Jamie McDonald (media personality)

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Jamie McDonald
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Born (1978-03-27) March 27, 1978 (age 47)
Education Ballarat University
Occupations
  • Radio presenter
  • announcer
  • actor
  • Big Brother contestant
Known for

Jamie McDonald (born 27 March 1978) is an Australian radio personality, announcer, actor and TV contestant.

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Biography

McDonald grew up in Ballarat, Victoria [1] and attended Mount Clear College. He then went on to study performing arts at Ballarat University.

McDonald was a Big Brother housemate in 2007 [2] He also worked as a radio announcer with Fairfax Media and Super Radio Network. [3]

McDonald's other television appearances include a recurring bit part on the Australian television series The Secret Life of Us [4] and as a founding host of video-game based television show Level 3 . [5]

McDonald was previously a network announcer with Southern Cross Austereo until he split from the company in 2015. [6] [7]

In 2017 McDonald released a handbook entitled "Audition Secrets of Reality TV". This short non-fiction work is available on Amazon and hold's Jamie's insights into the audition process. [8]

2021 saw the release of Jamie McDonald's second book simply called "The Tarot Dictionary" [9] in which he details his process to read the Rider Waite Tarot Deck

Across 2023 and 2024 Jamie returned to his broadcasting roots with a podcast called "Jamie's Club" [10] In this longform conversation podcast he would deep-dive into the lives of people with interesting stories or unusual occupations.

References

  1. ↑ "Jamie McDonald". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "IMDb: nm2639478". IMDb. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "The People | 100.9 ZZZ FM and 900 2LM Radio". www.zzz2lm.net.au. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "Australian Television: The Secret Life of Us: Episode guide: Series 4".
  5. ↑ "Jamie". www.level3.org.au. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "All Stations | Triple M".
  8. ↑ McDonald, Jamie (9 May 2017). Audition Secrets of Reality TV: Boost Your Chances of Being Chosen. Independently published. ISBN   978-1521252550.
  9. ↑ McDonald, Jamie (21 October 2021). The Tarot Dictionary. Independently published. ISBN   979-8754610637.
  10. ↑ Jamie McDonald (2023–2024). "Jamie's Club" (Podcast). Spreaker.
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