Darren McMullen

Darren McMullen (born 10 February 1982) is a Scottish television and radio presenter and personality, music journalist and music critic. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated with his family to Australia at the age of 12.[1] He is best known as the co-host of The Voice Australia. Prior to his career as a presenter, he was a student at Bradfield College and then an advertising executive.[2]

Darren McMullen
McMullen at the Sydney premiere of the 2013 film The Great Gatsby
Born (1982-02-10) 10 February 1982
Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality
  • Scottish
OccupationTV presenter
Years active2000s–present
Employer(s)Nine Network (till 2016; 2020–present)
Seven Network (2016–2020)
Known forThe Voice Kids (2014)
The Voice (2012–2015; 2020)
Minute to Win It (2010)
Commercial Breakdown (2009)
PartnerRechelle Jenkins (2009-2011) Crystal Reed (2013–2019)
Websitedarrenmcmullen.tv

In August 2019, McMullen performed as the 'Prawn' in the first season of The Masked Singer Australia.[3]

Career

McMullen's career as a host and presenter began as a presenter with Arena's Exclusive news on Foxtel and with appearances in major advertising campaigns for Westfield and Gloria Jean's. Darren appeared weekly on MTV Australia's The Lair in 2007 and 2008. In addition to hosting on The Lair, McMullen also hosted a monthly car DVD called Ignition.[2]

In 2009, he hosted Commercial Breakdown on the Nine Network. In 2010, McMullen signed with the Seven Network as host of their new primetime game show Minute to Win It.[2][4]

On 29 June 2011, McMullen debuted as the host of the prime-time reality show Love in the Wild on NBC in the US and CTV in Canada.[1][2] McMullen also returned to his native United Kingdom to host the British version of Minute to Win It on ITV2[1] (which was cancelled after one eight-episode season) and hosted Series 2 of The Magicians on BBC One.

It was announced that McMullen would host The Voice Australia when it debuted in 2012.[5] For the first and second seasons in 2012 and 2013, McMullen co-hosted the show with Faustina Agolley. He took over as a solo host in Season 3 in 2014 and then was joined by Nine Network personality Sonia Kruger for Season 4 in 2015. McMullen announced via social media that he was leaving The Voice after four seasons.[6] Sonia Kruger will stay as solo host.[6]

In 2014, McMullen hosted the six-episode series Darren McMullen's Outsiders on National Geographic Channel, which focused on alternative lifestyles taking him on taboo adventures.[6][7]

In 2014, McMullen was cast as Alex Larden on the drama House Husbands.[6][8][9]

On 13 March 2016, it was announced that McMullen had re-joined the Seven Network once again to host a new show, The Big Music Quiz.[10]

In late 2019, McMullen appeared in the first season of The Masked Singer Australia as the Prawn and he was fifth voted out of the show.[3]

In 2022, McMullen competed on the sixth season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.[11] He finished the series as the runner-up, raising over $500,000 for his chosen charity Feel the Magic.[12] He is also set to host Australia's version of The Real Love Boat on Network 10.[13]

In 2023, McMullen competed on the seventh season of The Amazing Race Australia with his nephew, Tristan Dougan.[14]

Personal life

McMullen was in a relationship with Crystal Reed from July 2013 to early 2019.[15][16] McMullen had previously said that the two had planned on marriage and children, but he was not willing to get married until his country of Australia legalised same-sex marriage.[17] It was legalised in December 2017.

References
  1. Nededog, Jethro (29 June 2011). "'Love in the Wild' Host Darren McMullen: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Me". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. "Darren McMullen is in 'Love' with hosting a TV show". Nola.com. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. Morgan, Michaela (7 October 2019). "'I Was So Scared of You!': Dannii Minogue Finally Finds Out Who 'The Masked Singer's Prawn Is". 10 Daily. 10 Daily. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. Schipp, Debbie (20 June 2010). "Storm clouds a crowd". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  5. Byrnes, Holly (28 October 2011). "Darren McMullen returns on a high note to host The Voice for Channel 9". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. Byrnes, Holly (30 January 2016). "Darren takes a shine to acting roels". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. "Darren McMullen's Outsiders". National Geographic. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. Vickery, Colin (29 July 2014). "Voice host Darren McMullen spies big career move as the next 007". News.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  9. Casamento, Jo (26 June 2014). "Bianca Dye and Darren McMullen on their new roles". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  10. Byrnes, Holly (13 March 2016). "Darren McMullen joins Seven for The Big Music Quiz, Chrissie Swan and Anh Do get weepy". News.com.au. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  11. Knox, David (22 May 2022). "Celebrity Apprentice 2022: Meet the Cast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  12. Haddad, Kailah (21 June 2022). "Exclusive: Darren McMullen admits it was 'tough' going up against Benji Marshall in Celebrity Apprentice finale". 9Now. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  13. Knox, David (23 June 2022). "Crew sets sail on 10's Real Love Boat". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  14. "The Amazing Race Australia Celebrity Edition: Meet The 11 Teams". 10Play. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  15. Confidential, Sydney (10 January 2014). "Darren McMullen finds new love". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney.
  16. "Darren McMullen admits: The truth about Delta Goodrem and Me". 28 July 2019.
  17. "Darren McMullen opens up about tying the knot with girlfriend Crystal Reed". 6 July 2017.
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