The Kyle and Jackie O Show is an Australian breakfast radio show hosted by Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O on KIIS 106.5 in Sydney and KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne. The show is syndicated in the late drive slot on the KIIS Network following Will & Woody across Australia, and is a station on iHeartRadio.[1]
| The Kyle and Jackie O Show | |
| Other Names: | Kyle & Jackie O |
| Format: | Celebrity, comedy, talk, music |
| Runtime: | 240 minutes |
| Start Time: | 6:00 am |
| End Time: | 10:00 am |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Television: | Kyle & Jackie O TV: Behind-the-Scenes (online)[2] |
| Exec Producer: | Pedro Vitola |
| Rec Location: | Sydney |
| First Aired: | 24 January 2004 |
| Audio Format: | Stereo |
| Record Location: | North Sydney, Australia |
Kyle and Jackie O were cohosts on the Hot30 Countdown since mid-2000, and presented this show until the end of 2003. In 2004, The Kyle and Jackie O Show commenced as their own show during the drive time slot for Sydney and Melbourne listeners only. They moved to the breakfast time slot on 16 January 2005 for Sydney listeners only, replacing 2Day FM breakfast hosts Judith Lucy, Peter Helliar and Kaz Cooke.[3] [4]
The show has been Sydney's top-rated FM radio breakfast show for four consecutive years,[5] and the program is a 9-time winner and 36-time finalist of the Australian Commercial Radio Awards. From November 2009 until December 2011, Kyle and Jackie O were also broadcast nationally on Saturdays between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. during the syndicated Take 40 Australia show.
On 1 November 2013, it was announced the radio show will end on 2Day FM in December 2013 and move to rival station, KIIS 106.5 from January 2014.[6]
The Kyle and Jackie O Show began on new station KIIS 106.5 on 20 January 2014 with a nightly "best bits" program networked on the KIIS Network (ARN) and regional radio stations. The show on KIIS 106.5 instantly went to number 1(FM) in the first radio survey for 2014 with the former radio station 2Day FM failing in the ratings.
In 2014, Kyle and Jackie O started a new show, The A-List with Kyle and Jackie O which also airs on KIIS 106.5, in Sydney, and exported globally. A weekly 3-hour entertainment show featuring the biggest stars and the hottest music in the world, co-produced with Bowserland.
Together, the prestigious radio show has won a total of 36 radio awards.
In November 2023, Kyle and Jackie O announced that the show would be networked into Melbourne breakfast on KIIS 101.1 replacing Jase & Lauren from January 2024.[7] They also announced that they had signed a landmark deal with ARN. In March 2024, it was confirmed that Kyle and Jackie O will launch into Melbourne on 29 April.[8]
The Kyle and Jackie O Show airs weekdays in the breakfast radio time-slot from 6 am to 10 am on KIIS 106.5 and KIIS 101.1.
The syndicated show, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power, airs in metro markets from 6 p.m to 7 p.m each weeknight on the KIIS Network in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth, plus in regional areas on a number of FM stations on the Ace Radio and Super Radio networks.
Presented every hour, Jackie's O News features Jackie delivering the morning's celebrity gossip and news. Due to the popularity and longevity of this feature, Jackie's O News will often "break" local and international celebrity news stories.
Notable breaking stories have included the revealing of the names of finalists for the Gold Logie.
Spoilers and leaks are also aired during the segment. In November 2010, the name of a dying character in the hit TV show Packed to the Rafters was revealed.[9]
Every morning at 7 a.m. a listener is selected to answer 10 questions correctly within 60 seconds. The listener wins $100 for each correct answer, but is eligible for the top prize only if all 10 are answered correctly. Late in 2012, the $10,000 Pop Quiz eventually changed format to become the $50,000 Pop Quiz every weekday, which was won on 26 November 2012. The Pop Quiz varies from $5000, $10,000, $12,000, $15,000 or $20,000[10]
For the first 3 years at KIIS, the Pop Quiz was played at 8 a.m. In its history, the Pop Quiz has given away in excess of $1 million, making it Sydney's "richest" cash radio contest.[11]
Every morning at 6:30 a.m., a listener who is celebrating their birthday receives a prize, which is determined spinning the "Birthday Wheel". This was originally a small wooden wheel, but in January 2011 a new wheel was commissioned that includes hundreds of LED lights. The listener then picks a song to be played on-air. They have the choice of Kyle or Jackie O's song[12]
Every weekday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 9:50 a.m., listeners can call 13 1065 to talk about anything directly with Kyle and Jackie O.
