Johanna Griggs

Host

Johanna has been the host of Better Homes and Gardens since 2005. 

Johanna is also the Weekend Sports Presenter of Seven News in Sydney, and hosts the Brisbane International, the Medibank International and the Australian Open tennis for Seven.

Prior to her move to television, Johanna represented Australia in swimming, winning Bronze at the Auckland Commonwealth Games in 1990 in the 100m Backstroke, and Silver in the Medley Relay at the 1991 World Championships in Perth. Johanna was the first Australian female swimmer to break the 30-second barrier for the 50m backstroke.

After announcing her retirement from swimming in May 1993, Johanna joined the Seven Network. She reported for shows such as Sportsworld and Sydney Weekender, and hosted The AFL Half Time Show. In 1994 and 1995, Johanna hosted Seven’s Summer of Tennis, and worked as a commentator and presenter of the 1994 World Swimming Championships from Rome. Later that year Johanna presented the Weekend Sports News and then became Channel Seven’s first national female (and youngest ever) sports presenter.

Johanna took time out to care for her two sons, returning to television in 1998. She was a regular panellist on Foxtel’s Beauty and the Beast. She was also a regular guest on ABC TV’s sports panel show, The Fat and Good News Week.

She hosted the opening of Stadium Australia and the opening of Fox Studios for Foxtel in 1999.

Johanna returned to the Seven Network in 2000 and together with Andrew Daddo hosted ‘Olympic Sunrise’ during the Sydney Olympic Games.

That year she hosted the Adidas International Tennis broadcast, followed immediately by the Australian Open. Also in 2001 she became host of the Sunday morning panel show Sportsworld. She also hosted Seven’s Auction Squad for five seasons.

In 2002, Johanna travelled to Salt Lake City where she became the first solo female host of any Olympics Coverage in this country when she fronted Seven’s coverage of the Winter Olympics, and in 2006 she again hosted this event in Torino.

In past years, Johanna has hosted the prime time coverage of the Beijing Olympics, the Adidas International and Australian Open and the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival telecasts.

In 2007, she was appointed to the Board of Events New South Wales and in 2009 received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters - Honoris Causis - from Macquarie University in NSW for services to swimming, media and charity fundraising.Special Promotion