Greg Evans: Perfect Match
“They were some of the happiest days of my life,” says Greg about his time hosting Perfect Match (and then Blind Date) in the mid-’80s. “Every time we made an episode, everyone had fun, the crew, the cameraman, the people in the control room were laughing. The audiences, they had fun,” he says. “And we had 11 marriages as a result of the show, over the years.”
While he co-hosted with gorgeous women like Kerrie Friend, Tiffany Lamb and Debbie Newsome, it was Dexter the robot who won the hearts of many Aussies. “People see me and ask, ‘Where’s Dexter?’” he laughs. “He’s in ACMI in Melbourne. He’s got his own shrine in a corner of the museum.”
These days, Greg, 68, is semi-retired, but also works as a marriage celebrant.
“I’ve married 800 couples now,” he says. “And it’s almost another episode of Perfect Match! It’s a 13-minute performance. The only thing you can’t say is, ‘See you same time next week!’”