John Mangos - Biography

Television anchorman

John Mangos has always been used to reporting the news, but now he’ll be making the headlines as a celebrity contestant on It Takes Two.

“I’ve never had aspirations to sing, I’m actually quite shy, but it was too exciting an opportunity to pass up. I am up for big challenges and since my son Kosta was born in December, every day is a celebration.” said John.

A familiar face on Australian television for almost 30 years, John is currently senior anchorman for Sky News Australia and is a regular on Seven’s Sunrise and Sydney talkback station 2UE.

John started his career as a state and federal political correspondent for National Nine News before moving to Los Angeles as the Nine Network’s US correspondent.

At the request of ‘The King’ Graham Kennedy, John returned to Australia to co-host the Coast-to-Coast news program. Back at Nine, he made documentaries, hosted the Sunday night program Our World and was a guest host of Today and Midday.

John briefly moved to Ten to present Eyewitness News, but returned to Nine a year later as Midday’s international roving reporter.

For two years he hosted At Home With John Mangos on the Seven Network and became the breakfast announcer on Sydney radio station 2KY.

He launched the cable station Greek Australian Television on OptusVision, where he hosted a twice-weekly current affairs program.

John is the Director of Media for corporate relations firm FD Third Person and is heavily involved in charity work. He is the patron of the Trish Cairns Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation and an ambassador for Day of Difference (Sophie Delezio).

He is heavily involved in sport as an official ambassador for the Sydney Swans Football Club and was last year honoured with life membership.

In his spare time, John loves to cook and has taught cooking classes at the Sydney Seafood School for the past 13 years.

John lives in Sydney with wife Tanny. The couple recently celebrated the birth of their first child, Kosta, last December.

John Mangos’ chosen charity is THE SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, Randwick one of Australia's leading specialist medical centres for children, providing quality, comprehensive and expert clinical services to the children and families of New South Wales and beyond.

“I have been involved with fundraising for the hospital for many years. It is a great institution, staffed by some of the finest individuals in medicine, and does credible work looking after specific illness related to children.”