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Kyle Sandilands
File:Sandilands-JackieO.jpg
Career
ShowThe Kyle and Jackie O Show
The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power
Station2Day FM
StyleBreakfast Show Host,
CountryAustralia
WebsiteThe Official Kyle Sandilands MySpace

Kyle Sandilands (born 10 June 1971) is an Australian radio host, best known for hosting with Jackie O the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show and The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power. Both air on Sydney radio station 2Day FM.

After a difficult upbringing and leaving home at the age of 17,[1] his first foray into radio was a stint at a Townsville radio station after he lied on his résumé about working with Triple M, although his aunt has said he hung around doing work experience until they took pity on him[2]. Ironically, he went on to work for Triple M firstly as part of the launch in Perth with Paul "Campo" Campion and then in Brisbane. After switching to Triple M Brisbane's Austereo stablemate B105 FM, Sandilands moved to Sydney in 1999, replacing Ugly Phil on the Hot 30 Countdown. Ugly Phil had recently divorced his wife Jackie O and left Australia for the United Kingdom.

In 2001, Sandilands joined pop singer Joanne on a trip to Bali to shoot her video for her hit single "So Damn Fine".

In 2005, he replaced Ian "Dicko" Dickson as one of Network Ten's Australian Idol. He continues to be a judge on the show now in its fifth season.

In September 2006, Sandilands was named the most hated Australian identity in a Zoo Weekly article.[3]

On 14 October 2006 Sandilands and Jackie O won "Best On-Air Team" at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards.[4]

He is engaged to marry pop singer Tamara Jaber. He lives with her in Woolwich.

Controversy

Radio career

In July 2004, Sandilands and co-host Jackie O were involved in a verbal argument with the band Frenzal Rhomb (hosts on the Triple J radio station) over an incident which occurred at a music festival in Darwin. Jackie O reportedly arrived to MC the concert nine hours late and then attempted to speak with the audience during Frenzal Rhomb's already dramatically reduced set time. Frenzal Rhomb played music over Jackie O so she could not be heard on stage. During an on-air broadcast, Sandilands then threatened Frenzal Rhomb's label to have Frenzal Rhomb's songs banned from Austereo radio stations,[5] as well as condoning threats of physical violence made by members of Jackie O's security. During the on-air broadcast Sandiland's managed to speak with the lead singer of Frenzal Rhomb, Jason Whalley, who calmly retorted to Sandilands that Austereo didn't play their music anyway, and while defending their on-stage actions, did offer an apology to Jackie O. Sandilands however seemed to ignore this, and continued to berate Frenzal Rhomb on-air after hanging up on the phone call.

In July and August 2005 Sandilands was accused of "cooking the charts" by playing his partner Tamara Jaber's latest song on the radio. The allegations stemmed from current affairs program Today Tonight. In 2006, Sandilands won a defamation lawsuit, which ruled that the program had defamed the radio host.[6]

On 4 August 2006, Sandilands used his radio program to call Fiona Connolly, a columnist from Sydney's Daily Telegraph, "fat" and a "liar". She was 6 months' pregnant at the time. After calling her the "chick that I hate at Sydney Confidential" he also stated he "would hire a private investigator to film her and her family then I'm going to put it on a website and I'm going to show everyone what members of her family do that are dodgy."[7] He has since been banned by Austereo management from mentioning Connolly on air.

In March 2007, Sandilands referred on-air to a police officer who had issued him a speeding ticket as an 'arsehole' and to the highway patrol as 'scum'. This was reported on the Australian media watchdog television show 'Media Watch' as 'Kyle Bile'.[8]

On 2 July 2007, Sandilands and Jackie O, got involved in a on-air clash with Australian music host legend, Molly Meldrum, who referred to Sandilands as "arrogant", "fat" and "talentless".[9]

On 20 August 2007, Sandilands made on-air comments stating that smoking was not as harmful to people as many institutions would lead you to believe and that the statistics presented by these institutions are falsified. These comments led to the Cancer Institute of New South Wales pulling their "13-QUIT" advertisements off the network.[10]

As an Australian Idol Judge

In October 2005, Sandilands referred to the eventual Australian Idol 2005 winner Kate DeAraugo's arms as "tuckshop lady arms".[11]

In September 2006, Sandilands told 17 year old Australian Idol contestant Jessica Mauboy to lose her "jelly belly".[12]

In October 2006, Sandilands referred to Australian Idol contestant Bobby Flynn as a "mong" - which is a derogatory slang for the now-dated term mongoloid, referring to people suffering from Down syndrome. Sandilands insisted that he meant no disrespect to those suffering from Down Syndrome.[13]

Appearance on Big Brother

On July 14 2007, two weeks before the season finale, Sandilands appeared on the 2007 season of Big Brother.

In an attempt to boost poor ratings and to promote the 2007 season of Australian Idol, Sandilands entered the Gold Coast compound and was due conduct his radio program in house on the Monday morning.[14] However, after a heated verbal exchange with "Big Brother", Sandilands required anti-nausea injections for migraines and began vomiting every 30 minutes. He left the house soon after.[15]

Enough Rope Interview

On 22 August 2007, he was interviewed by Andrew Denton for ABC's Enough Rope in which he said he wanted to "punch Dave Hughes in the throat" next time he sees him. This was in response to Dave Hughes referring to Sandilands as a "dickhead".[16] Sandilands was left in a "hostile state" from the questions relating to his need to take personal responsibility for the results of his actions on air.[17]

References

  1. ^ Javes, Sue (2005-04-18). "Shock waves". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Javes, Sue (2005-04-18). "Shock waves". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Who we love to hate". The Age. 2006-09-11. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Christodoulou, Mario (2006-10-15). "Kyle and Jackie O reveal their chemistry". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Media Watch". Episode 2004:26. 2004-08-02. ABC TV. {{cite episode}}: External link in |transcripturl= (help); Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Sandilands defamed by Seven: jury". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-04-11. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Media Watch". Episode 2006:27. 2006-08-14. ABC TV. {{cite episode}}: External link in |transcripturl= (help); Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Media Watch". Episode 2007:04. 2007-03-19. ABC TV. {{cite episode}}: External link in |transcripturl= (help); Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Molly Meldrum in radio outburst". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Media Watch". Episode 2007:26. 2007-08-20. ABC TV. {{cite episode}}: External link in |transcripturl= (help); Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Ford, Elaine (2005-10-23). "Tanning tears fuel Idol fears". ABC News. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Read, Genevieve (2006-09-22). "Look who's talking". The Mercury. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ "Idol judge blasted over 'mong' slur". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Kyle Sandilands BB entry fury". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Kyle's Big Brother meltdown". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2007-08-08. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "'Sorry you're a dickhead, Kyle'". 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-08-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ "Denton puts Sandilands on the ropes". 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-08-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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