jodhi meares

Australia’s Next Top Unsubstantiated Host-Related Rumour

8:51AM Clem Bastow | After the whole ‘oh moy gourd, you guise, Jodhi Meares has totally quit Australia’s Next Top Model, this is soy upsetting’ fiasco, industry tattle talk has turned to discussing which leggy stunner will take over from the Tigerlilly designer in the show’s host/mentor role. So, while Foxtel remain tight-lipped and watercoolers at Portmans stores the country over are deep in considered conversation on the topic, the Tele’s Ros Reines offered her own theories on the topic: It is believed that the stunning Tozzi would fit the bill in hosting the model quest and bring so much to the small screen. More »

Game Off, Moles: Charlotte Dawson NOT Taking ‘Model’ Gig

9:37AM Clem Bastow | Well, as Jeanette said to John on their wedding night, that was fast and disappointing: Charlotte Dawson, it seems, will not be taking over the Australia’s Next Top Model hosting gig left vacated by Jodhi Meares, as it seemed only yesterday she would be. Instead, Dawson will be focusing her attention on an as-yet untitled variety show on Foxtel: More »

Jodhi Says Jodbye To ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ Gig

9:45AM Clem Bastow | After months of not-very-convincing hand-wringing and assuring everyone that yes, she will come back to Australia’s Next Top Model – not to mention a brief foray into soft furnishings – Jodhi Meares has surprised absolutely no one by announcing her decision to quit her AusNTM hosting gig. Foxtel boss Brian Walsh continued his praise for Meares’ “invaluable contribution” to the show. More »

Jodhi Meares Would Like You To Try Her Curtains On For Size

2:00PM Clem Bastow | It hasn’t been a fantastic year for Jodhi Meares, really; if her hosting skills weren’t already subject to enough fervent debate at the Vogue Forums, her no-show at the Australia’s Next Top Model live finale was the last straw. So, you could forgive her for wanting to throw herself into some new projects to take her mind off things – and perhaps said mind-taking-off (or, indeed, out, i.e., of her skull and into a glass jar and replaced by an alarm clock) explains her interesting logic when it comes to describing her new gig as an interior designer for a Potts Point development… More »

Jodhi Meares Might Be Leaving ‘AusNTM’. Maybe.

9:47AM Clem Bastow | After pulling out of the Australia’s Next Top Model finale (citing a reason to the tune of “I don’t do live television”), and then fleeing to the beach when the probing questions got too much, and then having the Foxtel boss say she wasn’t going anywhere, it seems Jodhi Meares has decided to set the record straight. She has done this by, er, giving a rather evasive interview in which she kinda sorta maybe says she won’t be hosting the modelling show next year. “It’s not something that I ever agreed to do, or would ever agree to do,” Meares told Grazia. “I am not an entertainer, I don’t aspire to handle crowds of that level. I said that upfront and Foxtel were totally fine about it.” [...] Meares called police to fend off reporters at her Sydney home last week before fleeing to Hamilton Island. And any plans to salvage her Foxtel contract are off the agenda, with Meares saying she does not expect to stay in the media. “I don’t see it as something I will need to manage in the future,” she said. Well, as much as I think the whole fracas dissolved into a bit of a farce, I have to say I’m not going to mourn her departure (you know, if she does depart); her hosting duties have been, how you say, actually a bit shit. Aside from the fabulous Charlotte Dawson, who else would make a good AusNTM host? Mink? Miranda Kerr? Jeannie Little? More »

Jodhi Meares Will Not Be Leaving ANTM, Charlotte Dawson Stocks Up On Voodoo Dolls

9:22AM Clem Bastow | Bad news for those who were hoping Charlotte Dawnson and her sassypants would snatch the Australia’s Next Top Model hosting spirit stick from Jodhi Meares after her, er, underwhelming (i.e. nonexistent) performance in the role come grand finale time: Foxtel sez Meares isn’t going anywhere. Somewhere in the suburbs of Sydney, Charlotte Dawson is contacting Fiona Horne to see how she can make a Wiccan career spell out of a pile of Tigerlily samples and a can of kerosene. The pay-TV channel’s CEO Brian Walsh slammed reports claiming executives on the model contest were “furious” after Meares pulled out of the live decider over stage fright. “Nothing could be further from the truth. I rang Jodhi on Friday and reiterated the fact she has our full support and apologised for the media circus it’s become,” Walsh told Confidential yesterday. “We won’t be discussing contracts (for next year) until next month, but I told her to go have a holiday and forget about it.” Blah blah, whatever, but what’s most exciting is that at the very least, as the piece goes on to note, it looks as though big things are planned for Dawson anyway: Walsh had good news for Dawson too, revealing the Foxtel femme had been “earmarked” to host a major new series for the network next year. “I haven’t talked to her about it yet but it has a big live component with a studio audience and I think she’d be great,” Walsh said. And, rumour (read: The Vogue Forums) has it that Dawson and Alex “Tiny Mouth” Girdwood will be muscling in on Demelza’s Vogue shoot, which would be amazing and create hilarity for all. So you see? All is well with the world. More »