In October 2014, Southern Cross Austereo announced that Dan and Maz would replace Jules, Merrick and Sophie on 2Day FM.

[6] Dan Debuf attended high school at John XXIII College and was a law student at the University of Western Australia.

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] Debuf spent two years co-hosting the Action Battle Team at Nova 919 Breakfast in Adelaide with Matt Saraceni.

[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.

[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.