Brigitte Duclos
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Brigitte Duclos (born 13 December 1964, Melbourne) is an Australian television and radio presenter.
Currently she is a co-host of the breakfast radio program The Cage on Triple M Melbourne and co-host of the TV game show The Con Test on Network Ten with Andrew G.
[edit] Early life
Duclos, one of three sisters, was educated at Shelford Anglican Girls' Grammar School.
[edit] Media career
Duclos began her media career in television in 1986 when she joined Network Ten news team after finishing an Applied Science degree at the Footscray Institute of Technology.
Her major in Physical Education led to her immediate appointment as sports reporter, establishing herself as among the first female sports journalists in Australia. Specialising in tennis and golf, she covered all major tournaments, including the Australian Open in both sports.
Duclos spent two years as an on-the-road reporter for Ten Eyewitness News, was appointed as an updates-presenter (mainly covering stories on flower shows, human interest pieces and the like), and in addition as a weather presenter.
In April 1992, Duclos took on the role of morning news reader for Melbourne's Triple M radio breakfast show, The Richard Stubbs Breakfast Show, and with her fun sense of humour and natural "chatty" personality she became part of the Breakfast Show team within four months.
Duclos returned to Network Ten in 1996 as host of 'Monday To Friday', fondly known as "No Wuckers it's Duccers" a national day time show featuring interviews, information and entertainment.[citation needed]
After four years of breakfast radio on Triple M, Duclos in 1997 joined drive show , The Grill Team, sharing the microphone with Dermott Brereton and her former Network Ten colleague Eddie McGuire, who she was once connected romantically[citation needed]. She quickly established herself as a strong, quick witted, lovable "lady" of the trio, not afraid to give her opinion and equally not afraid to joust with the boys.
Duclos also reviewed movies on Network Ten's national Saturday morning show "Video Hits", and has established a successful career as a host and guest speaker at many business and entertainment functions and has been a regular columnist with the Herald Sun's Sunday Magazine.
As of 2006, she is one of the hosts of Triple M breakfast program The Cage.
The Cage is the popular and long-running breakfast radio show currently airing in Australia (in Melbourne) on Triple M, part of the Austereo Radio Network. Each host has a nickname which they use as their on-air moniker, although they also use their real names. Brigitte is sometimes known as 'Bridge' or 'Top Flight' by her co-hosts.
She is also famous for pulling yellow cards or red cards on her co-hosts or guests when they say anything that could be construed as bad language (especially around school drop off times).
In 2006, Duclos was one of the contestants on the Network Ten special Australia's Brainiest Radio Star.
Duclos is currently the co-host the TV game show The Con Test on Network Ten with Andrew G.
