Mieke Buchan

Mieke Buchan

Mieke Buchan (pronounced me-ka) is an Australian television and radio presenter.

Early life

A native of Sydney, Australia, she majored in Film and Television Production in her BA Communications degree at University of Technology, Sydney, and also competed for them in netball in the Australian University Games.^[1]

Career

Buchan began her career in Australia, hosting the weekend edition of SBS One's Toyota World Sport, as well as appearing on various other sports, travel and entertainment shows on Fox Sports, Network Ten and the National Geographic Channel. Along with anchoring Toyota World Sport, her work at SBS included daily updates for their FIFA World Cup coverage, and hosting breaking international soccer news and results on the The World Game.

Between 2003 and 2008 Buchan lived and worked in Los Angeles, where she continued to cover the world's largest sports and entertainment events on networks including ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports Net, Encore, and the Tennis Channel. Buchan also presented weekly film review show, Previews for The Soundtrack Channel, for over 5 years (250+ episodes). She was also presenter/host of the Pro-Am Poker Equalizer, Celebrity Poker Pro-Am (FOx Sports), and Poker at the Plaza (Fox Sports). Mieke was also a correspondent on sports interview series, Head to Head, also for Fox Sports, and appeared on the network as a correspondent on nightly sports talk show, Best Damn Sports Show. During this time, Mieke was also the on-field correspondent for 5 Super Bowls, for her home network of SBS, back in Australia.

In 2008, Mieke relocated to London. Over the following year and a half, she hosted the Red Bull Air Race World Series for FOX SPORTS America, in locations that included Budapest (Hungary), Porto (Portugal), and London. She continued to host European episodes of her travel series, Destination.

In mid-2009 she returned to Australia to co-host The Hot Breakfast radio show with Eddie McGuire on Triple M in Melbourne.^[2] Mieke is also a host/presenter, on Australian travel series, Making Tracks, the series airs nationally, on Channel 10.

In August 2011, Buchan resigned from Triple M to focus on her television career.

Throughout her career Buchan has covered events including the Olympic Games, the US Open and French Open tennis tournaments, the Super Bowl, Formula One, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the Aussie Millions and the ARIA Music Awards. Buchan has also acted in the several independent feature films. Her most recent, Detached, was a finalist at the Hollywood Film Festival, in 2008.

Awards and nominations

• In 2003, she was nominated for a Logie Award in the Most Popular New Talent (Female) category.
• In 2003, she appeared on the cover of FHM Australia magazine and was voted as one of FHM Australia's 100 sexiest women.

References

1. ^ http://www.tennischannel.com/programs/talent/mieke_buchan.aspx
2. ^ http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/shows/hot-breakfast-eddie-mcguire

External links

• Mieke Buchan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website (offline)

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