Celebrity:
Luke Jacobz
Luke Jacobz was born in Sydney on February 14, 1981. Growing up in the suburbs and attending Crestwood Primary and Crestwood High School, Luke showed an interest in sports and Performing arts at an early age and had an agent by his early teens. After appearing in several commercials and guest roles, when he turned 17 Luke gave up a plumbing apprenticeship for his life-long ambition of being an actor and landed his full-time acting gig as "Zac Croft" in HEART BREAK HIGH (ABC). Having the gift of the gab scored him a job as a promotional representative for the Pepsi Taste Challenge campaign in the summer of 1999-2000, which led him to the hosting role on the children's show BIG ARVO (Seven). In 2004 Luke hosted the popular POPSTARS (Seven) program and co-hosted IRON MAN. In 2005 Luke joined the cast of MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS (Nine) where he played "Patrick Brewer". Luke won the popular TV celebrity competition DANCING WITH THE STARS (Seven) in 2008 and recently played the role of "Angelo Rosetta" on the TV series HOME AND AWAY (Seven) in which he was nominated for 'Most Popular Actor' at the 2010 Logie Awards. Luke is currently the host of the X-FACTOR Australia (Network Seven).