Osher Günsberg Biography
Osher Günsberg is a British-Australian journalist and television and radio broadcaster. He is the host of the reality television shows The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise Australia. He also hosts the music talent show The Masked Singer Australia and narrates the factual TV series Bondi Rescue.
How old is Osher Günsberg? – Age
He is 49 years old as of 29 March 2023. He was born in 1974 in London, United Kingdom. His real name is Andrew Jonas Günsberg.
Osher Günsberg Family – Education
Andrew Jonas Günsberg was born in London, England to a Czech-Jewish father and a Lithuanian mother. When Günsberg was four months old, his family relocated to Australia. He grew up in Brisbane, where he developed an interest in music, learning to read and compose sheet music and play a variety of instruments.
Osher Günsberg Wife – Children
He married Israeli actress and producer Noa Tishby in 2008. On December 27, 2011, he announced on Twitter the dissolution of his marriage to Tishby. Günsberg married freelance makeup artist Audrey Griffen in December 2016, becoming a stepfather to her daughter Georgia. The couple met while Osher was working as a cosmetics artist on season two of The Bachelor Australia. Wolfgang ‘Wolfie’ Günsberg, their son, was born in August 2019.
Osher Günsberg Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $12 Million.
Osher Günsberg Mental Health
In August 2017, he confessed that he has been suffering from depression, social anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder for many years. HarperCollins published his book, Back, After the Break, in August 2018. He has spoken candidly about his struggles with psychosis, drinking, and suicidal ideation.
Osher Günsberg Podcast
Günsberg launched “The Osher Günsberg Podcast” in 2013, a weekly interview show in which he candidly discusses and shares his own mental health experience while conversing with high-profile guests. The show’s name was changed to “Better Than Yesterday” in 2019 to represent how the podcast evolved from a straight interview chat in the early years to a deeper exploration of how his guests overcome life’s problems. “Better Than Yesterday” is currently available in Australia on Mondays and Fridays.
In 2019, Osher and Charlie Clausen launched “DadPod,” a second weekly podcast. Because the two men had infants within a month of each other, the show chronicles their experiences as they “forge a new understanding of what it is to be a modern father and how they helped their partners have the best birth possible.”
Osher Günsberg Network 10
Studio 10, The Project, All Star Family Feud, Thank God You’re Here, Celebrity Joker Poker, Good News Week, Ready Steady Cook, Celebrity Name Game, and Chris & Julia’s Sunday Night Takeaway all featured Günsberg.
Günsberg joined Channel [V] co-star James Mathison as co-hosts of Australian Idol on Network Ten in 2003. In 2004, Günsberg was up for the Silver Logie for this role. Günsberg hosted the seventh season of Australian Idol on his own in 2009, following Mathison’s announcement that he was moving on to other projects. He also hosted the game show The Con Test on Network Ten.
In October 2005, he made an appearance on a celebrity episode of the Australian version of Ready Steady Cook. His ideas for recipes were not particularly well received by the audience because he is a devoted vegan. “similar to the look you see on people’s [sic] faces when they view two dogs rooting on the side of the road — puzzled, curious, but all together uncomfortable,” Günsberg said of the audience’s reaction when he mentioned tofu on the menu.
On January 25, 2006, he was one of the co-hosts of the televised celebrations of Australia Day. He appeared in Celebrity Joker Poker as a contestant on the Australian comedy television show Thank God You’re Here in October 2006, and he won $10,000 for charity. He hosted The Con Test in 2007. He played himself on the soap opera Neighbours in February 2007. He co-hosted the Sydney New Year’s Eve telecast with Fuzzy and Kim Watkins from 2007 to 2009.
Günsberg also narrated Bondi Rescue and the second season of Recruits, both Network 10 and Cordell-Jigsaw productions. He participated as a contestant on Good News Week, Season 2, Episode 34, which aired on Channel 10 on September 14, 2009. He regularly contributed to The Project and was a guest host for Charlie Pickering on occasion. He has been the host of the reality show The Bachelor Australia since 2013. He has hosted the reality television series The Bachelorette Australia since 2015.
On Offspring’s fourth episode in 2017, Günsberg made a cameo appearance as himself. On Offspring, Günsberg took on the role of host of The Bachelor Australia and appeared in a kitchen scene with Nina, played by Asher Keddie. As Nina hosted a dinner party with her boyfriend Harry (Alexander England) and his ex-girlfriend Georgie (Emily Barclay), he gave her some friendly advice.
He has been the host of the reality show Bachelor in Paradise Australia since 2018. He was announced as the host of the music talent show The Masked Singer Australia in July 2019.
Osher Günsberg Radio
Günsberg began working as a “Black Thunder” driver when he was 20. He worked on-air shifts from midnight to dawn for Brisbane’s B105 radio station, earning the nickname “Spidey” during this time. Before becoming the regular midnight-dawn announcer, he filled in for the late-night shifts.
He left B105FM in 1998 to work the afternoon shift at SAFM. After his program director changed his surname to just the first letter, he took on the stage name “Andrew G” at SAFM. Günsberg and Andrew Gee, an Australian former Brisbane Broncos rugby league footballer, became confused as a result of this change. He made the decision in 2009 to change his stage name to his full name.
He was the official host of the Australian radio chart countdown show Take 40 Australia, which airs on nearly 100 stations across the country from 2004 to 2009. He launched a restructured version of The Hot Hits in December 2009, broadcasting the show live from Los Angeles each week to Australia. The show was re-named The Hot Hits Live from LA. The show was nominated for an Australian Commercial Radio Award in the category of “Best Syndicated Program” in July 2010, after only six months on the air. Southern Cross Austereo announced in November 2015 that Günsberg would join Abby Coleman and Stav Davidson on HIT 105’s breakfast show.