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  Gretel Killeen Australian Big Brother
Gretel: I've loved SM from the beginning because I was really proud of the love she had for herself.
Killeen, 38, also confirmed she had met Nine network executives and said she was no sure thing to host the next instalment of Big Brother.
Killeen may squirm at the mere mention of her fame, but there is no denying that she has become a household name.
www.angelfire.com /movies/mypics2/gretel.htm   (1562 words)

  
  Gretel Killeen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gretel Killeen is an Australian author, newspaper columnist, and TV personality who is famous for hosting the Australian reality television series, Big Brother.
Killeen was born in 1963 in Turramurra, a suburb of Sydney.
In fact, Killeen cut the top of her finger open as she reached for a handhold on the mirrored wall, and reportedly sat through the rest of the show with her hand out of the camera's view, her fingertip hanging loose.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gretel_Killeen   (564 words)

  
 Behindbigbrother.com | We're all watching   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gretel admits that she has grown over the years doing the show - she reveals that prior to BB she was an author, did a bit of stand up as well as doing an occasional voiceover.
Gretel goes on to state that this is why they had a different audition process this year; hoping to really see what people are like in real life and not on a video tape.
Gretel, quick as a wit, says "I thought you were like the pope!" Bert thanks her, and plugs the launch show on Sunday, before saying goodbye and GMA cuts to a break.
www.behindbigbrother.com /showarticle.php?articleID=62   (800 words)

  
 Gretel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gretel is that name of one of the characters in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel
Gretel is the name of a 12-metre yacht that competed in the 1962 America's Cup
Gretel II is the name of a 12-metre yacht that competed in the 1970 America's Cup
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gretel   (122 words)

  
 Reality check for Big Brother's Gretel
As Gretel Killeen prepares to host the sixth series of Big Brother, she says visiting Bangladesh was her highlight for 2005.
Killeen said the strength and inner beauty of some of the female burns victims she met in Bangladesh was inspiring.
Killeen said she felt it was her duty as a person in the spotlight to give something back to the underprivileged.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=84767   (544 words)

  
 Gretel Killeen Trivia - Gretel Killeen Facts - Gretel Killeen Notes
Gretel is know as the "Queen" of voice overs which she has done for over 15 years.
Gretel and her children currently live in Kings Cross which is a city suburb in Sydney.
Gretel got divorced in 1993 and her ex now lives in the states but they remain as friends.
www.tv.com /gretel-killeen/person/55013/trivia.html   (718 words)

  
 One-woman show - smh.com.au
Ten's head of factual programming, Tim Clucas, says Killeen's appeal is a simple matter of two million viewers tuning in each time she is on the show, which is twice a week for the next 10 weeks until the least-despised housemate wins.
Killeen lends muted wit, maturity and a wry smile to the program, yet it's a career move that confounds those who knew her in her early years, as captain of the North Shore Methodist ladies' college, Ravenswood, a member of the Australian debating team and UTS law student.
Killeen says her career diverged from that of fellow Harold Parkers, such as Wendy Harmer, Jean Kittson and Mary-Anne Fahey, when she realised life was short and the finish line was in sight.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/04/19/1019020706097.html   (849 words)

  
 Elites TV - For the Best in Reality
Gretel Petal (Gretel Killeen) is back again this year and she has a side-kick - Little Timmy (Tim Fergusson).
While Gretel Petal is a familiar face to BB addicts, Little Timmy is best known for his failed ventures such as a comedy singing act called the Doug Anthony All Stars and hosting several TV shows including Unreal TV and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush.
Gretel Petal is assures us that there will be some surprise every single night of this week (at least).
www.elitestv.com /NewsPub/Stories/2003/04/28/10515335109.html   (1269 words)

  
 Behindbigbrother.com | We're all watching   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On Tuesday night Gretel let her disapproval of Heath be known on stage when she attacked his BB application form - on the top of Gretel's list: Heath put down he once slept with 14 girls in one week.
Killeen doesn’t seem to feel it is important to apply the same standards on males as she does to females.
This is Killeen’s warped sense of society, where there are one set of values for women, and another for the evil of the earth, men.
www.behindbigbrother.com /showarticle.php?articleID=340   (1496 words)

  
 Big Brother, Little World....   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
No - Gretel is cool, really - I think she just meant it felt very aggressive to her personally - being trapped on stage for a long show that was sposed to be mainly talking to Merlin, with him with his mouth taped shut.
Gretel Killeen and more than 1.8 million viewers missed out on a helluva lot of "man's" and "dudes".
He apologised to Killeen for his actions, which she perceived as aggressive, when he returned to the show last night.
www.able2know.com /forums/about26835.html   (1439 words)

  
 Gretel - Hansel & Gretel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hansel and Gretel, two children abandoned in the woods, are befriended by a.
Hansel and Gretel by the brothers Grimm, illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Gretel took the bread under her apron, as Hansel had the pebbles in his pocket.
www.e377.com /?q=gretel   (438 words)

