Jaime Durie is an Australian of Sri Lankan descent, born on 6 March 1970.

Jamie Durie was the host of Australian television lifestyle show Backyard Blitz.

He has also co-hosted Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice.

He also hosted the Australian version of The Block and Renovation Rescue, all shows by the Nine Network.

Jamie Durie is also the ambassador for Plan (aid organisation) Australia.

A television special was screened with Durie in this role as he visited families in Uganda affected by HIV.

Prior to his television presenting career, Durie was a member of Manpower Australia, a highly popular touring male striptease act similar to the Chippendales.

In 1994 he posed nude for the art magazine Black+White alongside former fiancée Terasa Livingstone.

On a special presentation for Cirque du Soleil's Australian tour of Alegría for the Nine Network, he revealed that he previously auditioned for the troupe but did not get in.

Jamie's partner is Siobhan Way, a jewellery designer from Perth, Western Australia.

Jamie met Siobhan at a gallery launch of one of his books and she had no idea who he was. :)

The rest they say is history!

Tanned and muscle-bound, stripper-turned celebrity gardener Jamie Durie attributes his physique to regularly swinging a garden hoe.

As a former member of the male striptease act Manpower, Durie isn't shy about ripping off his shirt.

"A good day working in my garden gives me a much better workout and a lot more satisfaction (than stripping)," he says, displaying a formidable six-pack.

Durie is the ultimate outdoor guy. In his younger days, the 37-year-old was into gymnastics, acrobatics and trapeze; a path that eventually led him to Manpower.

His Manpower days are behind him now and these days he cites running, kayaking and surfing as his regular activities.

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