She’s one of Australia’s most hardworking TV and radio stars.
And in June last year, the 58-year-old found herself at the centre of an awards saga, when a comedian mocked the candidates who sincerely campaigned for the trophy.
In addition to being a host, she is also a mother-of-two – but would you recognise her from the photo taken at her school formal, posted to Instagram on Sunday?
Guess who! She’s the Australian TV and radio host who found herself at the centre of an awards saga – but would you recognise her from this throwback photo taken at her formal?
In the picture, she wore a black V-neck dress with a sheer navy floral cover-up.
Her hair, which is usually blonde, was dark brown, and styled in tight curls.
Proving she hasn’t aged a day, she drew attention to the same striking facial features.
The young adult in the photo is none other than Dancing With The Stars host, Amanda Keller, 58.
Revealed: The young adult in the photo is none other than Dancing With The Stars host, Amanda Keller, 58
Plugging this week’s episode of the show which has a teenage prom theme, Amanda wrote in the post’s caption: ‘Tonight we’re all going back to high school! Here’s me at my sixth form formal in an outfit made by Mum from a Butterick pattern.
‘I wanted to look like Princess Caroline from Monaco. Sooo close. Didn’t stop me doing the Nutbush all night.’
A familiar face on television, Amanda was a no-brainer when it came to being nominated for last year’s Gold Logie.
Headlines: Amanda found herself at the centre of headlines in July last year, when fellow nominee Tom Gleeson divided the room with his rambling Gold Logie acceptance speech
However, she found herself at the centre of headlines, when fellow nominee Tom Gleeson divided the room with his rambling Gold Logie acceptance speech.
The Hard Quiz host, 45, mocked the candidates who had sincerely campaigned for the award, and said his victory was a win for ‘taking the p**s’ and ‘not giving a s**t’.
Amanda, who was also nominated for the Gold Logie, admitted on her WSFM radio show in July that year, that she found Tom’s speech upsetting.
Poking fun: The Hard Quiz host (pictured) mocked the candidates who had campaigned for the award, and said his victory was a win for ‘taking the p**s’ and ‘not giving a s**t’
‘He’s a comedian and I get what he was doing, which was trying to subvert the result and good luck to him, he did it. That’s how it goes. I have no problem at all with that,’ she said on Jonesy & Amanda.
‘But I think in his speech when he said, “Everyone that works in television, if you want to win this, you’re a wanker”, that kind of upset me.’
Amanda felt he was being ‘unnecessarily mean’ to Grant Denyer, who won the previous year’s Gold Logie.
‘It wasn’t a joke to me’: Amanda, who was also nominated for the Gold Logie, admitted on her WSFM radio show in July that year, that she found Tom’s speech upsetting
Amanda continued: ‘[Tom] said, “Yeah I won it last year for Grant, and sucker, now I’ve done it on my own for me!” That’s not fair to Grant, he won that last year on his own two feet.’
‘[I have] no problem with Tom, but it gave everyone permission to say, “Yeah, you’re all up yourself, this is all a big joke”. And it wasn’t a joke to me.
‘I don’t know why we’re embarrassed in television to be proud of our work.’
Proud: Amanda (pictured with Waleed Aly) continued: ‘I don’t know why we’re embarrassed in television to be proud of our work’