Kristyn Burtt

Background

About Kristyn Burtt

Kristyn Burtt is an IAWTV Award-winning host, reporter and producer. She began her hosting career with a children’s dance video teaching the world how to Electric Slide and Hokey Pokey. Since then, she has moved on to more serious ventures with the pilot episodes of "The Arena with Jesse Ventura" on MSNBC and host/reporter stints with QVC, ShopNBC, HSN, and PAX. She has covered the red carpet the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, Daytime Emmys, Grammys, SAG Awards, and the Tony Awards. Her work has been seen on AOL, MSN, Stylecaster, Men's Journal, Inside Dance, Insider, Yahoo, News Break, Static Media, Soaps.com and SheKnows. Kristyn is a Pledge Host for KPBS and a Contributing Editor for Penske Media Corporation’s SheKnows and Soaps.com, and a daily entertainment contributor to the Tom Barnard Morning Show. Her pop culture insight can be seen on Ryan Reynolds and Brian Volk-Weiss’ series, “Discontinued,” on Fubo-TV. and on TF1's "50 Minutes Inside" in France. She was the West Coast Correspondent for Dance Network and a producer/host for the official "World of Dance" aftershow in Season 4. Her one-hour dance interview show,"To The Pointe With Kristyn Burtt," was a must-watch series for commercial dance fans. For over a decade, she has been a weekly staple on “The Family with Tom Barnard” in Minneapolis and “MetroNews Hotline” in West Virginia, dishing the latest in Hollywood news and entertainment. Kristyn also has a strong track record in the corporate world moderating panels for Porsche Consulting, Dance/USA, the Theater Makers Summit and Toyota. She has hosted global live streams, sharing the latest product lines and information, for Hyundai, Audi and Subaru. From 2014-2016, she was the entertainment editor of the women's health site, Lifescript, where she interviewed celebrities like Tim McGraw, Eric Roberts, Katie Couric and Ann Romney about health-related topics. Kristyn is a member of the Television Academy and SAG-AFTRA.