Greg Champion

Location: Melbourne
Country: Australia

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Greg Champion's presentation is all about humour. Wall-to wall-laughs is his simple system. Stand-up comedy, with plenty of sport material, is his way. When outside of Victoria, Greg tailors his material to suit NSW & Queensland audiences, with reliance on his 23 years of shows at Tamworth Festival, plus around eight Gympie Muster appearances.

There would be few who aren't familiar with Greg Champion's work. His humorous lyrics, including "I made a hundred in the backyard at mum's" saw Greg's prominence as one of Australia's true funny-men grow, with regular work as part of the long running radio program "The Coodabeen Champions".

His song 'That's the thing about football' became an anthem for the AFL in the nineties, earning him repeat performances on centre stage at AFL & SANFL grand finals, and SCG games. Greg's lyrics speak to all of us who love our sport, which has led to him performing at 1500 functions since the late Eighties.

Greg Champion is part humourist, part folkie, half hippy, half bogan, part Victorian and completely South Australian.

Champs has probably crossed your radar through his shows around Australia at rural Community Halls, Sports Clubs, corporate gigs and folk and country music festivals as a musician, comedian or compere.

Greg drifted into radio in 1983 on a fledgling public radio program, The Coodabeen Champions. He’s now been a member of the institutional Coodabeens on ABC radio for thirty-six, developing and sharing his particular brand of Aussie entertainment along the way.

It was 1985 when Macca of ABC’s Australia All Over started flogging Greg’s I Made a Hundred in the Backyard At Mum’s. Since then Champs has become known for songs like Cricket’s On The Radio, May Your Fridge Be Full Of Coldies, Still Haven’t Been on Burke’s Backyard, That’s The Thing About Football, and the double platinum-selling Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs.

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