Taylor Auerbach
Taylor Auerbach is an Australian journalist and reality television personality who rose to notoriety after becoming the youngest ever winner of the Australian Millionaire Hot Seat game show, a spinoff version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
Millionaire Saga
Auerbach made national news after the host of the program Eddie McGuire promised Taylor a job at Channel 9 if he got the crucial final question right - worth A$50,000.
Auerbach correctly identified the colour of London's Financial Times as salmon pink and was awarded the money. However, when it became clear that McGuire had only promised the job as banter for the cameras, a media storm across various newspapers and the other Australian TV channels erupted.
Auerbach, who says he never expected the job and was grateful for what he got, appeared on Channel 7's 6pm News, The Morning Show, Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper, The Macarthur Chronicle and on various radio stations including C91.3 and Melbourne's Star FM. He remained in DeFence of McGuire throughout these appearances.
Come Dine With Me
Auerbach also appeared on episodes 1-5 of series 2 of the Australian spinoff of Come Dine With Me, a reality cooking competition where guests take turns to host dinner parties in their own home. A fan favourite, Auerbach finished third of the five contestants after serving Helen (a difficult and notoriously rude contestant) raw chicken on the final night.
The series also aired in England under the name of Come Dine With Me Downunder
Personal life
Auerbach was born in Bondi, NSW on 23 July 1991. He currently writes for Big League Magazine, the official publication of the NRL, as well as working for Sydney's The Sunday Telegraph.
He also hosts a radio program on Mondays on Eastside FM, based in Paddington.
Auerbach currently works as an office grommet for Sydney's The Sunday Telegraph.
He is commonly known as "T-shirt Taylor" because of his refusal to wear anything other than an unwashed t-shirt to work.
When made aware of his dress habits, Auerbach began wearing polyester shirts with dud patterns and huge lapels to work - but only on a Saturday in a ritual he refers to as "[...]-shirt Saturday". He still refuses to wear a shirt with a collar on weekdays.
In November 2012, Taylor broke away from his staunch dress habits and became the first editorial assistant to wear a tuxedo to work in the News Limited building. Staff rejoiced.