  
 Gretel Killeen info, photos and links @ Big Brother Chaos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gretel Killeen is an inspirational role model to many.
Gretel and her children live near Sydney's Kings Cross not far from the smell of cafeine and the beach.
Gretel feels that she has only achieved about ten percent of her potential as a person (this must surely be a joke as she is already an awesome lady when one looks at her life so far).
www.celebchaos.com /bigbrotherchaos/gretel.htm   (812 words)

  
 Gretel  Killeen   Comedians Speaker Details - Motivational Speakers, Entertainers and Trainers
In her earlier years Gretel Killeen had all the hallmarks of an academic, being school captain and a member of the Australian Debating Team, however she dropped out of law school after six weeks, when she couldn’t find the exam room.
In her career so far Gretel has done the full gamut, she has played Ray Martin’s wife for three years in the cult classic, ‘A Town Like Dallas’ had a column with the Australian for two years, been a queen of voice-overs for over fifteen years and shared a huge ratings-winning breakfast show on Austereo.
Gretel has been doing voice over work for radio, TV and corporate videos since 1985 and is one of Sydney’s most respected and experienced voice artists.
www.speakersandentertainers.com /speaker.asp?speaker=145   (336 words)

  
 Watchdog of the Wankers: Gretel's Gratuitous Grope-A-Thon
41yo Gretel Killeen, MILF to the masses (that is, Mature-aged Inane Little-boy Fucker), fresh from her affair with Saxon (who?), is back, with a new line-up of tragedies to compete for her paedophile attentions.
Gretel's gratuitous groping was surpassed in its vulgarity only by her outfit.
Gretel's groping of Trevor extended to rubbing her hand up and down his big, fl, rugby playing biceps.
whingers.blogspot.com /2004/05/gretels-gratuitous-grope-thon.html   (1346 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Gretel Killeen
Gretel Killeen is an Australian famous author, newspaper columnist, TV personality and the current Host of Australian Big Brother.
Gretel is also a a regular panelist on Beauty and the Beast, an Australian TV debating show.
Gretel is also working as a successful freelance writer/author, an ambassador for UNICEF, full time single parent and she can also be heard on Sydney/Melbourne radio stations.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Gretel_Killeen   (237 words)

  
 Time for tough love | Big Brother | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (19-04-2006)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Six years on and Zeke is in his final year, Eppie is a teenager and Killeen herself is a household name, all because of another household - the one run by Big Brother.
But Killeen says, quite seriously, that the controversy generated by the $30 million a year production actually worked to generate a positive national debate.
Killeen says the pyschological imperative of the BB format means viewers who vote the contestants off must see them as they are, even if the producers don't condone the behaviour and it must not be purified.
entertainment.news.com.au /story/0,10221,18858628-5000140,00.html   (1072 words)

  
 Gretel Killeen
Gretel: I have three sisters, two older and one younger, and my parents are still married after forty-five years.
Gretel: The only message I want to share with everyone is to be brave and to challenge yourself to have new experiences and new emotions.
Gretel: I don't enjoy the loneliness of writing but I love to read what I've written and be amazed at just what part of my head an idea came from.
www.girl.com.au /gretelkilleen.htm   (749 words)

  
 Gretel Killeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gretel has appeared on many TV shows such as Rove, GNW and the Super Debates.
Killeen used to write for the Weekend Australian magazine and now has a book with a collection of the stories she wrote.
Gretel has written other books as well and if anyone has their titles, I'd greatly appreciate it.
www.angelfire.com /co2/aussiecomedians/GretelKilleen.html   (96 words)

  
 TVAus.com.au :: Gretel's Hosting Job   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I guess though of Gretel was nice to all housemates and not at all controversial we woudl complain.
Gretel can keep her job, but I'd say lose Sexon and get some sleep so she isn't all grumpy and bitchy towards the audience and male HM's.
My problem isn't so much with Gretel Killeen, because she does pretty much what she is told and although she ad libs a bit, the cringey bits are the bits written for her.....
www.tvaus.com /viewtopic.php?p=96357   (1481 words)

  
 Big Brother (Australian TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All series in Australia have rigidly enforced the rule that nominations are not to be discussed amongst housemates, and that collusion between housemates is forbidden.
Dreamworld, Network Ten and Gretel Killeen's contracts expire after the current 2006 season.
During the first series of Big Brother there was a one-hour Saturday evening show with Gretel Killeen presenting an overview of press discussion of the series that week, interviews with fans, and footage of what evicted housemates were up to.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_(Australian_TV_series)   (2046 words)

  
 Big Brother Online
Host of the show Gretel Killeen said she had been inside the house only twice so far this year.
She said that while she didn't feel uncomfortable watching the housemates, it was sometimes hard to stop herself from yelling through the glass "don't do it," or "stop crying, we've had enough".
The Glass House on ABC Big Brother host Gretel Killeen will be one of the guests on the ABC's new comedy show tomorrow night.
www.geocities.com /sacchi_80/thehost.html   (356 words)

