Red Symons' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Hey Hey It's Saturday (AU) Red Symons The Einstein Factor (AU) Red Symons Shafted (AU) Red Symons …

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BIOGRAPHY:

Red started his career in the 70's as the guitarist for Skyhooks.

Well known for his theatrical performances, he provided a mix of music, humorous banter and sarcasm as a member of the Hey Hey team.

During his career, Red has appeared on Countdown, Neighbours and Big Brother. He lost a quarter of a million dollars on Who wants to be a Millionaire and written music for Blue Heelers. He has been a regular contributor to The Age newspaper. In his spare time Red also engaged in a fair amount of cross-dressing for a number of stage shows.

Red is also a regular on ABC's Einstein Factor, he was a judge on 7 Network's Australia's Got Talent, and has his own show on ABC radio 774.


TRIVIA:

• Scored 131 on TV IQ test (August 2002)
• Member of the Australian band "Skyhooks" (1973-1980) along with Graham "Shirley" Strachan, Greg Macainish, Bob "Bongo" Starkey. Red played Guitar.
• He has written a childrens book called "The Little Red Book of Naughty Red Symons" (1989)
• In his guest appearance on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", he was so confident about the answer to a question that he actually got it wrong. He was attempting the $500,000 question.