Jamie Durie
Jamie Durie is the host of
Australian television lifestyle show
Backyard Blitz. As of July 2006, he is also co-hosting
Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice.
He also hosted the Australian version of
The Block an
Renovation Rescue, all shows by the
Nine Network.
Jamie Durie is also the ambassador for
Plan (aid organisation) Australia. A television special was screened with Durie in this role as he visited families in
Uganda affected by
HIV.
Prior to his television presenting career, Durie was a member of
Manpower Australia, a highly popular touring male
striptease act similar to the
Chippendales. In
1994 he posed nude for the art magazine
Black+White alongside fomer fiancee
Terasa Livingstone. On a special presentation for
Cirque de Soleil's Australian tour of
AlegrÃa for the Nine Network, he revealed that he previouly auditioned for the troupe but did not get in.
On
5 May 2005, Durie was charged with negligent driving and not giving particulars to another driver after an incident in central
Sydney. The police alleged Durie's car hit a car driven by Karen Heath about 7.30am that day and that he failed to give Ms Heath the personal details she needed to contact him about damage to her vehicle. Police eventually withdrew the charges without explanation.