Played every morning just after 6am, two listeners phone in, a male who will represent the tradies, and a female who will represent the ladies. The callers are asked 3 questions each; the tradie is asked lady questions, and the lady is asked tradie questions.
Every Friday, Jackie places an item in her mouth. Listeners are given clues with sexual innuendo and are asked to assume what the object is. The listener who correctly identifies the object wins a prize, usually concert tickets. This game is alternating between others.
Listeners phone in to play 5-in-10. The team give out a broad category and listeners must identify 5 specific items of that area in 10 seconds. This game is alternating between others.
A listener calls up and Jackie plays on behalf of the caller. Kyle will give the first half of a sentence from Google and Jackie must correctly guess the top search
Jackie will ask listeners questions, but they have to answer with a specific letter of the alphabet. Listeners have 12.5 seconds to answer all five questions
Kyle and Jackie are each told of a separate item that they must convince the listener is in studio, only one item is in studio whilst the other has to lie. If the listener correctly guesses who is telling the truth about the actual item that is in studio they win.
A listener has to try to convince a friend/relative they know of, is that what they have done is the truth, in which Kyle & Jackie would end the call by saying, "Only Lying" before it goes too far. That listener would then be rewarded with $1000.
Based on the infamous game on Instagram, two listeners call up & Jackie & Brooklyn plays on the callers behalf. Kyle will give the phrase/sentence that is in gibberish and Jackie and Brooklyn must correctly identify what the phrase/sentence is actually saying.
Listener calls up and Jackie & Kyle play on behalf of the caller. Jackie is placed with the listener in the Cone of Silence first, to which Brooklyn gives the two words. Kyle names the first thing that comes to mind relating to those two words, then he goes into the cone of silence and Jackie comes out with the listener does the same. If both Kyle and Jackie's answers end up matching, then that listener wins $20K.
Since July 2018, The Kyle and Jackie O Show has recorded the largest audience among Sydney breakfast FM shows in every radio survey.[13] As of September 2021, the show had a 10.7% market share of the total Sydney breakfast time slot.[14] In the period April–June 2021 the show recorded the largest audience across all Sydney breakfast shows (AM/FM) with a market share of 15.5%, their highest result.[15] Host Kyle Sandilands attributes the show's rating success in part to his and Jackie O's tendency to say what they are thinking, "even if [we're] not sure".[13]
The syndicated Kyle and Jackie O Show: Hour of Power airs nationally on various regional radio stations, reaching 5.3 million Australians on the KIIS Network and an additional 6.4 million Australians on Ace Radio's regional stations.[4] Kyle and Jackie O's global show, Alist with Kyle and Jackie O, co-produced with Bowserland attracts an audience of more than 1.2 million listeners from radio stations in Australia and across the globe.[16] After the show commenced in the Sydney breakfast market in January 2005, it needed only 12 months to claim the top spot in the FM ratings.[17]
In November 2023, it was revealed the pair had signed a 10-year, A$200 million deal, a record for the Australian market; in other words, Kyle and Jackie O would each get a base salary of $10 million, plus bonus total stock options valued at $14 million. The pair also negotiated a clause that allows them to broadcast from anywhere on earth; additionally, the show will be syndicated in the Melbourne market, leading to the cancellation of the Lauren & Jase show by the end of 2023.[18] [19]
In August 2009, Kyle and Jackie O were suspended following a segment in which they put a 14-year-old girl on a lie detector and then asked her about her sexual history. After the girl revealed that she had been a victim of rape, Sandilands asked "Right ... is that the only experience you’ve had?"[20] Following this incident, a full-time censor was brought on board.[21] Despite the suspension and scandal, Kyle and Jackie O maintained their number-one position in the market, and the show actually grew 0.6 percentage points.[22]
In September 2009, Sandilands apologised after making an on-air remark about how actor Magda Szubanski could lose a lot more weight if she had spent time in a concentration camp. Although Szubanski indicated that it was a "beat-up" and that she "couldn't care less," Sandilands was still suspended.[23]
In July 2011, Sandilands made headlines after stating that Australian model Megan Gale was a "phony" and that he "never liked her". Gale's management responded by cancelling Gale's upcoming interview on the show.[24] Later that week, model Charlotte Dawson hit out at Sandilands on her Twitter account, saying that he could "f*** off".[25]
In August 2011, Sandilands faced criticism from the Indian community over comments he made on the show about the cleanliness of the Ganges River.[26] The Universal Society of Hinduism later admitted that there was no malice behind Sandilands's comments and accepted his reasoning.
