| Bruno Bernard Bouchet | |
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Bruno Bouchet at the 2009 Australian Commercial Radio Awards |
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| Born | Bruno Bernard Bouchet 19 February 1986 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Guest and Talent Producer on The Kyle & Jackie O Show |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Spouse | Laura Viglino (2008-present) |
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| The Kyle & Jackie O Show – Official Site | |
Bruno Bouchet (born 19 February 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is a broadcast producer and radio personality best known as the Guest and Talent Producer on the Austereo Network’s nationally-syndicated show The Kyle & Jackie O Show.
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Bouchet was raised in Brisbane, Australia by French migrants Robert Jean Bouchet and Annick Jeanne Bouchet. Bouchet’s mother Annick had previously hosted music and talk radio shows in Perth, Australia. On completion of seventh grade, Bouchet left Nudgee Junior College for Marist College Ashgrove. It was during high school that, at the age of 15, Bouchet first started in radio, hosting a 3-hour talk show on Switch 1197 called The Speak Up Show.[1]
Bouchet's distinctively controversial style of broadcasting would often land him in hot water. In September 2004 Bouchet appeared on the SBS television program Insight where he got into a slanging match with the Australian Labor Party's candidate for the federal seat of Moreton over the issue of private school funding. Later in the show he was howled down by the panel of guests for stating that: “...(Iraq) at the moment, it's in the reconstruction phase, it's all positive from here”.[2]
In February 2004 Bouchet anchored Switch 1197’s broadcast of the 2004 Queensland State Election from the official tally room at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.[3]
In 2004 Bouchet was hired as the producer of talkback station 4BC 1116am’s weekend mornings show – hosted by Madonna King and Tony Johnston. During this time Bouchet also worked as a casual researcher for the Seven Network’s Today Tonight program as well as writing stories for Quest Community Newspapers. Later that year Bouchet moved onto the newly-formatted weekday breakfast show hosted by Peter Dick and Ross Davie.[4]
During his time at 4BC Bouchet produced shows for such radio personalities as Greg Cary, Claire Blake, Chris Adams, Dean Miller, Rupert McCall, Rod Tiley and John Miller.[5]
In 2006 Bouchet moved to the Brisbane bureau of the Nine Network’s A Current Affair program where he worked as associate-producer for Brisbane-based reporters including David Margan, Amanda Patterson and Chris Allen.[6]
In January 2007 Bouchet moved back into radio, this time for the Australian Radio Network where he produced the 4KQ Classic Hits breakfast program as well as associate-producing the 97.3FM breakfast show.[7][8]
In February 2008 Bouchet took on the role of Producer with the Sonia Kruger and Todd McKenney breakfast show on Mix 106.5 Sydney as well as producing the Body & Soul program hosted by Marnie T across the Australian Radio Network's Mix stream.[9] In September 2009 Bouchet was appointed as the Executive Producer of Mix 106.5’s breakfast show.[10][11]
As of June 2010 Bouchet has been working at 2DayFM Sydney as the Guest and Talent Producer on The Kyle & Jackie O Show.[12]
A regular segment on show is for Bouchet to surprise celebrity guests by entering the studio nude during the middle of an interview.[13] As the Guest and Talent Producer on The Kyle & Jackie O Show, if Bouchet fails to deliver on getting a celebrity on the show, a range of punishments are dished out including being thrown into the Sydney Harbour [14] or having his entire body shaved.[15]
In May 2011, Bouchet and 2DayFM producer Matt Simpson, where they presented a range of "fan favourite" segments from previous broadcasts of The Kyle & Jackie O Show.[16]
In July 2011, Bouchet announced via Twitter that he had signed a literary deal and would be releasing a book in November of 2011[17].
As of September 2011, Bouchet hosts weekly radio show The Producer's Edition of the The Kyle and Jackie O Show with co-producer Matt Simpson.[18]
In May 2004, Bouchet used his Switch 1197 radio show to accuse Federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham of plagiarising a policy idea that Bouchet claims he had developed. Bouchet claimed that he had originally come up with a learn or earn policy and that Latham had taken it off him without any proper acknowledgement. A spokesperson for Latham denied the claims of plagiarism.[19]
In February 2011, 2DayFM Sydney was pressured to sack Bouchet following comments he made on air during The Kyle & Jackie O Show about organ donation and the fact that would never even consider donating his own.[20][21]
In May 2011, Bouchet took to Twitter to make jokes about the death of Osama bin Laden, stating that Osama bin Laden died from sadness over the axing of Shane Warne’s talk show on the Nine Network.[22]
Bouchet is a four-time Australian Commercial Radio Award finalist. In September 2009 Bouchet was part of a team that took out the Australian Commercial Radio Award for Best Music Special.[23]
Bouchet was twice a finalist for the Australian Commercial Radio Award’s Best Newcomer Off-Air category (2005 & 2006).[24][25] In 2008 Bouchet received his third nomination, this time for Best Multimedia Execution.[26]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 2005 | Bruno Bouchet[27] | Best Newcomer Off-Air | Nominated |
| 2006 | Bruno Bouchet[28] | Best Newcomer Off-Air | Nominated |
| 2008 | Mix Mornings[29] | Best Multimedia Execution | Nominated |
| 2009 | Chris-Mas-Isaak[30] | Best Music Special | Won |
Since March 2008 Bouchet has been dating WSFM’s mornings producer Laura Viglino.[31][32]
In November 2010 Bouchet was featured in the Australian Zoo Weekly magazine where he took part in a stunt involving a cheeseburger down his pants.[33]