Jackie O (radio host) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Jacqueline Ellen Marie Henderson, better known as Jackie O, (born 31 January 1975) 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
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 :...

with 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 for hosting Australian Princess
Australian Princess
Australian Princess is an Australian reality television show that first premiered on Network Ten on 5 October 2005. It is produced by Granada Productions, who are responsible for other programs such as Dancing with the Stars, Australia's Next Top Model and Merrick and Rosso Unplanned.The show is...

. She is also an ambassador of well known organisation Animals Australia.

She has also hosted celebrity prank show Surprise Surprise Gotcha
Surprise Surprise Gotcha
Surprise Surprise Downblouse is an Australian erotic hidden camera practical joke television series. Hosted by radio personalities Matt Tilley and Jackie O, and featuring another radio personality, Richard Marsland] as the 'downblouse referee', the series commenced on the Nine Network on 18...

and appeared on the 2007 comedy series The Nation
The Nation (TV series)
The Nation was an Australian satirical sketch comedy and discussion series covering the week's events across political and social spectrums, premiering on Tuesday 5 June 2007 at on the Nine Network....

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 also was the co-host of Big Brother Australia, alongside Kyle Sandilands

Kyle Sandilands

, after the original host Gretel Killeen

Gretel Killeen

Gretel Killeen is an Australian 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 ....

resigned from the series.

Radio

Henderson (then known as Jackie Last) originally had no plans to become a radio personality until meeting Phil O'Neil

Ugly Phil

Ugly Phil O'Neil is a radio DJ/announcer. He was born in the United Kingdom, and lived the majority of his life in Australia. Before adopting the on-air name of Ugly Phil he was known on-air as Phil O'Neil...

whilst he was the night host at the Gold Coast's Sea FM in early 1993. At the time, she had worked as an office girl and sandwich hand at a delicatessen. but moved to Canberra with O'Neil a few months later, after he accepted an offer to join FM104.7. After initial rejections by management to have her as his 'phone girl', they finally agreed, although no remuneration was offered.

Soon after, O'Neil accepted an offer to join Triple M in Adelaide but only on condition that Jackie was to be his co-host and it was at this time that she adopted the stage name "Jackie O". When the next survey result came out, the duo's ratings had doubled, easily beating their main rivals SA-FM in the same time slot. After another ratings rise in the following survey, Phil and Jackie were snapped up by Fox FM

FOX FM (Melbourne)

Fox FM is a radio station that serves the Melbourne, Australia, broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 101.9 MHz. Licensed to Mount Dandenong, Victoria, the station is currently owned by the Austereo Radio Network. The station's transmitter is located on the ATV-10 transmission tower on top...

in Melbourne. Soon after, their show was networked (Hot 30) after their move to 2Day Fm in Sydney.

The duo co-hosted a Network Ten

Network Ten

Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

music show called Ground Zero
Ground Zero (television show)
Ground Zero was a late night Australian music show on Channel Ten that featured music videos and live appearances. It aired from 1997 to 2001 and was initially directed by Bernie Zelvis and was hosted by Jade Gatt , Ugly Phil and Jackie O.By 1999 the program was no longer filmed in a studio and was...

and the Hot 30 radio show during the late 1990s until the couple divorced and O'Neil left for the United Kingdom. Henderson's career on radio rose to new heights after she was partnered with "shock jock

Shock jock

Shock jock is a slang term used to describe a type of any radio broadcaster who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive. The term is usually used pejoratively to describe provocative or irreverent broadcasters whose mannerisms,...

" Kyle Sandilands on the Austereo Network (broadcasting from Sydney station 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 pair moved from drive time
Drive time
Drive time is the daypart analog to prime time for radio broadcasting. It consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up, get ready, and/or head to work or school, and the afternoon hours when they are heading home and before their evening meal. These are the periods where the number of...

to breakfast at the beginning of 2005. They continued to host the countdown show The Hot Hits until August 2009.

In 2004, Jackie O was involved in an incident with Australian rock band Frenzal Rhomb

Frenzal Rhomb

Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1992 with mainstay Jason Whalley on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. In 1996, Lindsay McDougall joined the line-up on lead guitar and backing vocals. Two of the group's albums have peaked into the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, A...

. At a rock festival in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

, she arrived on the stage nine hours late and cut into the playing time of Frenzal Rhomb. The band amped up and played over the top of her and Jackie-O left the stage in tears. Sandilands later spoke abusively to lead singer Jay Whalley during an abrasive and confronting radio interview, with Whalley asserting that Jackie O's security had threatened members of the band, while Sandilands responded by threatening to have the Austereo network blacklist

Blacklist

A blacklist is a list or register of entities who, for one reason or another, are being denied a particular privilege, service, mobility, access or recognition. As a verb, to blacklist can mean to deny someone work in a particular field, or to ostracize a person from a certain social circle...

the group's recordings.

In addition to radio, TV and advertising appearances, Henderson has also done voice-over work for the animated movie Robots
Robots (film)
Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox, and was released theatrically on March 11, 2005. The story was created by Chris Wedge and William Joyce, a children's book author/illustrator. The two were trying to create a film version of...

