About Ben Boyce
Ben Boyce is a New Zealand television and radio personality and comedian best known as the host of TV shows Pulp Sport, Wanna-Ben and Jono and Ben on TV3. Boyce is a graduate of the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury). He was also the co-founder of New Zealand political party the Bill and Ben Party, which ran for government in the 2008 New Zealand general election and received over 13,000 votes, making it New Zealand's ninth most popular political party. He started out writing radio commercials, then moved on to radio announcing.
Boyce created and starred in seven series of Pulp Sport, which began as a small cult show made in a garden shed to become one of New Zealand's most successful comedy shows. While on Pulp Sport, Boyce twice won Best Comedy Show at the New Zealand TV Awards and "Funniest Person on TV" in the TV Guides People's Choice award in 2009. In 2010 he created and starred in two series of Wanna-Ben which saw him interviewing and attempting to emulate international stars. In 2011 and 2012, he hosted the New Zealand Music Awards.
In 2012 Boyce teamed up with Jono Pryor and Guy Williams to create Jono and Ben at Ten, which became one of TV3's most popular and highest rating shows. In 2017, Boyce and Pryor started working on The Edge radio station, and the same year broke the world record for the longest TV interview, interviewing celebrities for over 30 hours. In 2018, Jono and Ben was cancelled, with the final show aired on 15 November 2018. Since 2020, Boyce and Pryor have hosted the breakfast show on The Hits and Dog Almighty on TVNZ 2. In 2008, Boyce married his wife Amanda in Fiji, and they have two daughters.
Videos (409)
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0:48Styling My T-Shirt Like My Teenage Daughters Prank
12.6M views
0:28Talking like a Gen Z to embarrass my daughters
6M views
0:46Embarrassing my kids by using Gen Z words at the drive thru!
5.5M views
0:43Acting Like My Teenage Daughters
2.2M views
1:01Dad embarrassing daughters with Gen Z slang at drive thru again!
1.6M views
1:04Dressing the same as my daughter… AGAIN!!
1.4M views
0:58Embarrassing my daughters on the grocery store PA with Gen Z slang!
870.3K views
0:27April Fools Wake Up Prank
451K views
0:39Using Gen Z slang to see how quickly I can embarrass my daughters!!
425.4K views
1:01Using Gen Z slang to embarrass my daughters
362.6K views
0:43Acting like my teenage daughters!
350.7K views
0:47Yelling out an embarrassing Gen Z goodbye to my daughter!
324.1K views
1:07Turning my daughter’s texts into song
264.9K views
0:48Certified Embarrassing Dad Content
259.1K views
0:36Turning Dad’s texts into a song (Made by Mureka)
254.6K views
1:03Rage baiting my daughters getting things wrong on purpose
212.2K views
0:55Using Gen Z Slang to embarrass my daughters on a train
209.5K views
0:54Using Gen Z slang in front of my daughter!
186.9K views
0:38Making a mess like a teenager
167.5K views
0:34Acting like my teenagers after school
163.9K views
0:34Embarrassing my daughters by talking Gen Z on a Zoom call
159.9K views
0:57Rage baiting my daughters getting things wrong
158K views
1:04Talking Gen Z at the drive through to embarrass my daughters
138.8K views
1:11Rage baiting my teenagers by getting things wrong on purpose
136.9K viewsFrequently asked questions
What is Ben Boyce best known for?
Ben Boyce is best known as the host of TV shows Pulp Sport, Wanna-Ben and Jono and Ben on TV3.
What is Pulp Sport?
Boyce created and starred in seven series of Pulp Sport. The show began as a small cult show made in a garden shed to become one of New Zealand's most successful comedy shows, running on TV3, C4 and Sky Sport in New Zealand, and sold to Fuel TV and Network Ten in Australia.
What political party did Ben Boyce co-found?
He was the co-founder of New Zealand political party the Bill and Ben Party, which ran for government in the 2008 New Zealand general election and received over 13,000 votes, making it New Zealand's ninth most popular political party (out of 19).
What world record did Ben Boyce break with Jono Pryor?
In 2017, Boyce and Pryor drove a tractor over 650 km from Auckland to Palmerston North, and broke the world record for the longest TV interview, interviewing celebrities for over 30 hours. They also attained the unofficial world record for the longest time spent in a bumper car, with 30 hours at Rainbows End.
When was Jono and Ben cancelled?
In 2018, Jono and Ben was cancelled; the final show was aired on 15 November 2018. Since 2020, Boyce and Pryor have hosted the breakfast show on The Hits and Dog Almighty on TVNZ 2.
