Kyle Sandilands

Kyle Sandilands: Biography in Details

Who is Kyle Sandilands?

Kyle Sandilands is a known Australian radio host. He co-hosted “The Kyle and Jackie O Show” with Jackie O that aired on Sydney’s radio station KIIS 106. He appeared as the judge on Celebrity Big Brother, Australian Idol, and The X Factor.

Kyle Sandilands- Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

Kyle Sandilands was born on born 10 June 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. As of 2022, he is 51 years old and holds Australian nationality. His ethnicity is Caucasian and his birth zodiac sign is Gemini.

No details about his parents, siblings, or educational background are revealed to the media yet. His parents ended the marriage by divorce when he was 10 years old. During his interview, he revealed that he was excommunicated by his mother and stepfather when was 15. He was a troublesome child who actually impaired their car when they were absent. Later, when was 17, he was sent to live in Townsville with his aunt, Jill Stevens.

Kyle Sandilands- Professional Life, Careers

Radio Career

Kyle Sandilands worked as a driver in the 4TO Townsville radio station in 1992. Similarly, he went to Sydney and worked as a host of the Hot30 Countdown at 2Day FM. He earned $255,000 per year there.

Though the host was named “Best On-Air Team” at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards in 2007,2011, and 2015, he was considered to be the most disliked personality in a Zoo Weekly article.

Television Career

Sandilands serves as a judge on Network Ten’s Australian Idol for 4 years from 2005 to 2009. After appearing on Celebrity Big Brother which is an Australian series he ended it at the 3rd position on the 23rd day. He became part of the 2007 Australian Season of Big Brother.

Similarly, By substituting Gretel Killeen he appeared as a host on the 2008 season of Big Brother along with Henderson.

Likewise, he was declared to be the judge with Brian McFadden by substituting ex-judges Tom Bulinson and Red Symons on the fourth season of Australia’s Got Talent.

Kyle Sandilands appeared as a judge on the 2nd season of The X Factor Australia with other co-judges named Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian, and, Natalie Imbruglia.

He described ‘Meet the Hockers’ which is a reality television program and is quite like Pawn Stars produced by himself in 2017. The show aired on 9Go! on the 16th of May in 2017.

Unfortunately, it was able to garner only 98,000 viewers with down ratings. He was featured on the television series, Trial  By Kyle which premiered on Network Ten.

Kyle Sandilands- Net worth, Salary

According to Celebrity Net Worth, the net worth of Kyle Sandilands is estimated to be around 40 million USD as of 2022. KISS FM made a contract of 50 million USD along with him and Jackie O. With a rough calculation, he is paid  40,000 USD per show and runs through 2024.

Kyle Sandilands- Rumors, Controversy

Sandilands is known as a shock jock as he is quite controversial. After sharing airplay to “Ooh Ahh” he was blamed for “cooking the charts” in July and August 2005. He was given a libel suit, with the court ruling after the radio program Today Tonight slandered him. He became part of the on-air clash with Jackie O after Molly Meldrum, a music celebrity narrated Sandilands as “fat”, “talentless” and “arrogant” on 2 July 2007.

After the statement of Sandilands said that smoking is not harmful to people as many organizations have made people believe so was out in the public, Media Watch kept him on the concern. Due to statements, the Cancer Institute of New South Wales organized “13-QUIT” advertisements on the network.

Body Features- Height, Weight

Kyle Sandilands stand at the height of 6 ft 1 inch weighing around 146 Kg as he has a plus-sized physique. His body measurements of bust, waist, and hips are 56-38-52 inches respectively.

Additionally, he has a pair of grey eyes with blonde color hair. With a fair complexion, he has a French-cut beard.

Social Media

Kyle Sandilands has more than 298K followers on his Instagram account while he has about 17K followers on his Twitter account. Similarly, there is a Youtube channel under the name Kyle and Jackie O which has around 286K subscribers. There are also some Facebook pages under his name.

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