which is the Australian television anti-awards.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daryl_Somers   (677 words)

  
 Camp Quality::How Can I Help?::Patrons
Daryl Somers is a familiar face to viewers of the Nine Network.
Daryl Somers' personal popularity has been marked over the years by winning 17 TV Week Logie Awards, including the prestigious Gold Logie in 1983, 1986 and 1989, and he hosted the Awards in 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Camp Quality are thrilled that Daryl has agreed to become a patron and are looking forward to working together to bring some fun and laughter into the lives of our special children.
www.campquality.org.au /help/patrons.cfm?section=darylsomers   (191 words)

  
 WAYJO - West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra
Prior to his television career, Daryl was a professional vocalist and drummer and has continued his singing career with numerous concerts across Australia.
Daryl Somers’ personal popularity has been marked over the years by winning 29 TV Week Logie Awards and countless other Industry Awards.
Daryl is married to Julie de Costa, former Senior Artist with the Australian Ballet.
www.wayjo.com /about-patrons.php   (823 words)

  
 Song and dance man - TV & Radio - Entertainment - theage.com.au
Somers also offered a glimpse of his feelings for his TV alma mater, Channel Nine, just down the road, his growing enthusiasm for running, fitness and dancing, and his thoughts about television today.
Somers is cautious when you ask him what he feels about television today, about other programs being offered by the networks.
Somers, an enthusiastic ambassador for the Alice Springs Masters Games, who competed in their 10-kilometre race, is becoming more enthused about fitness and running, perhaps a 15- kilometre fun-run, maybe even a marathon.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2006/03/01/1141095746319.html?from=rss   (1581 words)

  
 Re: Sale of the missing century???? -- Australian Game Shows
FORMER Hey Hey It's Saturday host Daryl Somers is planning a comeback and is strongly tipped to be the new Sale Of The Century host, according to industry insiders.
Somers was a hot tip for the Sale role six months ago after Grundy Entertainment, which makes the show, failed to replace Glenn Ridge, despite extensive auditions.
Somers has kept a low profile since Hey Hey stopped in late 1999 but he did return to the stage in the musical Bye Bye Birdie in July.
www.voy.com /153010/11.html   (826 words)

  
 SeedQuest - News section
Daryl Somers leads an innovative new WGRF Endowment Fund project designed to tap this dramatic potential.
Dr. Daryl Somers, a molecular genetics research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg, and colleagues are developing a new "informatics" system - a combination of a database and related software - designed to give wheat breeders access to better genetic information on which to base their breeding strategies.
Somers' project is the first supported under a new "innovation" category of the Western Grains Research Foundation Endowment Fund, in recognition of it's broad potential to benefit the western grain industry.
www.seedquest.com /News/releases/2004/january/7407.htm   (1572 words)

  
 Alice Springs Masters Games 2002
Somers has accepted an invitation by organisers to be a guest medal presenter to ASMG competitors at the 2002 ASMG in October.
Somers - who fronted a successful NT tourism campaign many years ago - will reward athletes who win gold, silver or bronze in the 38 sports on offer.
While Somers won't be able to present every medal, ASMG organisers are planning for Somers to visit as many sports as possible.
www.nt.gov.au /cdsca/dsr/asmg/news/aug1202.htm   (317 words)

  
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Daryl: I have something to give you straight off the bat, because this is wonderful.
Daryl: I'll tell you what, It was such excitement, we had literally hundreds of people outside the gates earlier today, we had to strengthen our security.
Daryl: And it was going to be Alberquerque(??) but you thought Alberquerque(?) was a weird...that Milwaukee worked better.
www.angelfire.com /journal2/onlyhope/hey.html   (655 words)

  
 POST Newspapers Online: Impressions Home
Daryl Somers raced into Perth to promote a concert that wil bring together his close friends, Don Burrows, James Morrison and Graeme Lyall.
To celebrate their 20th year, patron Daryl Somers suggested a fund-raising concert that would bring together great music, great musicians and great friends.
Daryl and Graeme Lyall, then his musical director, surprised the American producers by getting more Hollywood starsto agree to appear on Hey, Hey than would ever go on US television shows.
www.postnewspapers.com.au /20030510/impressions/home.shtml   (738 words)