  
 Ovations - Gretel Killeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Most commonly known as the host of the phenomenally successful television program Big Brother, Gretel Killeen is also a best–selling international author of nineteen books and winner of the 2001 MO Award for Best Female Comic.
In her earlier years Gretel had the hallmarks of an academic – school captain, a member of the Australian Debating Team – however she dropped out of law school after six weeks, when she couldn't find the exam room.
Gretel is also the publisher of numerous bestselling books for younger readers, including the My Sister Series, My Life is a Toilet and My Life is a Wedgie.
www.ovations.com.au /bios/GretelKilleen.shtml   (214 words)

  
 UNICEF Australia
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA, January 28 — UNICEF Australia Ambassador Gretel Killeen today began a tour of Banda Aceh — the area hardest hit by the Southeast Asia tsunami.
These programs have been scaled up to ensure all children in countries affected by the tsunami have minimal interruption to their education and receive ongoing health care.
Gretel will be available for media interviews on Monday 31 January.
www.unicef.org.au /mediaCentre-Detail.asp?ReleaseID=602   (221 words)

  
 GetGretelOffBB.com - The petition to get Gretel Killeen off Big Brother
After 6 Seasons of the same old, immature and sexist comments, we are sick and tired of bearing witness to Gretel Killeen's apparent "humour".
Gretel doesn't reach or communicate well with her audience anymore and her interview techniques are no longer up to scratch with the Big Brother production.
We highly endorse Mike Goldman to take over, however the replacement of Gretel Killeen is essential for the longevity and success of Big Brothers to come.
www.getgreteloffbb.com   (266 words)

  
 Big Brother, Little World....   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The 24-year-old Sydneysider returned to the Ten Network's extended Big Brother eviction nomination show to explain the stunt was designed to put the mandatory-detention issue back into the public spotlight.
He also apologised to young children and their parents who may have been scared by the stunt.
Must have been very difficult to stay cool - she actually, from the bits I saw, defended him from the outraged teeny-bopper creampuff heads in the audience.
www.able2know.com /forums/about26835-0.html   (1439 words)

  
 Big Brother // News : Rove Reveals Punishment Plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As revealed by Gretel, this year you will not only be able to vote for who you'd like to evict from the BB house, you'll also be able to vote for who you'd like to stay.
This news is bound to have a massive impact on the 'sleepers' as Gretel calls them - the quiet housemates who stay under the radar by avoiding being the centre of attention.
Gretel's second revelation is news that this year's House will have a 'Punishment Room'.
bigbrother.3mobile.com.au /news/article_14.asp   (282 words)

  
 Signatures Lets get Gretel Killeen off Big Brother Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]
gretel is a stupid presenter she is too old and way past her prime.
Gretel is offensive with her man hating views would a woman hater be aloud on tv?
Gretel Killeen should be taken off Big Brother.
www.ipetitions.com /petition/GretelKilleen/signatures.html   (239 words)

  
 Gretel Killeen : Media, Humour, Entertainment, Compere, Facilitator, Comedy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Best known as the host of the phenomenally successful television program Big Brother, Gretel Killeen is also a best-selling international author of nineteen books and winner of the 2001 MO Award for Best Female Comic.
In her earlier years Gretel Killeen had the hallmarks of an academic - school captain, a member of the Australian Debating Team - however she dropped out of law school after six weeks, when she couldn't find the exam room.
On television Gretel Killeen featured as a ‘Beauty’ on Beauty and the Beast and appeared as Ray Martin’s wife for three years in the cult classic A Town Like Dallas (The Midday Show).
www.celebrityspeakers.com.au /brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=141   (257 words)

  
 ausculture: An Open Letter To Gretel Killeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gretel is a beautiful woman, it would be an HONOUR to see her naked!
During Season Four of Big Brother, the friendly Gretel we’d come to quietly admire every night of the week was unexpectedly replaced by a (metaphorically, of course) whip-brandishing sadist who could barely disguise her hate for the show.
can you help me look for gretel killeen email address plz.why i am doing a book for her.my name is helena.i am 16 year old.i go to school its call hamilton secondary college.i am in year 11 at school.this is form helena seymour.
www.ausculture.com /archives/001193.html   (863 words)

  
 Kids at Random House : Author Details for Gretel Killeen
Gretel Killeen started writing comedy by accident when she stood up to perform a very serious poem and everybody laughed.
From here she moved to writing and performing comedy in a variety of theatres and clubs across her home country, Australia, and for a number of major radio stations.
Gretel's comedy writing then led to television and in 2001 Gretel hosted Australia's Big Brother - a phenomenal success which she has repeated in 2002, 2003.
www.randomhouse.co.uk /catalog/authorcb.htm?authorID=3941   (139 words)

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