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Toni Pearen
Toni Pearen
Born	Toni Michelle Pearen
Nationality	Australian
Occupations	Actress; singer; songwriter; TV presenter; journalist; media presenter;
Years active	1988–present
Known for	E Street
Notable work	Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
Spouse	Will Osmond (2007–present)
	Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instrument	vocals

Toni Michelle Pearen (born 5 June 1972) is an Australian entertainer, actress, singer, songwriter and television presenter. She initially became recognisable through her role on soap opera E Street from 1989 until 1992. She had a limited pop music career in the mid-1990s with the release of one album, Intimate (November 1994), which provided two ARIA certified gold singles, "In Your Room" (November 1992) and "I Want You" (April 1993).^[1] She was host of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show from 2003 to 2007, and competed on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars (2008).

Career

Film and television career

Pearen came to be known in 1989 when she landed the role of Toni Windsor on the Australian soap opera E Street.^[2] She played the role until 1992 when she left to pursue her music career. In 1994, she briefly returned to TV, this time playing Beth Armstrong on Home and Away.

Pearen also appeared in a number of films including All Men Are Liars, Colin Fitz Lives! and On the Dead Side, all released in 1995. From 1995 until 2002 Pearen lived and worked in the United States, guest starring in multiple television shows such as JAG.

Upon returning to Australia in 2002, Pearen landed the role as host of Nine's Australia's Funniest Home Video Show beginning February 2003.^[2]^[3] In an interview with ninemsn, she said the show was a perfect fit for her, and it "reminds us that strange things happen every day, and you need to laugh."

After Australia's Funniest Home Video Show Pearen took on a guest starring role with the soap Out of the Blue for five episodes, and in 2010 had a small part in the World War II miniseries The Pacific, produced by Steven Spielberg – the follow-up to Band of Brothers.^[4]

Pearen began appearing on the eighth season of the Seven Network's Dancing with the Stars.^[5]

In 2021, Pearen participated as a contestant in the seventh season of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia.^[6]

Music career

After leaving E Street, Pearen became a success in the Australian Dance Pop scene in 1992 and 1993, scoring two consecutive top 10^[7] ARIA Gold certified hits^[1] with "In Your Room" and "I Want You". A year later, between 1994 and 1995 two less successful singles were released, "Walkaway Lover" and "Joy". Pearen's 1994 album Intimate was well received by critics, but peaked at number 56 in Australia.^[7]

From 1995 to 2002, Pearen lived in Los Angeles, working as an actor, singer and songwriter. In 2002, she moved back to Australia, taking residence on Scotland Island, New South Wales.^[8] In early 2003 during an appearance on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Pearen revealed she could be aiming to revive her music career in the near future. It was later revealed that part of the reason for her hiatus in the United States was to find the time to write new music. Although she has made musical performances at Carols by Candlelight in 2003 and ABBA Mania in 2006, very little of any plans to return to music did not happen until August 2008 when a new untitled demo track appeared on Pearen's Official MySpace page. Later in September 2008 another new untitled demo was added. On 21 October 2008 The Daily Telegraph reported on plans that Pearen is considering to start work on her long-awaited follow up album to 1994's Intimate, with achieving Top 5 on Dancing with the Stars as her inspiration.^[9]

In 2022, Pearen made her long-awaited return to the music industry and released a song called "1972". This was inspired by Pearen celebrating her 50th birthday in 2022 and how the world has evolved since her birth year of 1972.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Dancing with the Stars performances

In late 2008, Toni Pearen joined the cast of the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. Pearen's partner is Henry Byalikov from the first season of So You Think You Can Dance Australia.

She was eliminated on 19 October 2008.

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
Week #	Dance/Song	Todd	Helen	Mark	Result
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Mercy"	9	9	9	Safe
2	Tango / "Toxic"	8	7	8	Safe
3	Samba / "Work"	7	8	8	Safe
4	Quickstep / "Let's Go Crazy"	9	9	10	Safe
5	Salsa / "American Boy"	8	8	8	Safe
6	Rumba / "No Air"	8	8	8	Safe
7	Jive / "Maniac" Foxtrot / "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"	9 5	8 7	8 6	Eliminated

Personal life

Pearen began her singing/acting studies at Lynda Keane Studios Sydney with Lynda Keane and Greg Anderson.^[13]

She dated her Home and Away co-star, Mat Stevenson in 1994.^[13]

In late 2006, Pearen was engaged to longtime boyfriend, Will Osmond, a bankrupted ex co-owner of a Darling Harbour restaurant. They have jointly acquired property, and once resided together on Scotland Island.^[14]^[15] Pearen married Osmond in the north western New South Wales town of Moree on 17 November 2007. Pearen's Los Angeles-based actor friend Kym Wilson was her bridesmaid.^[16]

Pearen gave birth to a son in 2009 and a daughter in 2012.^[17]

