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Gallery of Shelley Craft
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Gallery of Shelley Craft
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Shelley Craft is an Australian television presenter and media personality known for hosting Saturday Disney, The Great Outdoors, Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show, Domestic Blitz, and The Block. Her career has also included sports reporting, travel television, property programs, real-estate work, and long-running roles with the Seven and Nine networks.
Background
Shelley Craft was born on June 21, 1976, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She grew up in Brisbane with her parents, two brothers, a sister, and a number of family pets. Her parents undertook several home-building and renovation projects during her childhood, an experience that later corresponded with Craft's longstanding association with property and renovation television.
Craft has described enjoying the social, sporting, speech, and drama aspects of school more than conventional academic study. After completing secondary school, she spent a gap year presenting at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast before seeking work experience at Channel Seven in Brisbane.
Education
Craft completed secondary education in Queensland. After school, she gained practical media experience at Warner Bros. Movie World and then at Channel Seven in Brisbane, where an initial work-experience placement led to employment as a production assistant and an audition for Saturday Disney.
Her early training was therefore primarily practical and television-based rather than university-based. Channel Seven was one of Australia's major commercial television networks, while Movie World provided a public-facing entertainment environment in which Craft developed presenting experience.
Career
Craft began her television career at Channel Seven in Brisbane after an early work-experience placement. She worked first as a production assistant and then became a presenter and segment producer on Saturday Disney, a children's program she hosted from 1996 to 2002 and returned to on occasional later broadcasts. The program established her as a television presenter and led to further work in sports and travel broadcasting.
During the Seven Network years, Craft reported for programs and events including Sunrise, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and several Melbourne Cup broadcasts. She joined The Great Outdoors as a reporter in 2001 and became one of its presenters from 2002 to 2007, covering travel and destination features for a national audience. She also hosted the 2002 revival of Perfect Match with the puppet character Agro and co-hosted Carols in the Domain in 2006.
Craft moved to the Nine Network in 2008, taking over as host of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show and joining Scott Cam on Domestic Blitz. Her Nine Network work expanded into renovation and property television, including presenting segments of The Block, hosting the Saturday Showdown edition of Big Brother Australia in 2013, and appearing on Reno Rumble and Your Domain. She has co-hosted The Block since 2011, where her role has included presenting renovation challenges, meeting contestants, and contributing to the program's property and design coverage.
Craft has also developed professional interests in property. She and her husband have undertaken residential renovation projects in the Byron Bay region, and she obtained real-estate accreditation and worked with Pacifico Property. Her television work has continued alongside podcasting, event hosting, and property-related media projects.
Craft co-hosted Australia's Guinness World Records with Grant Denyer in 2005.
She reported from major sporting events including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and multiple Melbourne Cup broadcasts.
Craft became a long-running co-host and presenter of The Block, one of Australia's best-known renovation and property television programs.
Views
Craft has spoken about the importance of creating a home that functions as a sanctuary for family life. Her public work on renovation and property programs has consistently connected design with practical living, comfort, and the emotional value of domestic spaces.
Personality
Craft has described herself as energetic, sociable, and strongly interested in television, home-making, renovation, and family life. In interviews, she has emphasized the importance of home as a place of security and personal connection.
Interests
Home renovation, residential property, interior design, travel, surfing, family life, and podcasting.
Connections
Craft is married to Christian Sergiacomi, a cameraman and property professional with whom she has worked on residential renovation projects in the Byron Bay area. They have two daughters. Craft was previously married to Brett De Billinghurst, with the marriage ending in divorce.
husband:
Christian Sergiacomi
Cameraman and property professional; he has worked with Craft on residential renovation projects in the Byron Bay region.
husband:
Brett De Billinghurst
Craft's former husband; their marriage ended in divorce.
The Dharma Door: In Conversation with Shelley Craft
An interview covering Craft's upbringing in Brisbane, entry into television, work on Saturday Disney and The Great Outdoors, move to the Nine Network, and interest in home renovation.
Great Expectation Speakers: Shelley Craft
A professional biography outlining Craft's television presenting, sports reporting, work on The Great Outdoors, Nine Network programs, The Block, event hosting, podcasting, and property activities.
