Jamie Yeo

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Jamie Yeo
Born (1977-04-17) 17 April 1977 (age 46)
Singapore
Education
Alma mater Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Occupations
  • Television host
  • actress
  • radio presenter
  • model
Spouses
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(m. 2004;div. 2009)​
Thorsten Nolte
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(m. 2010;div. 2015)​
Rupert
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(m. 2017)​
Children2
Career
ShowCastrol Football Crazy (former)
Maxis Football Extra (former)
Network ESPN Star Sports (former)
ShowThe Homestretch[ citation needed ]
Station(s) 987FM (former)
SAFRA Radio (former)
Power98FM (former)
Gold 905FM (former)
Network MediaCorp Radio
Style Disc jockey
Country Singapore
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 楊薏琳
Simplified Chinese 杨薏琳
Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Yìlín

Jamie Yeo (born 17 April 1977) is a former Singaporean television host, actress and radio presenter. [1] She is known for starring in Growing Up and for co-hosting the shows Castrol Football Crazy and Maxis Football Extra on ESPN Star Sports. [2]

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Early life

Yeo was born in Singapore [ citation needed ] on 17 April 1977. [3] She attended Fairfield Methodist Primary School [4] and Nanyang Girls' High School before moving to Dayton, Ohio [ citation needed ] for four years, where her father was posted as an engineer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF).

She completed her secondary school education at Dayton Christian High School.[ citation needed ] After returning to Singapore, she entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic and studied mass communications, [5] because her certificate from the United States was not recognised in Singapore so she could not take her A Level at a junior college. She eventually graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1998. [6]

Career

Yeo began as an actress portraying Tammy in the long-running series Growing Up , [7] [8] She has also acted in MediaCorp Channel 8 Mandarin-language productions Holland V and Baby Boom in 2003. [9] [10]

Yeo left acting to pursue a radio career. From 2000 to 2006, she was a full-time DJ at MediaCorp Radio's 987FM. [8] [5]

In 2005, Yeo joined ESPN and became the face of shows like Nokia Football Crazy and Football Extra. In 2009, Football Crazy was renamed Castrol Football Crazy due to a change in sponsorship and it went off air in 2010. [11] [12]

In 2012, Yeo went back to radio with SAFRA Radio on the Singapore station Power98FM. [13]

In 2015, Yeo returned to Mediacorp as radio DJ for Gold 905FM. In March 2016, she took over the drive-time show The Homestretch. [14] [ citation needed ]

Yeo is also the host of the travel and lifestyle program Inside Singapore on Insider TV. [14]

Personal life

In an interview with TheSportsCampus in 2009, Yeo said her favorite football club is Arsenal F.C. and her favourite player Thierry Henry. [15]

Yeo began dating Glenn Ong in 2001 and the couple married in New Creation Church three years later in 2004, but separated in early 2009. [16]

In 2010, Yeo married Thorsten Nolte, a British immigrant in Singapore and the couple had a daughter. [17] [18] However, they divorced in February 2015. In April 2016, she gained sole custody of her daughter, Alysia. [19]

In June 2017, she announced to the media that she was getting married for the third time to another British immigrant in Singapore, Rupert, and was five months pregnant with a baby boy. [20] Their son, Luke, was born on 29 August 2017. [21]

Yeo moved to England with her family in July 2022. [22] [23] She currently lives in Lewes. [24]

In October 2023, in support of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yeo revealed that she was diagnosed with an early-stage breast cancer in 2021. Yeo said she underwent a lumpectomy and radiation therapy and is currently on an "ongoing regimen of pills" to treat the condition. [25]

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References

  1. ↑ hayati (24 September 2017). "A baby boy for radio deejay Jamie Yeo". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Jamie Yeo, 29" (29 April 2007), Straits Times
  3. ↑ "Jamie Yeo And Jaime Teo Were Born On The Same Day, Month & Year". 8 Days. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Single Mum No More! Jamie Yeo's Tinder Beau Proposes And She Says Yes". 8 Days. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. 1 2 "8 things to know about Jamie Yeo, including her Lula J Jewelry line". Her World Singapore. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Film & Media Studies". Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "They're close like bee hoon" (4 October 1998), Pau Lin, Teo, Straits Times
  8. 1 2 "Me, Bimbo?" (12 November 2007), Tay, Michelle, Straits Times
  9. ↑ "Holland V 荷兰村 Show Info" . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Jamie Yeo: An SG Celebrity, Mom, Influencer And Entrepreneur" . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "Castrol's new Crazy campaign". The Star. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Castrol signs on as title sponsor of ESPN's Football Crazy | Media". Campaign Asia. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Jamie Yeo joins new line-up of DJs on Power 98FM". sg.entertainment.yahoo.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  14. 1 2 migration (10 February 2015). "Radio DJ Jamie Yeo to join MediaCorp's Gold90.5FM". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  15. ↑ Wadhwa, Arjun (7 August 2009). "Talking Football with Jamie Yeo". TheSportsCampus. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Celebrity couple Glenn Ong, Jamie Yeo call it quits, 14 February 2009, Mayo Martin, Channel Newsasia
  17. ↑ "What makes 'I do', take two works? Jamie Yeo and fiancé tell all". Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  18. ↑ Jamie Yeo: 'I didn't even know I was in labour Archived 3 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine , 8 November 2010, Germaine Lim, AsiaOne
  19. ↑ "Single Mum No More! Jamie Yeo's Tinder Beau Proposes And She Says Yes" . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  20. ↑ hermesauto (9 June 2017). "DJ Jamie Yeo expecting second child with third husband". The Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "A baby boy for radio deejay Jamie Yeo" . Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  22. ↑ "Jamie Yeo Moving to England with Her Family Next Year".
  23. ↑ "Jamie Yeo's 5-Year-Old Son Is Starting Primary School In England Already". TODAY. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  24. ↑ https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/jamie-yeo-breast-cancer-life-lessons-376931
  25. ↑ Soh, Joanne (1 October 2023). "'Roller-coaster ride' for former deejay Jamie Yeo to tell family about breast cancer". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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