  
 SeedQuest - News section
Dr. Daryl Somers, a molecular genetics research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg, and his research team are developing a genotype-based informatics system to store information on wheat genetics, for use by western Canadian wheat breeding programs.
In Somers' project, the system will include DNA "fingerprints" or genotype data of wheat varieties, along with links to information on the genetic history of various wheat plants.
More of Somers' perspective on the potential of informatics for wheat breeding is the subject of a feature article in the January 2004 edition of Western Grains Research Magazine, available on the WGRF Web site: www.westerngrains.com.
www.seedquest.com /News/releases/2004/january/7562.htm   (672 words)

  
 Hey hey, Somers to make comeback - TV & Radio - www.theage.com.au
Daryl Somers with former co-host of Hey Hey it's Saturday Ossie Ostrich.
Veteran Australian television host Daryl Somers is set to make a comeback as the host of new celebrity dancing show on the Seven Network.
Somers said he was looking forward to his return in television.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/08/27/1093518062222.html?from=storylhs   (173 words)

  
 Daryl Somers comes to Seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Somers will host the variety show in which eight Australian celebrities will dare to be paired up with leading professional dancers to train and then compete in a live television knock-out ballroom dancing competition.
Based on the smash-hit BBC format Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with the Stars will see the celebrities put through their paces during a month of rehearsals to ensure they’re in the best possible shape for the first live prime-time performance in October.
Somers says: “When I was approached by Granada to host this show it sounded like an exciting format and after seeing tapes of the English program, I was hooked.
www.sevencorporate.com.au /page.asp?partid=558   (300 words)

  
 Variety TV could return: Darryl Somers
Somers now hosts reality series Dancing With The Stars, which is in its fifth series and remains a strong ratings drawcard for the Seven Network.
Somers has adopted the same ad-lib style for Dancing With The Stars he mastered on Hey Hey It's Saturday.
Somers will return to his Hey Hey It's Saturday roots this week, hosting The Best and Worst of Red Faces on Seven.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=155128   (581 words)

  
 A review - Hey Hey It's Saturday - By Request
The show's main host (Daryl Somers) would host the show from the start until the very end (it was last broadcast on 20/11/1999).
In 1994, Somers Carroll produced a series of one hour long specials airing on the Nine Network entitled "Hey, Hey, by request".
Starring: Daryl Somers, Ernie (Ossie Ostrich) Carroll, Jacki MacDonald, Rhonda Burchmore, John Blackman, the SFX wizardry of Murray Tregonning, the graphic wit of David Ross and Andrew Fyfe, Melissa Hannan, Robin Bailey, Mark (Plucka Duck) McGahan, Russell Gilbert, Trevor (Tumut) Marmalade, Ian (Molly) Meldrum, Wilbur Wilde and Red Symons
shop.brucelaing.com /hhbr.html   (406 words)

  
 Friendly Chat
Daryl: Just touching you for I can touch you at the because you are so hot at the moment, it's unbelieveable, I mean Friends, Lost In Space....
Daryl: I thought it'd be rude and ask, It's fantastic for you, you must be very excited about the sucess of the movie.
Daryl: There was one with the robot Robbie the Robot, you saw from the TV series, he grabs you and he toss your body going everywhere you jumped on him and he just throws you against the wall did you sustain any injuries from that one?
www.angelfire.com /me/qurkyusfriends/interviews.html   (607 words)

  
 Latest News (page1.htm)
Daryl Somers is back at work in the public eye, with his appointment as deputy chairman of the council of ScreenSound Australia.
Mr Somers' show, Hey Hey It's Saturday, was dumped by the Nine Network 12 months ago.
Mr Somers, 49, and Hey Hey received 29 Logie Awards and he was recently presented with the Special Achievement Award at the recent ARIAs for his contribution to the Australian music industry.
home.iprimus.com.au /nenews/items/00120203.htm   (291 words)

  
 New York Guide ยป Blog Archive » daryl somers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mrs Somers couldn't care less about Daryl discovering her secret, His first contact by use of Daryl Somers was in 1996, when Daryl asked Rove to get him certain.
Daryl Somers, certain molecular genetics research scientist by use of Agriculture and Agri-Food Dr. 1991 · Daryl Somers, World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia 1988 · Daryl Somers, Hyatt On Collins, Melbourne, Australia.
Daryl Somers, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Nine Network.
www.newyorkstate.cn /daryl-somers.html   (200 words)

