Phil Keoghan

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Philip John Keoghan Template:Post-nominals (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; born 31 May 1967) is a New Zealand television presenter, best known for hosting the American version of The Amazing Race on CBS, since its 2001 debut. He is the creator and host of No Opportunity Wasted, which has been produced in the United States, New Zealand, and Canada. Keoghan also co-created and hosts the American reality competition programme Tough as Nails, which debuted on CBS on 8 July 2020. As of 2021, he has been involved with winning 10 Primetime Emmy Awards related to his work on The Amazing Race, where the show consecutively won the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program seven times.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life

Keoghan was born in Lincoln, a satellite town of Christchurch, New Zealand.<ref name="christchurch quake"/> Due to his father's career, Keoghan spent a considerable part of his childhood in Antigua and Canada.<ref name="cnn now"/> His family had returned to Christchurch by the time he was in high school,<ref name="nzonscreen">Template:Cite web</ref> and following that, Keoghan attended St Andrew's College, Christchurch.<ref name="christchurch quake"/>

Television

Keoghan in 2006

While completing a TV cameraman apprenticeship, Keoghan successfully auditioned for the New Zealand children's show Spot On in 1988.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After a series of further presenter work in New Zealand television, including as a reporter on That's Fairly Interesting, he, at 23, and his wife Louise left for the United States after his show Keoghan's Heroes was picked up by an American network.<ref name="latimes fit">Template:Cite web</ref>

Keoghan originally auditioned for the host of Survivor. Though he made the shortlist, the CBS network ultimately chose Jeff Probst for Survivor, and offered Keoghan the hosting duties for The Amazing Race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="tar theage">Template:Cite news</ref> Keoghan has been host for the show from its inception and also serves as a producer. He currentlyTemplate:When has a contract extending for "several years" following The Amazing Race 18 in 2011 that will allow him to also develop other shows for CBS.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In a 2002 interview, Keoghan admitted that his pay for a single episode of The Amazing Race is more than an entire year on Spot On.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Shortly after the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Keoghan visited his hometown to ensure his family was safe but also to record segments for The Early Show to implore viewers to provide aid to the New Zealand Red Cross and to promote continued tourism, a fundamental part of New Zealand's economy, to the country.<ref name="christchurch quake">Template:Cite web</ref> At the same time, he participated in recording Air New Zealand's new safety video for its domestic jet fleet.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Keoghan has hosted over 1,000 different programme episodes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In June 2010, it was announced that Keoghan would host and produce a new reality series about the Velux 5 Oceans Race.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Keoghan told TMZ in 2010 that during the 10th season of The Amazing Race he was detained in Ukraine for two days until the U.S. ambassador in Ukraine intervened to free him.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Keoghan hosted National Geographic Explorer starting in the show's 11th season, to start airing in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> According to Keoghan, he had wanted to produce for Explorer and he and his wife-to-be had even filmed and submitted a pitch tape to the show's production at that time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

No Opportunity Wasted

While 19 and filming for Spot On, Keoghan and a partner dived down to the shipwreck of the MS Mikhail Lermontov, Template:Convert underwater.<ref name="nzonscreen"/> During filming, he was separated from his partner in the ship's ballroom and suffered a panic attack, considering it a near-death experience.<ref name="latimes fit"/> He was rescued by his dive partner, and though shaken, insisted on facing his fear and returned the next day to complete filming.<ref name="nzonscreen"/> From then on, Keoghan set out to live his life to the fullest by accomplishing exotic goals and taking risks, creating a "No Opportunity Wasted" (NOW) list of activities he wanted to complete in his life;<ref name="cnn now">Template:Cite web</ref> In his book No Opportunity Wasted, Keoghan wrote: Template:Quote Since then, Keoghan has broken a world bungee jumping record, gone diving in the world's longest underwater caves, eaten a meal on top of an erupting volcano, and renewed his vows underwater while feeding sharks. He was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where he shared with Oprah his list of things he wants to do before he dies. Template:Citation needed

Keoghan co-developed the television show No Opportunity Wasted, initially premiering in 2004, that reflected on this "No Opportunity Wasted" mantra. He also wrote a companion book, No Opportunity Wasted: 8 Ways to Create a List for the Life You Want.

Cycling

Keoghan is an avid cyclist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> From 28 March to 9 May 2009, Keoghan performed in "Ride Across America", in partnership with several organisations including GNC, to raise money for multiple sclerosis research. Keoghan and others biked Template:Convert from Los Angeles to New York City, averaging Template:Convert per day. Keoghan stopped in 39 cities en route, attending various events and participating in casting for season 15 of The Amazing Race; the ride culminated a day before the finale of season 14. The event raised $500,000, with over $400,000 coming from in-store donations during the ride.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His documentary movie The Ride about his ride across America, premiered on 3 February 2011.<ref>Noopportunitywasted.com</ref>

Keoghan later came across information about Harry Watson, an early-20th-century New Zealand cyclist that formed a team of four to become the first English-speaking team to ride in the Tour de France in 1928. Looking to celebrate Watson's legacy, Keoghan prepared to ride the same Tour de France course from 1928 (then, 22 legs at nearly Template:Convert compared to the modern Tour at Template:Convert), using the same type of gear-less bicycle as Watson and his team used, outside of using a modern riding seat. He and his riding partner Ben Cornell completed the ride in 2013, with their progress filmed by Keoghan's wife Louise and others. The footage was assembled for another film called Le Ride, which premiered in the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch at the New Zealand Film Festival in July 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Keoghan's father, John, is an agricultural scientist involved with conservation in New Zealand.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He appeared alongside his son as a Pit Stop greeter during the 13th season of The Amazing Race when the racers stopped in New Zealand. John Keoghan and his wife, Beth, run a bed and breakfast in Rolleston, New Zealand.<ref name="christchurch quake"/>

Keoghan's brother Andrew was a television reporter on Television New Zealand's One News and is a jazz singer. His sister, Ruth Keoghan Cooper, specialises in coaching, training and development programmes for professional women who wish to combine careers with motherhood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Keoghan currently lives with his wife and producing partner Louise Keoghan (née Rodrigues), and their daughter. Louise is an Australian-born television producer and director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and co-creator of No Opportunity Wasted and Tough as Nails. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California. They also have homes in Matarangi on the Coromandel Peninsula, and in Westport.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Awards

Keoghan was recognised in 2012 as one of six "Emerging Leaders" during the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards, due to his use of his celebrity status to support efforts such as Christchurch earthquake relief and efforts for multiple sclerosis.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2008, Keoghan was awarded the World Class New Zealand award in the 'Creative' category.<ref name="2008 World Class New Zealand Award Winners">Keanewzealand.com Template:Webarchive, Retrieved 28 September 2012.</ref>

In the 2014 New Year Honours, Keoghan was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a television presenter and to tourism.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

For his hosting of The Amazing Race, Keoghan was nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program in the second year of the award's creation but lost to Jeff Probst of Survivor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2018, Keoghan was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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2003 Primetime Emmy Awards<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Outstanding Reality Competition Program The Amazing Race Template:Won
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Shows

Keoghan has worked in more than seventy countries as a television host, producer, writer, and cameraman. Some of the shows Keoghan has been involved with include:

See also

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