Jamie McDonald (born 27 March 1978) is an Australian radio personality, announcer, actor and TV contestant.

Biography

McDonald grew up in

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and attended

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. He then went on to study

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. McDonald was a '' Big Brother'' housemate in 2007 He also worked as a radio announcer with

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and

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. McDonald's other television appearances include a recurring bit part on the Australian television series ''

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'' and as a founding host of video-game based television show '' Level 3''. McDonald was previously a network announcer with

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until he split from the company in 2015. In 2017 McDonald released a handbook entitled "Audition Secrets of Reality TV". This short non-fiction work is available on Amazon and hold's Jamie's insights into the audition process. 2021 saw the release of Jamie McDonald's second book simply called "The Tarot Dictionary" in which he details his process to read the Rider Waite Tarot Deck Across 2023 and 2024 Jamie returned to his broadcasting roots with a podcast called "Jamie's Club" In this longform conversation podcast he would deep-dive into the lives of people with interesting stories or unusual occupations.

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