Amy Parks
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| Born: | 1982 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Occupation: | Television presenter on Quizmania |
| Spouse: | None |
| Children: | None |
Amy Parks, was born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. She currently hosts the late night Channel Nine game show Quizmania.
[edit] Television career
Amy Parks’ career has been one of extreme diversity. Starting at a young age as a GSODA junior (a local Geelong Theatre group), Amy played various roles on the stage. This gave her great experience for her next big part as the lead singer of the Sweethearts of Swing (a jazz band housed at Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College). Her role in the Sweethearts not only took her performing all over Australia but also earned her a ticket to perform at the prestigious Montreaux Jazz Festival.
After being accepted to RMITs Bachelor of Journalism course, Amy became very involved in community television taking on the hosting role for three seasons of Raucous (a live-to-air music show), and also became both producer and presenter of Newsline and Pluck. It was during her time at RMIT that Amy was asked to join the team at Fox Footy and present 26 episodes of Young Guns (a show focussing on the lives and careers of young footballers).
Returning to university after her time on Fox Footy, Amy went on to finish her degree at RMIT, whilst still doing various freelancing journalism and presenting activities. These included times at The Age newspaper, Media Giants and the Essendon Football Club, as well as hosting Channel 31’s Real Time Racing, and conducting a series of interviews over three years at the annual Falls Festival for a historical DVD. Amy also worked full time after graduation at the Department of Justice as a corrections officer!
Amy’s latest project saw her presenting a children’s DVD, Talking Time (to be released commercially Sept 2006 in Australia, Canada, USA &NZ). In this role Amy played beside a collection of puppets in a DVD that is aimed at increasing parent’s awareness of the importance of instilling good speech practices in their children.
Later in 2006 Parks was given the role of co-hosting the late night quiz show Quizmania on Channel Nine with actress Nikki Osborne & former Big Brother house-mate Brodie Young.
[edit] Music career
In 2001, Parks joined the band Loomset as a vocalist. Loomset has released two EPs and one album.[1]. Loomset have been said to have a Rock/Pop sound similar to that of Radiohead and Weezer.
