Jo Stanley

Jo Stanley

Infobox Celebrity
name = Jo Stanley


birth_date = 6th July 1972
birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
occupation = Radio presenter

Joanne "Jo" Stanley (born July 6 1972 in Melbourne, Australia) ["The Matt and Jo Show" radio program, Fox FM, July 6th 2006 (podcast)] is an Australian television and radio personality.

Stanley has appeared as the host of Network Ten's "Bread TV" program, a show that focuses on small business and is currently the host of "The Matt and Jo Show" on Austereo's FOX FM, a show she joined in 2003.

Biography

In her childhood she attended Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School.

Her real maiden name is Joanne Bailey, which she changed to avoid confusion with fashion expert Jo Silvagni (nee Bailey). She is also a supporter of the Collingwood Football Club which plays in the Australian Football League. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Monash University, where she majored in drama and theatre studies. [ [http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/paytv/JO-STANLEY-soon-to-open-the-curtains-for-SHORT-SWEET-Series-2-200508.html JO STANLEY soon to open the curtains for SHORT & SWEET Series 2 ] ]

Career

In 2006 she was a panellist for the Nine Network show "Clever" (hosted by Georgie Parker). Other game shows she has participated in are "Temptation", "Australia's Brainiest Kid", and "Bert's Family Feud". Jo was a regular on the Panel in 2003. Jo was also the co-host of the now cancelled series "Yasmin's Getting Married", which aired for only four episodes on Network Ten, where she was joined by Ryan Phelan. Jo will be appearing in a new show on the Seven Network "Good as Gold" with Mikey Robbins which goes through a genre over the past 50 years of television.

Jo started her radio career on FOX FM on Sunday Nights with Jodie J Hill. Jo and Jodie then moved to mornings on FOX FM with a program called "Jodie & Jo", which rated highly. After a few years at FOX FM Jodie & Jo moved to Triple M, to host a new radio show called The Shebang. But after a couple of months at Triple M Jo was asked to join FOX FM again, because Tracy Bartram had left, FOX FM brekky. Jo then took on the breakfast shift from late 2003, with the show titled "Matt, Jo and Benno with the Fabulous Adam Richard". Chris Benno Bennett left a couple of months into the year due to other commitments, the show is now titled as "The Matt & Jo Show with the Fabulous Adam Richard".

Before radio, Jo performed live with a Melbourne comedy group The Toasted Marshmallows, which later changed its name to The Gorskys. The Gorskys also featured Liam Cody and Chris Tomkins of Man Bites God. Jo also performed live with Jodie J Hill in a number of Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows and has appeared on "Thank God You're Here".

Jo was a contestant on the 2007 series of "It Takes Two," with partner Anthony Callea. Jo & Anthony came 2nd on July 10th 2007, losing to Jolene and David.

At 8:10am on Wednesday the 27th August, Jo announced to the team live on air that she is pregnant and due in the first week of March 2009. Jo and her husband know the sex of the baby but won't tell anyone.

References

External links

* [http://fox.com.au/shows/mattandjo The Matt & Jo Show Website]
* [http://fox.com.au/shows/mattandjo/show_features/it_takes_two Jo's It Takes Two Website]
* [http://au.yahoo.com/it-takes-two/ It Takes Two official website]


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