![]() With help from Glenn Robbins, Irwin also presented the award for 'Most Outstanding Children's Show' at the Logie Awards of 2007, which was won by The Upside Down Show. She also said that she enjoyed being homeschooled because she and her teachers were such good friends.Īlongside George Lopez and Tyler James Williams, Irwin presented the award for "Favorite Male Singer" at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards, which was won by the show's host Justin Timberlake. She said that creative writing was her favourite subject and maths her least favourite. Irwin appeared on Larry King Live on 11 January 2007. She was promoting her new video, Bindi Kid Fitness, and fulfilling her role as a newly appointed "tourism ambassador" for Australia. At that time, she was also scheduled for appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman and an attendance with Russell Crowe at a major dinner. In early January 2007, Irwin appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In September 2006, at age 8, Irwin appeared on the cover of the Australian magazine New Idea, the youngest person to have done so in the magazine's 104-year history. Bindi and The Crocmen sang "Trouble in the Jungle" on The Today Show in November 2007 and Irwin was learning how to play the piano. She also released two child fitness DVDs. In June 2007, Irwin hosted a US television special about her father called My Daddy the Crocodile Hunter. Her mother stated that, apart from some assistance with typing, Irwin had written the speech herself. In the 2006 TV Week readers' poll, her speech received 43 percent of votes and was voted the television moment of the year. On 20 September 2006, Irwin received a standing ovation after delivering a eulogy for her father in front of a crowd of 5,000 and a worldwide television audience of more than 300 million viewers. Steve Irwin had said he supported Bindi's career, claiming "I just want to be co-star to my daughter". Irwin and her mother announced that she would continue her late father's conservation and television work. He was setting up to shoot ocean reef footage for a show that would include segments with himself, because weather prevented him from filming footage for a different show. Bindi's father, Steve, was killed by a stingray barb on 4 September 2006. Bindi is the niece of Joy Irwin and Mandy Irwin. ![]() When Bindi was 2 years old her grandmother Lyn Irwin died in a car accident on 11 February 2000. The series premiered in June 2007 on Discovery Kids. Her father was filmed in many of the early shows before his death in September 2006, when production was temporarily put on hold. Irwin was the presenter of a 26-part wildlife documentary kids show called Bindi the Jungle Girl, a production of the Discovery Kids television network. She has completed a Certificate III in Business, and is currently studying for a Certificate III in Tourism. Irwin was homeschooled until 2014, when she enrolled at TAFE Queensland East Coast. Although born in Australia, she and her brother Robert are dual citizens of Australia and the United States, as their mother is a citizen of the United States. She is of English and Irish ancestry, with abundance of Irish ancestry on her father's side. She appeared regularly in her father's television shows, including The Crocodile Hunter Diaries, and also appeared in the 2002 film The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari in a credited cast role. ![]() She began appearing on television shows as early as age two. Bindi Irwin was born in Buderim, Queensland.
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