Mieke Buchan

Mieke Buchan (pronounced me-ka) is an Australian television and radio presenter, writer and producer, born in Brisbane (Australia).

[1] She has covered major events including: The Olympics, the US Open Tennis, 5 Super Bowls, Formula One, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship and the Oscars.

Mieke hosted several shows for Fox8 in Australia (2000–2002), including Entertainment Extra (for which she interviewed Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon, Ashton Kutcher, Pierce Brosnan, Matt Damon and others).

[1] She also presented short-form travel series Postcards from Paradise, Chain Reaction, and co-hosted national survey special, Are You Good in Bed?.

Despite not appearing on a prime-time free-to-air program, Buchan managed to earn a Logie Nomination in the viewer voted 'Most Popular New Female' category, in 2002.

Locations included Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Andalucia, New York, South Carolina, Thailand, Montreal, Cabo San Lucas, Australia, Carmel .. and many more.

Over the following year and a half, she hosted the Red Bull Air Race World Series for Fox Sports America, in locations that included Budapest (Hungary), Porto (Portugal), and London.

During this period, she was a weekly segment contributor on Channel 10 morning show Dave and Kim, in which she debated and discussed the topical news stories of the day.

She also became a weekly contributor to the Channel Seven's Morning Show 'Buzz" segment, in which she again shared views and opinions on the topical news stories of the day.

This collective of media professionals produced and directed TV and online projects for a range of travel, banking, technology and sports clients.

Buchan founded community-focussed media advisory and content creation collective "The Get Good" www.thegetgood.com – while working on her Psychology degree at the University of Tasmania.