In November 2011, Sandilands used his radio show to launch abuse at Daily Telegraph columnist Alison Henderson, for her negative review of the Kyle & Jackie O TV show (which had performed poorly in the ratings).[27] Sandilands called Henderson a "fat slag" and a "piece of shit", accused the columnist of bias because "she just hates us and has always hated us", before making more derogatory comments about her body. The ACMA investigation into the show imposed further restrictions on 2DayFM, meaning that the radio station would be in breach if any broadcast made statements to demean women or girls.[28]
In May 2016, legal action was launched against Jackie O and the Australian Radio Network, after Jackie O questioned the parentage of NRL player Kieran Foran's son on air.[29] Jackie O made the claim in late April, after it was revealed that Foran had checked into a mental health clinic, and had been granted indefinite leave from his club. Rugby league writer, Danny Weidler responded at the time "The suggestion from Jackie O on Kiis1065 that Kieran Foran's baby boy is not his is false and offensive to all concerned".[30] The legal demand instructed the show to make a full retraction of the defamatory allegation against Foran and his ex-partner, and issue an unreserved apology.
The Kyle and Jackie O Show has a total of five content producers and two audio producers.
The show is overseen by KIIS 106.5's Head of Content (and formerly the show's Executive Producer), Derek "DB" Bargwanna.
According to Media Week Australia, The Kyle and Jackie O Show's content production team is one of Australia's most formidable production teams.
The show's producers reportedly work 12 hours a day or more in order to keep the show's ratings at number 1.[31]
| Name | Nickname | Role | Start | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Sandilands | King Kyle | Host, anchor, and panel operator of the show | January 2005 | |
| Jackie O | Host of the show and presents "O News" | January 2005 | ||
| Tony Aldridge | KIIS 106.5 Content Director | August 2022 | Previously was KIIS 101.1 Content Director.[32] | |
| Derek Bargwanna | DB | Head of KIIS Network | August 2000 | Previously was KIIS 106.5 & KIIS 101.1 Head of Content. He has been the show's content director since August 2000 and was the show's executive producer.[33] [34] |
| Brooklyn Ross | Newsreader | January 2015 | ||
| Pedro Cuccovillo Vitola | CuzzyPedro the Anivaxxer | Executive Producer | July 2020 | Previously a Senior Producer who returned to the show in July 2020. Refuses the COVID vaccination |
| Peter Deppeler | Intern Pete | Intern (but known as a serial pest) | December 2013 | KIIS National Talent ManagerHas been close to being sacked so many times but surprisingly is still employed |
| Jaimee Hassos | Mayo | Senior Producer & Guest Booker | June 2018 | |
| Nat Penfold | Croat Nat | Producer | Jan 2023 | |
| Louisa Senteleky | No Ideasa Louisa | Producer | March 2023 | |
| Zane Dean | Thing | Sydney Studio Producer | April 2022 | |
| Lachlan Mansell | Geek LachieVirgin Lachie Lachie the Virgin | Melbourne Studio Producer | April 2024 | Previously was a Junior Producer from August 2021 – August 2022 and workday announcer on Power FM in Ballarat. He won Beauty and the Geek in 2021. |
| Ella Kanna | Lingus | Digital Content Producer | March 2022 | |
| Joshua Fox | Yeah But Nah | Video Producer | Nov 2022 | |
| Missy Balfour | The Censor | On Air Content Advisor | June 2014 | Previously 2Day FM (January 2012 – December 2013) |
| Nikita McGoram | Assistant Censor | Jan 2023 | ||
