Scott Tweedie is an Australian television and radio presenter, reporter, and producer known for hosting the children's series Prank Patrol, the music program The Loop, and Australian Idol. His career has included youth television, entertainment reporting, radio, international broadcasting, and live event hosting.
Background
Scott Tweedie was born on January 29, 1988, in Brisbane, Queensland. He attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, a Brisbane Catholic secondary school founded by the Christian Brothers in 1875, and was captain of cross country in his senior year in 2005. He has two older sisters.
Tweedie initially planned to become a merchant banker and completed a university degree in commerce and finance before turning toward broadcasting. His early move from finance to media led him to radio work in Brisbane and then to television hosting.
Education
Tweedie attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, in Brisbane. The school is one of Queensland's longstanding Catholic boys' colleges and has maintained a prominent tradition in academic, sporting, and public life.
He later completed a university degree in commerce and finance. The institution's name and dates are not established in the available biographical record, but the qualification formed part of the commercial and financial path he initially considered before entering broadcasting.
Career
Tweedie began his broadcasting career as a radio presenter with Nova 106.9 in Brisbane, a commercial FM station launched in 2004 as part of the Nova Entertainment network. In 2009, he made his television debut as host of ABC3's Prank Patrol, the Australian adaptation of a Canadian children's hidden-camera format. The program involved children planning pranks with the assistance of the show's team and guest experts, and it became the principal early television role through which Tweedie reached a young Australian audience.
He continued with ABC children's programming as co-host of Splatalot! with Kayne Tremills in 2011 and as co-host of WAC: World Animal Championships with Amberley Lobo in 2013. Splatalot! was a medieval-themed physical game show built around an obstacle course, while WAC presented humorous animal competitions. These programs established Tweedie as a presenter able to work across games, youth entertainment, and factual-comedy formats.
In 2012, Tweedie became co-host of The Loop on Eleven, later associated with Network Ten's digital-channel operations, alongside Ash London. The music program combined weekly downloaded-song charts with new Australian releases, classic music, viral videos, and interviews, and Tweedie presented more than 400 episodes during the show's extended run. He subsequently co-hosted the movie program Movie Juice with Jessica Tovey and reporter Alicia Malone from 2014.
Tweedie broadened his television work during the late 2010s. He became a reporter for Studio 10, hosted the behind-the-scenes entertainment series Edge of the Jungle connected with I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and undertook additional hosting and presenting assignments for Network Ten, including guest co-hosting Dancing with the Stars Australia and guest hosting The Amazing Race Australia in 2022. In 2019 he moved to the United States to join NBCUniversal's E! network, where he co-hosted E! News and Pop of the Morning from New York and also presented the social-media program HappE! Hour during the COVID-19 period.
Tweedie returned to Australian television as co-host of the revived Australian Idol with Ricki-Lee Coulter from 2023. The Seven Network retained the pair for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, placing Tweedie in a nationally broadcast music-competition format alongside his earlier work in music television and entertainment reporting.
Personality
In interviews about Prank Patrol, Tweedie described himself as a cheeky younger brother who enjoyed planning pranks, and he connected that self-description with the informal, playful style he brought to children's television. Public profiles have likewise characterized his presenting style as energetic, humorous, and fast-paced.
Quotes from others about the person
ABC Children's Television executive Tim Brooke-Hunt described Prank Patrol as an outstanding success and one of ABC3's most-watched programs during the period when Tweedie hosted it.
Connections
Tweedie has two older sisters.
