Bree Amer (born 17 August 1982 ) is an Australian television personality.

Biography

Amer was a contestant on ''

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'' from the

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, in

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, and the first housemate of ''

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'' to re-enter the House when, hours after her eviction, it was discovered the votes were miscalculated. She was returned to the House the night after, and a few days after that, in a special eviction show, the actual person to have received the most votes,

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, was evicted. Having worked in theatre restaurants, Amer co-hosted the ''Big Brother Friday Night Live'' games in the 2005 series of ''

'' with

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and fellow 2004 series Housemate,

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. The same hosting team went on to front ''

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'' in early 2006, and later continued as hosts of ''Big Brother Friday Night Live'' in the 2007 and 2008 series of ''Big Brother''. Amer appeared in the May 2006 issue of ''

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'' magazine. She also has appeared briefly in an advertisement for

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. She was a presenter for Channel 10's New Year's Eve 2006 broadcast in Sydney. She co-hosted the Australian show ''

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'' along with Ryan Fitzgerald and Mike Goldman. In May 2011 Sydney-based author, Amanda Cole, issued ''Who Needs Prince Charming?'', a self-realisation book for women, which collated contributions from 35 Australian women including Amer, Bianca Dye,

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, Kathryn Eisman,

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, Molly Contogeorge,

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and

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Personal life

On 29 July 2006, ''

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'' reported that a doctor noticed a lump on Amer's neck while watching a broadcast of ''

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'', and urged her to see a doctor. Amer has since undergone two surgeries for removal of

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, and also had

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. However, she is now healthy again. Bree married TV producer Evan Wilkes on 7 November 2015 and together they have had two sons, Archie who was stillborn in April 2015, and Hunter who was born February 2017.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amer, Bree Australian game show hosts Big Brother (Australian TV series) contestants People from the Gold Coast, Queensland 1982 births Living people