Filmography

Television and film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	A Country Practice	Patty Morrison	First acting role
1989–1992	E Street	Toni Windsor	First regular role
1993	Video Smash Hits	Presenter	First presenting role
1993	Coca-Cola Take 40 Australia	Presenter
1994	Home and Away	Beth Armstrong	Recurring role; 19 episodes
1994	Red Music Television	Presenter
1995	All Men Are Liars	Angela	Feature film, Leading role
1995	On the Dead Side		Feature film
1997	Colin Fitz Lives!	Pandemonium Fan	Feature film
1997, 2003	Carols by Candlelight	Performer
2000	JAG	Jenny	Appeared in episodes Boomerang, Part 1 and Boomerang, Part 2
2002	The Best of Aussie Drama	Herself	First appearance on Australian television in almost five years
2003	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Celebrity contestant
2003–2007, 2011	Australia's Funniest Home Videos	Host	Longest serving host of the show to date Returned for the 21st Anniversary episode
2005	Celebrity Circus	Herself
2005	50 Years 50 Shows	Herself
2005	The Footy Show	Herself
2006	Bert's Family Feud	Contestant	Took part in the Celebrity Showdown week from 3–7 April
2006	ABBA Mania	Performer
2006–2007	20 to 1	Herself
2007	Rock Eisteddfod Challenge	Host
2008	Out of the Blue	Justine	Appeared in five episodes – First acting role in eight years
2008	The One	Herself	Was read by a Psychic on the second last episode in July
2008	Deal or No Deal	Contestant	Appeared on special 25 August episode Dancing with the Deal
2008	Dancing with the Stars	Contestant
2010	The Pacific		The sequel to Band of Brothers, appeared in one episode
2011	The Morning Show	Presenter	Dettol informercials
2011	Tough Nuts	Matilda 'Tilly' Devine	Foxtel
2018	Ladies in Black	Customer 4
2021	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	Contestant	Australian version

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	AUS ^[7]
Intimate	Released: 1994 Label: Mushroom (TVD93409)	56

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certification	Album
Title	Year	AUS ^[7]	Certification	Album
"In Your Room"	1992	10	ARIA: Gold^[1]	Intimate
"I Want You"	1993	10	ARIA: Gold^[1]
"Walkaway Lover"	1994	35
"Joy"	1995	71
"1972"	2022

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1994	"I Want You"	Best Pop Release	Nominated	^[18]^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 214.
^ ^a ^b (excerpt) (30 January 2003). "Psst... Toni Pearen to host Funniest Home Video Show". newstext.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
^ MSN Australia. "Host Toni Pearen's Profile". funniesthomevideos.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
^ Meegan, Genevive (27 July 2008). "Quick step for TV's Toni". The Advertiser. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
^ Knox, David (27 July 2008). "Toni tangos to Seven". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
^ Turner-Cohen, Alex (3 January 2020). "Toni Pearen and Mel Buttle confirmed for this year's I'm a Celebrity' Australia 2021 contestants". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d
Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Toni Pearen in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 214.
- "Joy": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 30 Apr 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
^ Williams, Garry (12 November 2006). "Toni's on a high". Australian Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
^ "Done Dancing, Toni Pearen Wants To Sing". Australian Daily Telegraph. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ "Shazam". Shazam. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "Toni Pearen on Apple Music". Apple Music.
^ 1972, 14 October 2022, retrieved 30 December 2022
^ ^a ^b Williams, Sue (6 March 1994). "Toni's done it all-at 21!". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Christmas proposal". Australian Herald Sun. 28 December 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
^ "My Island Escape". Australian Herald Sun. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
^ "No Bloopers at Pearen Wedding". Australian Herald Sun. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
^ "Toni Pearen is Ever so Lucky to be mum". The Herald Sun. 6 August 2012.
^ "Winners by Year 1994". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.
^ "Australia 1994 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2009.

External links

[ryan-1] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 214.

[Former_EStreet-2] (excerpt) (30 January 2003). "Psst... Toni Pearen to host Funniest Home Video Show". newstext.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2007.

[3] MSN Australia. "Host Toni Pearen's Profile". funniesthomevideos.ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2007.

[4] Meegan, Genevive (27 July 2008). "Quick step for TV's Toni". The Advertiser. Retrieved 29 July 2008.

[5] Knox, David (27 July 2008). "Toni tangos to Seven". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2008.

[6] Turner-Cohen, Alex (3 January 2020). "Toni Pearen and Mel Buttle confirmed for this year's I'm a Celebrity' Australia 2021 contestants". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

[aus-7] Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Toni Pearen in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 214.

"Joy": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 30 Apr 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.

[8] Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Toni Pearen in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

[9] Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 214.

[10] "Joy": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 30 Apr 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 25 April 2017 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.

[8] Williams, Garry (12 November 2006). "Toni's on a high". Australian Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 August 2007.

[9] "Done Dancing, Toni Pearen Wants To Sing". Australian Daily Telegraph. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[10] "Shazam". Shazam. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[11] "Toni Pearen on Apple Music". Apple Music.

[12] 1972, 14 October 2022, retrieved 30 December 2022

[Williams-13] Williams, Sue (6 March 1994). "Toni's done it all-at 21!". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[14] "Christmas proposal". Australian Herald Sun. 28 December 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2007.

[15] "My Island Escape". Australian Herald Sun. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2007.

[16] "No Bloopers at Pearen Wedding". Australian Herald Sun. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2007.

[17] "Toni Pearen is Ever so Lucky to be mum". The Herald Sun. 6 August 2012.

[ARIA1994-18] "Winners by Year 1994". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.

[TallP1994-19] "Australia 1994 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2009.

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PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Toni Pearen

Career

Film and television career

Music career

Dancing with the Stars performances

Personal life

Filmography

Television and film roles

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

References

External links

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