The Kyle and Jackie O Show was an Australian breakfast radio show that was hosted by Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O on KIIS 106.5 in Sydney, KIIS DAB+ Perth and KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne. The show was syndicated in the late drive slot on the KIIS Network following Will & Woody across Australia, and was a station on iHeartRadio.
ARN terminated the contract with Jackie O and gave written notice to Sandilands stating that his behaviour during the show on 20 February 2026 is an act of serious misconduct and therefore a breach of his contract with ARN. Sandilands' contract was subsequently terminated.
History Kyle and Jackie O were cohosts on the Hot30 Countdown since mid-2000, and presented this show until the end of 2003. In 2004, The Kyle and Jackie O Show commenced as their own show during the drive time slot for Sydney and Melbourne listeners only. They moved to the breakfast time slot on 16 January 2005 for Sydney listeners only, replacing 2Day FM breakfast hosts Judith Lucy, Peter Helliar and Kaz Cooke.
The show has been Sydney's top-rated FM radio breakfast show for four consecutive years, and the program is a 9-time winner and 36-time finalist of the Australian Commercial Radio Awards. From November 2009 until December 2011, Kyle and Jackie O were also broadcast nationally on Saturdays between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. during the syndicated Take 40 Australia show.
On 1 November 2013, it was announced the radio show will end on 2Day FM in December 2013 and move to rival station, KIIS 106.5 from January 2014.
The Kyle and Jackie O Show began on new station KIIS 106.5 on 20 January 2014 with a nightly "best bits" program networked on the KIIS Network (ARN) and regional radio stations. The show on KIIS 106.5 instantly went to number 1 in the first radio survey for 2014 with the former radio station 2Day FM failing in the ratings.
In 2014, Kyle and Jackie O started a new show, The A-List with Kyle and Jackie O which also airs on KIIS 106.5, in Sydney, and exported globally. A weekly three-hour entertainment show featuring the biggest stars and the hottest music in the world, co-produced with Bowserland.
Together, the radio show won a total of 36 radio awards.
In November 2023, Kyle and Jackie O announced that the show would be networked into Melbourne breakfast on KIIS 101.1 replacing Jase & Lauren from January 2024. They also announced that they had signed a landmark deal with ARN. In March 2024, it was confirmed that Kyle and Jackie O would launch into Melbourne on 29 April.
In February 2026, Sandilands questioned Jackie's work ethic live on air, with Jackie O leaving radio for an unspecified period of time. Jackie O claimed it was "hurtful", stated "If you don't think I'm doing my job well, and don't think I've very good, get someone else" and reportedly took a week of leave. Sandilands stated "...I'm not married to you, I don't have to buy into all this backwards and forwards...". The incident came in the last week of the radio ratings survey, leading to accusations the incident was "a desperate attempt to get PR".
In March 2026, Sandilands was suspended from KIIS FM for two weeks for bad behaviour, and Jackie O's contract with the network was terminated by parent company ARN. Subsequently Jackie O said she did not quit and Sandilands made a public statement saying he wanted the suspension lifted so he could go back on air. On 18 March 2026, ARN announced it had terminated Sandilands' contract.Termination of contract with Quasar Media and Mr Sandilands ARN Media 18 March 2026 In addition, a campaign by protest group "Mad Fucking Witches" targeting advertisers to boycott the show (based on the behaviour of Kyle Sandilands) had made it harder for the KIIS Network to generate the advertising revenue required for Sandilands' and Hendersons' salaries.ACMA clocks up two decades of failing to close Kyle's stable door Mumbrella 18 March 2026
On 4 March 2026, KIIS Breakfast replaced Kyle and Jackie O for the breakfast slot with their "Hour of Power" slot being replaced with more music.
In September the show was replaced with one hosted by Bondi Vet star Chris Brown, KIIS fill-in host Amy Gerard and former Nova broadcaster Jack Charles, it will commence broadcasting from 9 November.
Time
The Kyle and Jackie O Show aired weekdays in the breakfast radio time-slot from 6:00am to 10:00am on KIIS 106.5 (Sydney), KIIS DAB+ Perth and KIIS 101.1 (Melbourne).
The syndicated show, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power, aired in metro markets from 6:00pm to 7:00pm each weeknight on the KIIS Network in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth, plus in regional areas on a number of FM stations on the Ace Radio and Super Radio networks.
Regular features
Jackie's O News Presented every hour, Jackie's O News featured Jackie delivering the morning's celebrity gossip and news. Due to the popularity and longevity of this feature, Jackie's O News would often "break" local and international celebrity news stories.
The segment had also been trusted with pre-determined stories, such as the nominees for the Gold Logie, though in contrast, it had also spoiled television programming and other media, including a character's death in Packed to the Rafters before the episode's airing.
The $10,000 Pop Quiz Every morning at 7:00am a listener was selected to answer 10 questions correctly within 60 seconds. The listener won $100 for each correct answer, but was eligible for the top prize only if all ten were answered correctly. Late in 2012, the $10,000 Pop Quiz eventually changed format to become the $50,000 Pop Quiz every weekday, which was won on 26 November 2012. The Pop Quiz varied from $5000, $10,000, $12,000, $15,000 or $20,000
For the first three years at KIIS, the Pop Quiz was played at 8:00am. In its history, the Pop Quiz gave away in excess of $1 million, making it Sydney's "richest" cash radio contest.
