| Jabba | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 15, 1973 |
| Occupation | Television Presenter VJ Radio Host Actor |
| Years active | 1995 – present |
| Known for | Channel [V] |
Jabba aka Jason Davis is a television personality who first made a name for himself as part of the launch of subscription television in Australia in 1995. He was a host for music television station "Red" on the now-defunct Galaxy subscription television network, before the channel changed its name to Channel [V].[1]
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Jabba in his early years went to Hunters Hill primary school and played with the All Saints Hunters Hill soccer team. He went to James Ruse Agricultural High School After honing his skills 'on the tools' at a hardware shop and becoming a wordsmith he moved into the media.
Jabba – real name Jason Davis – worked for [V] for almost ten years until taking part in a project called Band in a Bubble with the Australian band Regurgitator at Federation Square in Melbourne in September 2004.
In his ten years on [V] Jabba hosted many different shows including The Joint and Jabba's Morning Glory, which featured performances and interviews with prominent musicians from Pink to Mixmaster Mike, DJ of the Beastie Boys and Chicken Kickin' Greg Fleet. Jabba was known as a perfectionist and insisted that director and crew attend 'de-briefings' after each of the late night live television shows to ensure quality of product.
Jabba also plays the role of "Davo Dinkum" in the SBS television comedy show Pizza.
Since leaving [V], Jabba has been working for the radio network Nova, hosting The Nova 19s with Jabba and Justine at night on Brisbane's Nova 106.9. Jabba has since moved back home to Sydney, working at Nova 96.9 hosting The All New Nova Top 10 with Jabba and Mel, while still also hosting the Motorola ARIA Charts show on Sunday afternoons, which is Nova's only national show. Jabba also writes a column for the Australian edition of Rolling Stone. Although, in November 2008 Jabba and Mel left The All New Nova Top 10 with Jabba and Mel they were replaced by James Kerley and Maz Compton.
Jabba was also the host of Great BBQ Challenge, a competition series on Foxtel's LifeStyle Food channel. It was a contest to find Australia's best BBQer, who would win $25,000 and go on to host their own show on Lifestyle FOOD. He has been named by some (one actually) as a 'Social recalcitrant'. "It sort of slid when he left the international passport to smoking pleasure behind"
Jabba's next career move in March 2010 was as host of a new Breakfast radio program on the Win TV Network's C91.3FM in Campbelltown.
Rumours persist that Jabba is co-writing a low budget feature of sorts that will be a real 'kick in the pants/ball tearer/tear jerker' the really typifies urban Australia.
In 2011, he appeared on two SBS sitcoms - Swift and Shift Couriers and on Housos.
| Year | Movie |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Somewhere in the Darkness |
| 2002 | Garage Days |
| 2003 | Fat Pizza |
Jabba was nominated for and won the Best Music Personality at the 2007 Australian Commercial Radio Awards held at Crown Casino.[2]
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