Ajay Rochester was a guest among a sea of A-listers including Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez and Naomi Watts at 2024 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The former Biggest Loser host, 55, revealed her slimmed-down figure at the star-studded event, but many fans were surprised to see the ex-Channel Ten presenter posing with famous actors such as Breaking Bad actor Giancarlo Esposito.
Ajay relocated from to Los Angeles in 2011 to further her career as a reality TV presenter.
However, when that dream didn’t pan out she discovered her talent for casting, and has since worked on several popular American reality TV shows.
Her career has seen her find appropriate on-camera talent for many popular programs, including Outlast, Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Dance Moms and Love Connection.
The mother-of-one attended the event to celebrate the success of American reality TV and was spotted chatting and laughing with her close friend, Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller.
The Sydney-born star revealed how she became a casting director during a radio interview with Hit’s Allan and Carly on Tuesday.
‘My job is crazy and nuts, I love it! I wish I had done it my entire life. I was broke in LA and one of my friends said I would be really good at this job,’ Ajay explained.
‘They said the job is to go on the internet and convince people to go on TV and have the best – or worst – experience of their life! I was like, that sounds epic!’
Ajay Rochester was a guest among a sea of A-listers including Jennifer Aniston , Selena Gomez and Naomi Watts at 2024 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday
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She added the current reality TV show she was working on, Outlast, in which 16 people are forced to survive in the Alaskan wilderness, was in the top ten most watched shows on Netflix, which had opened doors for her.
‘With my show in the top ten, I may well be a nominee next year,’ Ajay told Daily Mail .
‘It’s been a journey, I left Biggest Loser to come host Celebrity Fit Club here in America. But that job fell through. I ended up broke and unemployed in the US.’
She added she now gets an annual invite to television’s most exclusive event of the year, after the Emmy’s Television Academy opened up new categories for reality TV.
Ajay said while none of the shows she worked on were nominated this year she had big hopes that Netlix’s Outlast will be up for an award in 2025.
Many fans were surprised to see the ex-Channel Ten presenter posing with famous actors such as Breaking Bad actor Giancarlo Esposito
‘Outlast brings up a lot of social issues around diversity, honour and survival. This is socially significant and a big ticket number, this is our ticket to the future Emmy’s!’
Ajay was born in Sydney in 1969 and rose to fame as the host of reality weight-loss television series The Biggest Loser from 2006 until 2009.
She looked completely unrecognisable on the red carpet on Sunday evening, showing off her physique in a long sequinned gown from City Chic as she posed on the red carpet with her son Kai.
Ajay relocated from to Los Angeles in 2011 to further her career as a reality TV presenter. However, when that dream didn’t pan out she discovered her talent for casting, and has since worked on several popular American reality TV shows. Pictured with her son Kai
Ajay’s career has seen her find appropriate on-camera talent for many popular programs, including Outlast, Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Dance Moms and Love Connection