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Kylie Speer

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Kylie Speer
Speer interviews Robin Thicke in 2013
NationalityAustralian
Alma materQueensland University of Technology (Bachelor Degree)[1]
OccupationTelevision Host/Reporter/Model
Years active2002–present
Modeling information
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorGreen

Kylie Speer is an Australian television host and music, film and entertainment reporter based in Los Angeles. Speer is currently the U.S. Entertainment Correspondent for the Nine Network's live morning television program Today Extra (2013–present) broadcast nationally in Australia.[2] Speer is also the Los Angeles-based film correspondent for BigPond Movies] in Australia (2013–present).[3]

Speer has hosted both the BigPond Movies and BigPond Music channels in Australia (2010 - 2013),[4] as well as "TheFIX" on Ninemsn (2009 - 2012) where she worked as host and reporter on MusicFIX TV,[5] CelebrityFIX TV[6] and the SummerFIX TV series.[7] In 2011, Speer held the role of "Lady Luck" on the Logie Award-winning sports variety television program The Footy Show (NRL),[8] on the Nine Network. In 2011, Speer also worked as a published music journalist[9] for The Sunday Telegraph, Australia's biggest selling newspaper.

Speer is the current[when?] host of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week TV (2010–present), an annual lifestyle, travel and entertainment series filmed and broadcast on each day of the two-week event on Hamilton Island in far-north Queensland, Australia.[10] In 2011, Speer presented from the red carpet and backstage winner's room at the annual Australian television industry awards, the TV Week Logie Awards,[11] and in 2012, hosted Foxtel's 2012 ASTRA Awards national red carpet broadcast.[12]

In December 2012, Speer MC'd the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Forces Entertainment Tour to the Sinai Desert in Egypt alongside a number of Australian television and music personalities.[13] Speer is also an ongoing Ambassador for World Animal Protection,[14] an international non-profit animal welfare organisation.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "QUT - Bachelor of Mass Communication (Journalism and Media & Communication)". Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". ninem.sn. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "BigPond Movies Interview Hype Reel". YouTube. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. ^ "MOG Product Exit". Bigpondmusic.com. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Beth Ditto: I'm still searching for my 'fat girl' wedding dress - MusicFIX Blog". Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  6. ^ "CelebrityFIX TV". Celebrities.ninmsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  7. ^ "SummerFIX TV". Thefix.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Dog adventures around the world". Video.au.msn.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  9. ^ "A return to Innocence". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Audi Hamilton Island Race Week | Race Week TV | Day 1". Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Dog adventures around the world". Video.au.msn.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Rodger Corser at the 2012 ASTRA Awards Red Carpet". YouTube. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Home Page : Defence Video Portal". Department of Defence Video Portal. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Kylie Speer, TV Presenter and Footy Show regular, on her love for dogs". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  15. ^ "GIVING DOGS a VOICE | Collars Not Cruelty". Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.