Jacki MacDonald

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Jacki MacDonald, born November 26, 1954 (real name, Jenine), in Brisbane, Queensland is an Australian television presenter.

A popular identity in her home state of Queensland, Jacki, appeared on a number of local programs in the 1970s including her own show on BTQ-7 and then a daily breakfast program The Jacki Mac Show on TVQ-0.

In 1978, she was the Nine Network's replacement for Daryl Somers and Ossie Ostrich when the pair defected to 0-10 and on their return to Nine later in the year, she was asked to join them as co-presenter of Hey Hey It's Saturday, a role which she continued for a decade.

She was also presenter of TVQ-0's Eyewitness News bulletins in the 1980s, which made her one of the few presenters to appear for two different networks at the same time (in her case, the Nine and Ten networks).

During the 1970s and 1980s, Jacki won several TV Week Logie Awards for Most Popular Female Personality in Queensland.

In 1984, Jacki teamed up with Ossie Ostrich to host The Ossie Ostrich Video Show, a national weekday children's program on Nine.

Following her departure from Hey Hey in 1988, Jacki kept out of the spotlight but returned to television in 1991 to host Australia's Funniest Home Video Show and then in 1992 former Hey Hey It's Saturday producer Gavan Disney approached her to co-host his new TV program Healthy Wealthy And Wise which was being produced for Network Ten. Jacki continued with the new program for a couple of years before leaving television altogether.

Her most recent TV appearance was on the Network Ten special Seriously 40, which went to air in 2005, commemorating 40 years of Network Ten.

Jacki is not to be confused with her sister Fiona MacDonald, who followed a similar career path to her older sibling, appearing on local television in Queensland before going onto national programs such as Wombat and the Australian version of It's A Knockout.

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• Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (1991) TV Series .... Herself - Host
• Hey Hey It's Saturday

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