Sofie Formica - MC
Sofie is an original member of the “The Great Outdoors” team. She has also hosted and presented awards at various award nights including the “Australian Fashion Awards” and “Peoples Choice Awards”.
Sofie began her television career on local Queensland television at the age of 14. She appeared on the children's shows “Wombat”, “Saturday Disney” and “Now You See It”.
After two successful years, she decided to move to Los Angeles to work for NBC/TimeTelepictures as a reporter on “EXTRA”, a national entertainment magazine show. During this time Sofie interviewed many Hollywood celebrities including Bruce Willis, Meg Ryan, Nicole Kidman and the cast of Friends.
In 1996, Sofie became the host of “The Web”, a magazine style program about the internet culture. The success of this show, seen in over 18 countries, led to her also hosting their nationally syndicated program “TV.com” with Ron Reagan Jnr.
With her profile rising, Sofie was hand-picked by Oprah Winfrey in 1999 and appeared with Oprah in a 13 part series “OPRAH GOES ONLINE” for her Oxygen network.
Sofie has returned to Australia and is currently presenting in “The Great South East”, as well as her Master of Ceremonies work.