Power Pick Every morning at 6:30am, a listener who was celebrating their birthday received a prize, which was determined spinning the "Birthday Wheel". This was originally a small wooden wheel, but in January 2011 a new wheel was commissioned that includes hundreds of LED lights. The listener then picks a song to be played on-air. The listener had the choice of Brooklyn or Kyle and Jackie O's song
First Calls & Last Calls Every weekday morning at 6:20am and 9:50am, listeners could call to talk about anything directly with Kyle and Jackie O.
Other games and segments
Tradie vs. Lady Played every morning just after 6:00am, two listeners phoned in, a male who would represent the tradies, and a female who would represent the ladies. The callers were asked 3 questions each; the tradie was asked lady questions, and the lady was asked tradie questions.
What's in Jackie's Mouth? Every Friday, Jackie placed an item in her mouth. Listeners were given clues with sexual innuendo and were asked to assume what the object is. The listener who correctly identified the object won a prize, usually concert tickets. This game alternated between others.
5-in-10 Listeners phoned in to play 5-in-10. The team gave out a broad category and listeners had to identify five specific items of that area in ten seconds. This game alternated between others.
Google Predicts Jackie played on behalf of a caller. Kyle gave the first half of a sentence from Google, and Jackie had to correctly guess the top search.
ABC's Jackie would ask listeners questions, but they had to answer with a specific letter of the alphabet. Listeners had 12.5 seconds to answer all five questions.
Who Do You Believe Kyle and Jackie were each told of a separate item that they had to convince the listener is in the studio. Only one item was in studio, whilst the other had to lie. If the listener correctly guesses who was telling the truth about the actual item that was in the studio they won.
Only Lying A listener had to try to convince a friend/relative that the lie they were telling is truthful, before Kyle & Jackie end the call by saying, "Only Lying" before it went too far. That listener would then be rewarded with $1,000.
Gibberish Based on the infamous game on Instagram, two listeners called up, and Jackie & Brooklyn played on the callers behalf. Kyle would give the phrase/sentence that is in gibberish, and Jackie and Brooklyn had to correctly identify what the phrase/sentence was actually saying.
2Q's for 20K Listener called up and Jackie & Kyle played on behalf of the caller. Jackie was placed with the listener in the Cone of Silence first, to which Brooklyn gave the two words. Kyle named the first thing that comes to mind relating to those two words, then he went into the cone of silence and Jackie came out with the listener who did the same. If both Kyle and Jackie's answers ended up matching, then that listener won $20,000.
Ratings Since July 2018, The Kyle and Jackie O Show recorded the largest audience among Sydney breakfast FM shows in every radio survey. As of September 2021, the show had a 10.7% market share of the total Sydney breakfast time slot. In the period April–June 2021 the show recorded the largest audience across all Sydney breakfast shows (AM/FM) with a market share of 15.5%, their highest result. Host Kyle Sandilands attributed the show's rating success in part to his and Jackie O's tendency to say what they were thinking, "even if [we're] not sure".
The syndicated Kyle and Jackie O Show: Hour of Power aired nationally on various regional radio stations, reaching 5.3 million Australians on the KIIS Network and an additional 6.4 million Australians on Ace Radio's regional stations. Kyle and Jackie O's global show, Alist with Kyle and Jackie O, co-produced with Bowserland attracted an audience of more than 1.2 million listeners from radio stations in Australia and across the globe. After the show commenced in the Sydney breakfast market in January 2005, it needed only 12 months to claim the top spot in the FM ratings.
In November 2023, it was revealed the pair had signed a 10-year, A$200 million deal, a record for the Australian market; in other words, Kyle and Jackie O would each get a base salary of $10 million, plus bonus total stock options valued at $14million. The pair also negotiated a clause that allows them to broadcast to anywhere on earth; with the show being syndicated in the Melbourne market, leading to the cancellation of the Jase & Lauren show by the end of 2023. This programming change did not perform well; with 140,000 listeners lost in Melbourne's KIIS breakfast show compared to the previous year six months in. In the final ratings for 2024, the show finished 6th place in Melbourne with a market share of 5 per cent while remaining the top spot in Sydney with 13.5 per cent. This poor performance was attributed to Sandilands' hubris and the show's sexualised nature.
In 2026, The Kyle and Jackie O Show received its lowest position in the ratings since its launch in Melbourne in 2024. Complaints The Kyle and Jackie O Show had been heard discussing not only discussing sexual acts in detail, but also describing women as 'dogs' based on their appearance. The protest group "Mad Fucking Witches" launched a campaign pressuring advertisers to cease their advertising on the show, claiming it was misogynistic. While the network acknowledged the show is controversial, they claimed it is also what intrigued people to tune in. During a separate interview, the company's content director also conceded the show was over-sexualised and Sandilands had been asked to tone it down.