| Name | Nickname | Role | Start | End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonia Jahshan | Palestine | Executive Producer | January 2019 | December 2022 | Currently a Senior Producer on Sunrise on Seven Network.[35] |
| Tom Whitaker | Snappy Tom | Producer | January 2019 | February 2023 | |
| Thomas Martin | Tank | Audio Producer | |||
| Patrick Rice | P.A.T | Audio Producer | |||
| Adam Price | Shivering AdamAdam the Virgin | Studio Producer | March 2017 | April 2022 | |
| Mitchell Coombs | Meek Mitch | Video Producer | March 2018 | May 2021 | |
| Bruno Bouchet | Executive Producer | January 2016 | December 2018 | ||
| Simon Greally | Simon | Executive Producer [36] | January 2014 | December 2014 | |
| Nick Cervetto | Pretty | Show Manager | May 2011 | April 2014 | |
| Tiasha Debray | Felicia | Web Producer | July 2020 | March 2022 | |
| Che Gadenne | Pinch the baby | Executive Producer | January 2006 | January 2007 | |
| Jermaine D’Vauz | Brown | Video Producer | June 2021 | September 2022 | [37] |
| Kian Oliver | Black Bieber | Audio Producer | January 2018 | March 2022 | |
| John Nicholson | Coffee John | Show Barista and fill-in Phone Operator | January 2017 | June 2022 | |
| James Weir | ABC | Entertainment Producer | January 2014 | December 2014 | |
| Krista Thomas | Newsreader [38] | December 2013 | December 2014 | ||
| Daniel Bozykowski | Boz The Junkie | Audio Producer | January 2014 | December 2014 | Audio Producer for KIIS 106.5 Sydney. Currently KIIS Image Production Manager – KIIS 106.5 Sydney and KIIS 101.1 Melbourne. |
| Alisson Longhurst | Hamburglar | Senior Producer | January 2014 | February 2015 | |
| Ben Harlum | Chucky | Senior Producer | February 2015 | June 2015 | Previously Australian Radio Network's Social Media Specialist, starting in 2014. |
| Andy Ruzgar | Monotone Andy | Entertainment Producer | January 2015 | May 2015 | |
| Krystal Sanders | Colonel Sanders | Producer | 2016 | August 2017 | |
| Laura Cosgrove | Blunt | Entertainment Producer | July 2015 | December 2015 | |
| Pedro Cuccovillo Vitola | Cuzzy | Content Producer | October 2016 | May 2019 | |
| Rhys Messenger | Who's That Rhys? | Senior Imaging Producer | January 2018 | June 2019 | |
| Olivia Mackinnon | Single White Female | Senior Digital Content Producer | 2014 | February 2018 | |
| Bern Sokol | Reception Bern | Social Media Producer | February 2015 | December 2015 | |
| Jamie Travers | Creative Content Producer | January 2016 | March 2016 | ||
| Whitney Plowman | Producer | April 2016 | July 2016 | ||
| Nic McClure | Executive Producer | January 2015 | December 2016 | ||
| Oscar Gordon | Oscar IT | Executive Digital Content Producer | October 2014 | December 2016 | |
| Abigail Benaud | Wednesday | Senior Producer (Guests and Talent Producer) | November 2013 | February 2017 | |
| Luke James | Manchild | Panel Op/Producer | November 2013 | January 2017 | Previously was Executive Producer for Jase & Lauren on KIIS 101.1. |
| Daniel Hunt | Audio Producer | January 2016 | December 2017 | ||
| David Faires | Garfield | Audio Producer | January 2014 | December 2017 | |
| Rohan Edwards | Rohan the Ruiner | Panel Op | January 2017 | March 2017 | |
| Olivia Esveld | Hot Liv | Web Producer | February 2018 | June 2020 | |
| Ashleigh Smith | Awkward Ash | Producer | April 2019 | October 2020 | |
| Geoff Field | Newsreader | 2003 | 2010 | From 2Day FM | |
KIIS FM confirmed media reports in April 2016 that the program, on occasion, compensates celebrities for appearing on the program.
