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Jason Davis (born 15 September 1973 in
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, New South Wales, Australia), known professionally as Jabba, is an
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, media personality,
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,
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and
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, 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
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subscription television network, before the channel changed its name to
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(also known as . Jason the jabba was part of a famous Incubus live performance at a secret gig at Bondi in 2002.


Early life

Born Jason Davis, Jabba attended
Hunters Hill Hunters Hill is a suburb of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hunters Hill is located north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government in Australia, local ...
Primary School, where he gained his name, and James Ruse Agricultural High School. He also played with the All Saints Hunters Hill soccer team, and
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Waterpolo Club.


Career

Jabba began presenting for Galaxy's in 1994. He hosted a variety of shows including ''The Joint'' and ''Jabba's Morning Glory'', which featured performances and interviews with prominent musicians including
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. During his time with he played the role of Davo 'Dazza' Dinkum in the SBS television comedy show ''
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'' and '' Swift and Shift Couriers''. In 2004, Jabba participated in the Band in a Bubble project with Australian
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band
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, which involved him being locked in a '' Big Brother''-style environment with the group and their engineers while they produced an album under 24-hour surveillance. During this time, it was revealed that he had separated from his long-term partner and mother of his children. Following the project's conclusion, Jacquie Riddell of XYZnetworks, announced that Jabba would be taking an extended break, stating that "(the bubble) was a pretty big deal". In 2005, he left and began presenting for Nova FM in Brisbane. Jabba later 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 ''
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Charts'' show on Sunday afternoons, Nova's only national show. In November 2008, Jabba and Mel left ''The All New Nova Top 10 with Jabba and Mel'' and were replaced by James Kerley and Maz Compton. Jabba was also the host of '' Great BBQ Challenge'', a competition series on
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's LifeStyle Food channel. It was a reality-style 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". In March 2010, Jabba became host of a new breakfast radio program with Mike Goldman called ''Macarthur Breakfast'' on the Win TV Network’s C91.3 FM in Campbelltown, NSW. Jabba and Mike left the station in December 2010, after refusing to move to Campbelltown, because it was deemed important for the station to be as local as possible. In 2011, he appeared on two SBS sitcoms: '' Swift and Shift Couriers'' and ''
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''. In 2014 he was featured in the motion picture '' Fat Pizza vs. Housos''. Jabba also writes a column for the Australian edition of ''
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''. In 2013, Jabba joined the
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's '' Weekend Sunrise'' as a movie reviewer.


Filmography


Film


Television


Awards

Jabba was nominated for and won the Best Music Personality at the 2007 Australian Commercial Radio Awards held at Crown Casino.


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jabba 1973 births Australian music critics Australian music journalists Australian male television actors Australian television presenters People educated at James Ruse Agricultural High School Living people Australian video jockeys