Football Pang played
Australian rules football for the
Collingwood under-19s team in 1991. He played six games and kicked one goal. Collingwood made the grand final in the final season of the under-19s competition but Pang was not selected. In 1992, he moved to
Sebastopol in the
Ballarat Football League where he was coached by former
Carlton champion,
Wayne Johnston. He then played for
Prahran in the
VFA where he was coached by former
VFL player,
Brian Taylor, when selected in the senior side. Pang went on to play country football in regional Victoria, and for
Sandy Bay in
Tasmania for a number of years. He was involved with the
Tongala Football Club in the
Goulburn Valley Football League from 1996 to 1998. He remained in the city, holding down a range of odd jobs, and received a small fee for his football services.
Radio Pang turned to radio hosting at the age of 28, at the urging of his friends. He co-hosted
Triple R's Breakfasters program for five years (2004-2008). In January 2011, Pang presented
Summer Nights on
ABC Local Radio. During the
2012 London Olympics, alongside
Santo Cilauro, Pang presented
The Rush Hour on Melbourne's
Triple M while regular hosts
James Brayshaw and
Billy Brownless were at the Olympics. From February to April 2011, Pang appeared on the radio-comedy programme
The Lonely Hearts Club which was broadcast on Saturday nights from 10 pm to midnight on
ABC Radio National. The show, played completely straight, featured an uncredited Pang appearing under the pseudonym of sports journalist Terry Wood, alongside
Angus Sampson,
Stephen Curry and
Tony Martin as other fictional co-hosts. In January 2016, Pang was appointed co-host of the
Nova 100 breakfast program,
Chrissie, Sam & Browny, with
Chrissie Swan and
Jonathan Brown. The show ran for seven years, ending in December 2022. In September 2016, Pang joined Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee to co-host a podcast version of ''Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football'' on ABC Radio.
Television Pang has hosted a variety of television shows. His first hosting role was in 2009, when he hosted
ADbc, a quiz show based on history-related topics. It aired on
SBS One and lasted for one season. In 2009, Pang started doing commentary work with
Julia Zemiro on the
Eurovision Song Contest, as part of the Australian delegation. He remained in that role until 2017. In 2010, with Santo Cilauro and
Ed Kavalee, Pang co-hosted ''
Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!, a variety/panel/sports program coinciding with the FIFA World Cup airing on SBS TV. He has written for TV Burp'', which was also hosted by Kavalee, on
Channel Seven. In February 2012, Pang reunited with Cilauro and Kavalee to co-host a spin-off of
Cup Fever on Channel Seven called ''
Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!''. In August 2012, he was one of the reporters for
ABC2 at the
2012 Paralympic Games in London. In late 2013, Pang co-hosted ''
Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football'' on
Fox Sports, again with Cilauro and Kavalee. The show lasted two seasons, finishing in 2015. Since 2013, Pang has been a regular panellist on
Network 10's weekly game show,
Have You Been Paying Attention?, which has won numerous
Logie Awards. In 2015, alongside
Mick Molloy and
Andy Maher, Pang began co-hosting
The Front Bar, which airs on Channel Seven. Pang presented a
2017 Logie Award with
Lorrae Desmond, his mother's cousin. Six years later, he hosted the
Logie Awards in 2023, becoming the first solo host of the event in eleven years, since
Shane Bourne hosted the
2011 ceremony. Pang went on to host the Logie Awards again in
2024 and
2025. In September 2024, it was announced that Pang would be hosting a weekly talk/variety show,
Sam Pang Tonight, which then premiered on Network 10 on 17 March 2025. The series was renewed for a second season in April 2025, set to return in the second half of the year. The second season premiered on 13 October 2025. == References ==