- Jacki MacDonald
Jacki MacDonald, born
November 26 1954 (real name, Jenine) inBrisbane, Queensland , is anAustralian television presenter.Career
Popular in her home state of
Queensland , Jacki appeared on a number of local programs in the 1970s including her own show onBTQ-7 and then a daily breakfast program The Jacki Mac Show on TVQ-0.In 1978 she was
Nine Network 's replacement forDaryl Somers andOssie Ostrich (which is nothing else than a large ostrich puppet) when the pair defected to 0-10. On their return to Nine later in the year, she was asked to join them as co-presenter of "Hey Hey It's Saturday ", a role which she continued for a decade.She was also presenter of TVQ-0's "Eyewitness News" bulletins in the 1980s, which made her one of the few presenters to appear for two different networks at the same time (in her case, the Nine and Ten networks).
During the 1970s and 1980s Jacki won several
TV Week Logie Awards for Most Popular Female Personality in Queensland. [ [http://tvweek.prev01.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=62246 TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS] -TV Week ]In 1984, Jacki teamed up with
Ossie Ostrich to host "The Ossie Ostrich Video Show ", a national weekday children's program on Nine.Jacki kept out of the spotlight following her departure from "Hey Hey" in 1988. She returned to television in 1991 to host
Australia's Funniest Home Video Show , and in 1992 former "Hey Hey It's Saturday" producerGavan Disney approached her to co-host his new TV program "Healthy Wealthy And Wise " which was being produced forNetwork Ten . Jacki continued with the new program for a couple of years before leaving television altogether.Her most recent TV appearance was on the 2005 Network Ten special Seriously 40, which commemorated 40 years of Network Ten. Since then, she disappeared from our screens.
Filmography
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Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (1991) TV Series .... Herself - Host
*Hey Hey It's Saturday Awards & Honors
* 1983 - Advance Australia Ambassador [ [http://www.newspix.com.au/Packages/ViewImage.aspx?id=396264 Premier Joh Bjelke Petersen & Jacki MacDonald - Newspix] ]
Personal life
Jacki's sister
Fiona MacDonald is also a former television presenter; she was on local television inQueensland before going onto national programs such as "Wombat" and the Australian version of "It's a Knockout ".References
External links
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