Dominic Bowden

Dominic Joseph Bowden is a New Zealand television personality, host, radio and voice actor. He is best known as the host of New Zealand reality series including New Zealand Idol, Dancing With The Stars New Zealand and The X Factor New Zealand. Bowden was also the host of TVNZs game shows Are You Smarter than a Ten Year Old and Dare to Win, which has a similar format to Minute to Win It. When based in Los Angeles, he hosted the American reality music competition show, The Next Great American Band for FremantleMedia and Fox.

Bowden was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He attended Sacred Heart College, where he had an intense interest in music, playing in the school jazz band and as a member of the Aotea Orchestra, touring Asia and Australia. In his youth, he learned to play clarinet and piano and to read and write music. Bowden is a graduate of the Auckland University of Technology, with a Bachelor of Communication Studies, majoring in Television which he achieved in 2000.

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