The Dan & Maz Show

Dan Debuf attended high school at John XXIII College and was a law student at the University of Western Australia. During his time at university, Debuf joined the University of Western Australia Dramatic Society where he wrote comedic plays and started his career as a comedian. He was also one of many comedians, such as Claire Hooper and Tim Minchin, to launch their careers through the Big Hoo Haa improv comedy group.[7]

In 2007 he made the move to Melbourne to continue his law degree at the University of Melbourne, but instead became involved in the comedy and radio scene. Since starting his radio career Debuf has twice been nominated for Best Comedy Segment (2009 and 2010) at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards and also appeared in Radio Today's "Top 20 Hot New FM Talent" listing for 2012.[7]

Debuf spent two years co-hosting the Action Battle Team at Nova 919 Breakfast in Adelaide with Matt Saraceni.[7] The show began in June 2007 as a mid-dawn program on Melbourne's Nova 100 station and was used as a fill-in program for the nights team from 7–10 pm for two weeks in November of that year. The program's fill-in role was such a success that the pair were offered the night show in Perth for Nova 937, which aired during 2008 and 2009. At the end of 2009, Maz Compton was asked to join the show.

Outside of his role as a radio presenter Debuf has taken to the stage at two Melbourne International Comedy Festivals and appeared at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in the sketch show Lords of Luxury, based on the comedy podcast of the same name which he both co-writes and performs in.[7]

Debuf has also had a number of TV roles, appearing on Network Ten program The Project and working as a co-presenter on Channel V's The Music Lab.[7]

The entertainer began her radio career producing the M&R Show with Ian Dickson (Dicko) and Sophie Monk on Sydney's Nova 969 which led to her working as assistant producer for radio personalities Merrick and Rosso from 2001 to 2004.[8]

In 2004, Compton was hired to co-host the Hot30 Countdown across the Austereo National Network.[8] In 2004, she also joined MTV Australia as the host of Total Request Live (TRL) and spent the next five years hosting a number of other shows and events with the network including Full Tank Texas and Las Vegas, MTV & Billabong's Backdoor to J-Bay, Maz's Mexican Vacation which included the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, and TRL European Vacation which included the MTV Europe Music Awards (Italy).[8] Back in Australia she presented MTV Australia's ARIA Red Carpet Specials in both 2005 and 2006, and was nominated at the 2006 Dolly (magazine) Teen Choice Awards for 'Raddest VJ in the Country.'[9]

In 2008, she moved back to Nova 969 where she took up a permanent residency as one half of Launchpad, the Nova Nights slot she hosted alongside James Kerley.[10]

Off air Compton has also worked as a motivational public speaker, appearing on stage at Wave Aid 2005 and acting as the Australian MTV spokesperson for World AIDS Day and the Starlight Foundation.[8] In 2008, Compton was also recognised as the Most Popular Female Personality at the Astra Awards.[8] The year 2008 also saw Compton host the Girlfriend Magazine model search roadshow around Australia which took her to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth in search of the next 'It' girl. She also hosted the Dolly Teen Choice Awards alongside Brian McFadden in the same year.[11] Before starting with MTV Australia, Compton also briefly appeared as a teen actor in the Australian television series Heartbreak High, Breakers and The Genie from Down Under. She is now a regular on Channel 7's The Morning Show and Weekend Sunrise.