  
 Transcript - And the winner is ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
MIKE MUNRO: For Daryl Somers, the joy of our television is that it so often flies by the seat of its pants.
DARYL SOMERS: Well, I received the Gold Logie and it was given to me by Graham, which was very important.
MIKE MUNRO: Of course, Daryl Somers is now back on the box, returning to live TV and big ratings in Dancing with the Stars.
sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au /sixtyminutes/stories/2005_05_01/story_1366.asp   (1608 words)

  
 newidea.com.au
Daryl made his professional TV debut as the host of the afternoon kids’ show Cartoon Corner on July 14, 1971.
Somers Carroll Pty Ltd went on to own and produce Hey Hey as well many Hey Hey specials and later the comedy series The Russell Gilbert Show and Gonged But Not Forgotten.
Daryl became an ambassador for the Alice Springs Masters Games in 2002 and, in 2004 competed in the 10km race.
www.newidea.com.au /display.cfm?objectid=1064D5FC-16CF-4B62-9BC7189E700E6D09   (1421 words)

  
 ausculture: Daryl Somers Returns!
Daryl, or The Big D as no one actually called him, is famous for hosting one of Australia's longest running shows - dragging it out...
In news no doubt bound to plunge the nation into shock, ex-Hey Hey It’s Saturday host Daryl Somers is rumoured to be returning to television!
Daryl, or The Big D as no one actually called him, is famous for hosting one of Australia’s longest running shows - dragging it out at least 10 years past its expiry date.
www.ausculture.com /archives/000018.html   (324 words)

  
 Songlines by Daryl Somers CD
Daryl Somers has had an illustrious career in Australian TV.
After 28 years as the host of Australia's longest running TV show, "Hey Hey It's Saturday", Daryl Somers is now the host of "Dancing With The Stars" on Seven.
Through "Dancing With The Stars", Somers has firmly placed himself back on the radar of the Australian public.
www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/7006280/a/Songlines.htm   (217 words)

  
 Dorinny Dot Com: Hey Hey It's Daryl!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He was one of the dance instructors that featured on the reality TV show which ran earlier this year.
I loved Daryl Somers back in the day when he was hosting Hey Hey It's Saturday.
But then as I contemplated the idea for a little longer, I realised that Daryl was actually the HOST!
dorinny.blogspot.com /2006/09/hey-hey-its-daryl.html   (435 words)

  
 Will Somers never end? - TV & Radio - Entertainment - smh.com.au
Somers has taken out a top TV Fugly Award, a satirical version of the TV Week Logies.
"Daryl was a voters favourite right from the start and proves a show can succeed despite the fact it's host stumbles over his lines and makes mistakes consistently," Fugly Awards creator Anthony Dever said.
He was voted Australia's all time most overrated TV star while Hey Hey It's Saturday, a show Somers hosted for many years, took out the most overrated TV show award.
www.smh.com.au /news/tv--radio/somers-over-for-fugly-fans/2006/05/05/1146335906421.html   (425 words)

  
 Daryl Somers set for comeback?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Could former 'Hey Hey It's Saturday' host, Daryl Somers, be up for the top hosting job on the new-look 'Sale'?
According to our network spies, Somers is first in line to become Nine's newest quizmaster.
Daryl Somers is no stranger to quiz shows.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /entertainment/news/publish/printer_0001DarylSomerssetforcomeback.shtml   (151 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - daryl, CDs, DVDs, Records items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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 Townsville Bulletin: Out of the Box [ 20oct06 ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
A recent analysis of his hosting skills in a leading newspaper said Somers `lacks the smoothness you'd look for in a host of a show such as this'.
He should rename himself Daryl Pineapple he was so rough.
But when I whinged to colleagues about Somers' shocker – incredulous that a host could be so terrible but the program he fronts so popular - I received little support.
townsvillebulletin.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,7034,20613851^15702,00.html   (659 words)

  
 Alice Springs News, June 18, 1997
However, there are provisions for the contract to be reviewed after 12 months, and the commission says his role may change in the light of a review under way now, looking for new ways of lifting the ailing tourism industry.
Somers has fronted advertising for the NT Tourist Commission (NTTC) since 1994.
The commission claims there are no plans to dump Somers but says it is "reevaluating" promotion strategies.
www.alicespringsnews.com.au /0420.html   (3655 words)

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