James Mathison (born on 14 January 1978) is an Australian TV moderator and previous free political applicant.

Early life

Mathison was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and experienced childhood in the Northern Beaches suburb of Frenchs Forest. He went to St. Augustine's College, in Brookvale.

After leaving school, he worked in different positions, remembering working for a stockroom for a mail-request organization and as a clerk at a help station, before spending a year on trade in South America.

Vocation

Entertainment

TV

In 2001, Mathison was a contender on the Channel Ten unscripted television show The $20 Challenge, during which he was shown busking in the city of London for additional cash. He accomplished the second spot in the challenge.

Weeks after getting back from London, he tried out for pay-TV Channel [V]'s new journalist search. In the wake of enduring to the last 8, he was extended to an employment opportunity there as a video writer.

In 2003, Mathison was selected co-host of Australian Idol close by Channel [V] have Andrew Günsberg. They made an in background show for Channel [V] called Australian Idol Extra for the second and third periods of the program. On 31 March 2009, following six years with Australian Idol, it was declared Mathison had stopped as co-have.

Mathison showed up on a superstar episode of the Australian form of Ready Steady Cook in October 2005, in which he was proclaimed the victor, beating veggie-lover Osher Günsberg (otherwise known as. Andrew G).

Mathison has likewise been a moderator on Nova 96.9 where he facilitated "LaunchPad", a late-night new music show with Patience Hodgkins of Brisbane band The Grates, just as co-facilitating summer breakfast.

In 2005 and 2006, James facilitated the ARIA Music Awards. In 2007, James, alongside Hamish and Andy, facilitated the ARIA Red Carpet portion.

He likewise showed up on the Australian element film BoyTown in the ARIA's scene playing himself close by Ella Hooper.

In June 2009, Network Ten declared that James would be a journalist and specialist on The 7 pm Project covering media and games close by, Charlie Pickering, Carrie Bickmore, and Dave Hughes.

In July 2012, Mathison joined Weekend Sunrise where he supplanted Jonathan Coleman as a film commentator.

In July 2013, Network Ten declared Mathison would be the moderator of its new breakfast program Wake Up close by Natarsha Belling, Natasha Exelby, and Nuala Hafner until the show was dropped in May 2014.

In 2015, Mathison was a challenger in the fourth period of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

He shows up irregularly on both The Project and Studio 10 on Network Ten.

Music

Mathison additionally played in the Sydney-based band called The Punisherz somewhere in the range of 2006 and 2008. They figured out how to play at both The Big Day Out and the Falls Festival.

In June and July 2008, Mathison played Adam, the accomplice of Eve, in the Chester Mystery Plays in the United Kingdom.

Governmental issues

On 28 May 2016, Mathison reported that he would challenge the 2016 government political race as an autonomous possibility for the bureaucratic seat of Warringah.

The seat was held by Tony Abbott, an individual from the Liberal Party and a previous Prime Minister. Mathison got 11.4% of the essential vote.

He aided grassroots preparation and mission occasions supporting Zali Steggall in her fruitful bid to win the government seat of Warringah as an autonomous in 2019.