Jackie O (radio host)

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Jacqueline Ellen Last O'Neil (better known as Jackie O; born January 31, 1975 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian commercial radio host, known nationally for the Hot 30 Countdown with Kyle Sandilands, and previously with her ex-husband Ugly Phil.

[edit] Career

Jackie O hosted the Hot 30 radio show with her then-husband Ugly Phil during the late 1990s before he left for the United Kingdom following their divorce. The pair also co-hosted a Network Ten music show called Ground Zero.

Jackie O's career on radio continued, partnering Sandilands on the Austereo Network (broadcasting from Sydney station 2Day FM). The pair moved from drive-time to breakfast at the beginning of 2005. They continue to host the countdown show The Hot Hits.

Jackie O has also hosted a variety of television shows, most prominently the Popstars series, in which televised auditions were held to select members of a vocal group. In 2005, Jackie O also hosted the Network Ten reality show, Australian Princess, in which they transformed a group of women to sophisticated "princesses"; a contestant named Ally (the "Surfer Chick") won the title.

A second series of Australian Princess has gone to air during the non-ratings summer period on Network 10 starting in December. No reason has been given by the Network as to why it was be shown out of the official ratings period. However a third series of the show has been planned to air in late 2007.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 Jackie O's performance as host of this show meant she was voted Australia's Worst Female TV Personality in The Fuglies which are the Australian anti-television awards^[1].

In 2004, Jackie O was involved in an incident with Australian band Frenzal Rhomb. At a gig in Darwin, she arrived on the stage nine hours late and cut into the palying time of Frenzal Rhomb. The band amped up and played over the top of her and Jackie-O left the stage in tears.^[2]^[3] Sandilands later spoke to the band in an abrasive and confronting radio interview.

In addition to radio and TV appearances, Jackie has also done voice-over work for the animated movie Robots, playing the part of Loretta Geargrinder in the Australian release.