Gretel Killeen
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Gretel Killeen is an Australia
n journalist
and author
. Killeen is well known for being the primary host of Big Brother Australia from its inception in 2001 until the 2007
season (including Celebrity Big Brother in 2002).
Killeen hosted the 2009 TV Week Logie Award
s.
On 28 October 2007, The Sunday Telegraph
reported that, as a part of a revamp of the show, Killeen had decided to leave her hosting role, being replaced as host by Kyle Sandilands
and Jackie O
from 2Day FM
.
in Sydney and Melbourne in 2008.
with Ray Martin
on the Nine Network
. She wrote and featured in the popular weekly sketch A Town Like Dallas.
, John Mangos
and Gretel Killeen hosted Coast To Coast for the Nine Network
after the departure of Graham Kennedy
from the program. The program in the new format was short-lived.
co-hosted the Sydney New Year's Eve 2006–07 telecast and also the Australia Day
eve celebrations on 25 January 2006. She was also the host of Ten's coverage of the Australia Day
ceremony in 2007.
as Rhonda Halliwell. On 28 October 2007, Killeen mentioned having a role in feature film to be shot in 2008.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. Killeen is well known for being the primary host of Big Brother Australia from its inception in 2001 until the 2007
Big Brother Australia 2007
Big Brother Australia 2007 was the seventh season of the Australian reality television series Big Brother Australia. Episodes were broadcast on Network Ten in Australia, and the first episode aired on 22 April 2007...
season (including Celebrity Big Brother in 2002).
Killeen hosted the 2009 TV Week Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
s.
Big Brother Australia
Killeen was host of the Australian edition of Big Brother, from its first season in 2001. She hosted each series up until 2007.On 28 October 2007, The Sunday Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
reported that, as a part of a revamp of the show, Killeen had decided to leave her hosting role, being replaced as host by Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...
and Jackie O
Jackie O (radio host)
Jacqueline Ellen Marie Henderson, better known as Jackie O, is an Australian commercial radio host, actress and television presenter. She is best-known nationally for presenting The Hot Hits, the Hot 30 Countdown, Take 40 Australia and the Kyle & Jackie O on 2Day FM with Kyle Sandilands and for...
from 2Day FM
2Day FM
Not to be mixed up with Today FM in Ireland.2Day FM is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network.- Transmission :...
.
The Rocky Horror Show
Killeen appeared as the Narrator in a stage production of The Rocky Horror ShowThe Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...
in Sydney and Melbourne in 2008.
Midday
From 1989 to 1991 Killeen was a regular on MiddayMidday
Midday is a television show that aired on Australia's Nine Network from 1985-1998. The show aired, like its title suggests, at noon on every weekday and was a 90 minute variety programme with international and local guests. It featured interviews, musical performances and comedy spots...
with Ray Martin
Ray Martin (television presenter)
Raymond George "Ray" Martin AM is an Australian television journalist. He is best known for his various on-air roles on Channel Nine from 1978 to 2008. In 2011 he returned to 60 Minutes....
on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
. She wrote and featured in the popular weekly sketch A Town Like Dallas.
Coast To Coast
In 1990, Terry WilleseeTerry Willesee
Terry Willesee is an Australian journalist and television presenter.-Biography:Willesee is the son of Don Willesee, a long-time member of the Australian Senate and Whitlam Government minister. He is the brother of Mike Willesee, also a journalist and television presenter.-Media career:Willesee...
, John Mangos
John Mangos
John is an Australian news presenter.He is also a host on talk back radio station 2UE and a regular on Sunrise on the Seven Network. He has also made cameo appearances on the Australian comedy programs Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers....
and Gretel Killeen hosted Coast To Coast for the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
after the departure of Graham Kennedy
Graham Kennedy
Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called Gra Gra and The King of Australian television.-Childhood:...
from the program. The program in the new format was short-lived.
Other television roles
Killeen, along with Daniel MacPhersonDaniel MacPherson
Daniel Donald MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, best known for his roles as; Joel Samuels on Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait on British police drama The Bill, and Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner in City Homicide...
co-hosted the Sydney New Year's Eve 2006–07 telecast and also the Australia Day
Australia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...
eve celebrations on 25 January 2006. She was also the host of Ten's coverage of the Australia Day
Australia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...
ceremony in 2007.
Literary works
. As an author of a number of books, most for children, Killeen has penned:
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Movie roles
Killeen has a cameo in the Australian film Gettin' SquareGettin' Square
Gettin' Square is a crime caper movie set on Australia's Gold Coast and directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. The protagonists are ex-criminals trying to keep out of trouble....
as Rhonda Halliwell. On 28 October 2007, Killeen mentioned having a role in feature film to be shot in 2008.
External links
- Gretel Killeen at Penguin Books
- GretelKilleen.com.au is her website
- Gretel-Killeen.com is a fan website