Jabba (Presenter)
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Jabba is a television personality who first made a name for himself as part of the launch of subscription television in Australia in 1995. He was a host for music television station "Red" on the now-defunct Galaxy subscription television network, before the channel changed its name to Channel [V].
Jabba – real name Jason Davis – worked for [V] for almost ten years until taking part in a project called Band in a Bubble with the Australian band Regurgitator at Federation Square in Melbourne in September 2004.
In his ten years on [V] Jabba hosted many different shows including The Joint and Jabba's Morning Glory, which featured performances and interviews with prominent musicians from P!nk to Mixmaster Mike, DJ of the Beastie Boys.
Jabba also plays the role of "Davo Dinkum" in the SBS television comedy show Pizza.
Since leaving [V], Jabba has been working for the radio network Nova, hosting The Nova 19s with Jabba and Justine at night on Brisbane's Nova 106.9. Jabba has since moved back home to Sydney, working at Nova 96.9 hosting The Nova 9s with Jabba and Mel, while still also hosting the Motorola ARIA Charts show on Sunday afternoons, which is Nova's only national show. Jabba also writes a column for the Australian edition of Rolling Stone.
Jabba is also the host of Great BBQ Challenge, a competition series on Foxtel's LifeStyle Food channel. It is a contest to find Australia's best BBQer, who will win $25,000 and go on to host their own show on Lifestyle FOOD.