, voicing the character "Loretta Geargrinder" in the Australian release.

Television

Jackie O has also hosted a variety of television shows, most prominently the Popstars
Popstars
Popstars is an international reality television franchise and a precursor to the Idol series. The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss...

series, in which televised auditions were held to select members of a vocal group. In 2005, Jackie O also hosted the Network Ten

Network Ten

reality show, Australian Princess
Australian Princess
Australian Princess is an Australian reality television show that first premiered on Network Ten on 5 October 2005. It is produced by Granada Productions, who are responsible for other programs such as Dancing with the Stars, Australia's Next Top Model and Merrick and Rosso Unplanned.The show is...

, in which they transformed a group of women to sophisticated "princesses". A second series of Australian Princess had gone to air during the non-ratings summer period on Network 10 starting in December. No reason was given by the Network as to why it was be shown out of the official ratings period.

In June 2007, she was a cast member of the The Nation
The Nation (TV series)
The Nation was an Australian satirical sketch comedy and discussion series covering the week's events across political and social spectrums, premiering on Tuesday 5 June 2007 at on the Nine Network....

airing on the Nine Network

Nine Network

. She was also co-host of the comedy show Surprise Surprise Gotcha on the same network, the series has been called the Australian version of Punk'd which was made famous by pranking many celebrities. In October 2007, she along with her radio partner Kyle Sandilands would take Gretel Killeen

Gretel Killeen

Gretel Killeen is an Australian 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 ....

's job in hosting the 2008 series of Big Brother Australia. Killeen hosted the show from its start in 2001 to 2007. Following poor ratings for this 2008 series, Network Ten

Network Ten

announced on 14 July 2008 that Big Brother Australia would not return in 2009.

Controversy

In July 2006, it emerged that some of the 'callers' to the Jackie and Sandilands' 2Day FM

2Day FM

morning radio show were actually fictitious. The duo claimed to be unaware of this. On 20 July 2009, Jackie O and Sandilands, on-air, 'cruelly' and 'sadistically' taunted a refugee

Refugee

A refugee is a person who outside her country of origin or habitual residence because she has suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because she is a member of a persecuted 'social group'. Such a person may be referred to as an 'asylum seeker' until...

from Pol Pot's

Pol Pot

Saloth Sar , better known as Pol Pot, , was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea....

Cambodia. They meted out similar treatment to the woman's 19 year-old niece.

2009 Lie Detector Radio Segment

On 29 July 2009, a segment aired in which a 14-year-old girl was strapped to a lie detector

Lie Detector

"Lie Detector" is a CD single by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released in October 1998 on Sub Pop.-Personnel:*Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - lead vocals, guitar*Jimbo Wallace - upright bass, vocals*Scott Churilla - drums, vocals...

while her mother, Sandilands and Jackie O asked probing questions about her past experiences with sex and drugs. Before questioning started Jackie Henderson asked the mother "What’s your worst fear? Is it the sex?". Sandilands was participating in the show from New Zealand via hookup.

The child started by saying, "I'm scared. It's not fair". Sandilands said, "She is scared everyone. Yeah." The segment went astray when the child revealed she had been raped at the age of 12. After a long pause, Sandilands then asked "Right ... is that the only experience you've had?".

The segment was widely criticised by health professionals, media commentators, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...

, the public, and reported internationally. A group of 15 high-profile psychologists, academics and child advocates wrote to The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...

suggesting the show had been the venue for child abuse

Child abuse

Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...

and a gross violation of human rights.

As a result of the stunt and the ensuing backlash, advertisers American Express

American Express

American Express Company or AmEx, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1850, it is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company is best...

, Optus

Optus

SingTel Optus Pty Limited is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications...

, Qantas

Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...

and Network Ten

Network Ten

pulled their advertising from the 2DayFM morning show. Austereo put the show "in recess" for an undisclosed period of time as of 2 August 2009. On 13 August 2009, Austereo chairman Peter Harvie and chief executive Michael Anderson said Jackie O and Sandilands will be back on air on 18 August 2009.

Personal life

She was married to her co host Phil O'Neil

Ugly Phil

during their combined radio career. After their divorce, O'Neil moved to the United Kingdom in the late 1990s. In 2003, she married UK photographer Lee Henderson. In 2007, she launched her 'Jackie O' jewellery collection.

She is vegetarian, and in 2008 was named one of Australia's sexiest vegetarians. In October 2009, Jackie O was named as the second most hated celebrity in an annual list by Zoo Magazine (only surpassed by co-host Kyle Sandilands at number one)
In July 2010, Jackie O announced that she was pregnant with her first child with husband Lee Henderson. Jackie O gave birth to a baby girl, Catalina "Kitty" Mae Henderson early on the morning of 10 December 2010. A controversy started when a photo of Jackie O feeding her baby while crossing a street was published. The incident was widely covered in the Australian media.

External links

Kyle and Jackie O Show – 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 :...

Official site
Radio bottom feeders need intervention The Daily Telegraph – Michelle Cazzulino (30 July 2009)
Fun – Kyle and Jackie O Style ABC 'Media Watch' (3 Aug 2009)

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