Since 2004, The Kyle & Jackie O Show has been a 36-time finalist and a 9-time winner of the Australian Commercial Radio Awards.
|-| 2004| Molly Meldrum Telephone Scam[78] | Best Comedy Segment| |-| 2004| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best On-Air Team| |-| 2004| Live from the ARIAs 2003| Best Music Special| |-| 2005| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[79] | Best Networked Program| |-| 2005| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[79] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2005| Geoff Field[79] | Best News Presenter| |-| 2006| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[80] | Best Networked Program| |-| 2006| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[80] | Best on Air Team| |-| 2006| Sydney's First Illegal Gay Wedding[81] | Best Station Promotion| |-| 2007| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[82] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2007| Derek Bargwanna[82] | Best Show Producer| |-| 2007| Kyle and Jackie O Boost Your Life[82] | Best Station Promotion| |-| 2007| Geoff Field[83] | Best News Presenter| |-| 2007| Kyle and Jackie O's Hour of Power with Robbie Williams[83] | Best Music Special| |-| 2007| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[83] | Best Networked Program| |-| 2007| Kyle and Jackie O's Hour of No Power[83] | Best Community Service Project| |-| 2008| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[84] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2008| Geoff Field[84] | Best News Presenter| |-| 2008| Ten Things I Hate About You[84] | Best Music Special| |-| 2008| Kyle and Jackie O's Nude Wedding[84] | Best Station Promotion| |-| 2008| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[84] | Best Networked Program| |-| 2008| Kyle and Jackie O's Priscilla with the Stars[84] | Best Sales Promotion| |-| 2009| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[85] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2009| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[85] | Best Networked Program| |-| 2009| Kyle and Jackie O's Heartless Hotline[85] | Best Station Promotion| |-| 2009| Pink Meet and Greet[85] | Best Music Special| |-| 2009| Geoff Field[85] | Best News Presenter| |-| 2010| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[86] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2010| Sarah McGilvray[86] | Best Show Producer| |-| 2010| Dinner with Kyle, Jackie O and Chris Noth[86] | Best Station Promotion| |-| 2011| Sophie Monk[87] | Best Newcomer Off-Air| |-| 2011| Gemma O'Neill[88] | Best Show Producer| |-| 2011| Derek Bargwanna[88] | Best Program Director| |-| 2011| Dan Bozykowski[88] | Best Achievement in Production| |-| 2011| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[88] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2012| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[88] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2013| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[88] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2014| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[88] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2014| Derek Bargwanna[88] | Best Program Director| |-| 2015| The Kyle and Jackie O Show[88] | Best On-Air Team| |-| 2015| Kyle and Jack Give Back Wedding[88] | Best Station Promotion| |-| 2016| Nic McClure| Best Show Producer| |-| 2016| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Multimedia Execution – Sales| |-| 2017| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Multimedia Execution – Sales| |-| 2017| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Community Service Project| |-| 2017| Bruno Bouchet| Best Show Producer| |-| 2017| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Networked Program| |-| 2018| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Multimedia Execution – Sales| |-| 2018| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Marketing Campaign| |-| 2018| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best On-Air Team – FM| |-| 2020/21| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best On-Air Team – FM| |-| 2020/21| Jackie Henderson| Best Entertainment Presenter| |-| 2020/21| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Multimedia Execution – Station| |-| 2020/21| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Multimedia Execution – Sales| |-| 2020/21| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Station Promotion| |-| 2020/21| The Kyle and Jackie O Show| Best Sales Promotion| |-| 2020/21| Sonia Jahshan | Best Show Producer| |-|
