Radio host Kyle Sandilands reveals his extraordinary rider demands for his ... trends now Radio host Kyle Sandilands reveals his extraordinary rider for Australian Idol gig - including taking private jets to the set while other A-list judges including Harry Connick Jr and Meghan Trainor have to fly ECONOMY By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:32 GMT, 23 January 2023 | Updated: 07:33 GMT, 23 January 2023 Viewcomments Kyle Sandilands has admitted that he made serious demands of Channel Seven before signing up to be a judge on the reboot of singing contest Australian Idol. Speaking to the Will & Woody show on KIIS FM, the shock jock insisted he needs special comforts due to his poor health - including the use of a private jet to get from the set and back. 'That's just my day-to-day rider' the 51-year-old explained of zipping around in the jet, adding that he's been given special privileges for 'years and years' in radio too. Kyle Sandilands (pictured) has admitted that he made serious demands of Channel Seven before signing up to be a judge on the reboot of singing contest Australian Idol 'When Seven came knocking I said look, I still have got to do the radio show and when I'm in Perth auditioning, I've got to do the radio show at 3'oclock in the morning Perth time and then sit around watching flops sing for 16 hours in a bloody ballroom at a hotel somewhere, that doesn't sound like fun' Kyle added. He went on to claim that his A-list co-stars, Harry Connick Jr, Meghan Trainor and Amy Shark, have to fly economy. 'So where do I get the fun? I get the private jet and the others are all lining up on JetStar, waiting for their apple and their tangerine cake or whatever it is they are handing out on those things' Kyle said. Speaking to the Will & Woody show on KIIS FM, the shock jock insisted he needs special comforts due to his poor health - including the use of a private jet to get from the set and back He went on to claim that his A-list co-stars, Harry Connick Jr, Meghan Trainor (second from right) and Amy Shark (right) have to fly economy The radio personality only gets the finest when it comes to accommodation too, but claims he needs fancy hotel rooms as he travels with his fiancé Tegan Kynaston and their baby son Otto. 'I don't do standard hotel rooms, I do only the very best suite available in a five-star hotel' he said. 'Before I would be in a caravan park in Gosford for the week and wouldn't care, but now I've got a child, I've got a fiancé, got the big radio show'. The radio personality only gets the finest when it comes to accommodation too, but claims he needs fancy hotel rooms as he travels with his fiancé Tegan Kynaston (right) and their son Otto Kyle added: 'I'm not a well person, look at me, you don't think oh he's healthy, he is near death, he is very close to death. I need to do all these jobs and if I do die, the child will take all of the money.' In 2021, Kyle said his doctor was 'very worried' about him because his 'blood pressure is through the roof' and warned he could 'die instantly'. Kyle explained he'd been trying to eat healthy and had even lost six kilograms, dropping from 145kg to 139kg. The radio mogul welcomed his first child in August last year, and admitted had never really thought about becoming a father until he met his fiancée, 37. Kyle added: 'I'm not a well person, look at me, you don't think oh he's healthy, he is near death, he is very close to death. I need to do all these jobs and if I do die, the child will take all of the money.' Pictured with his son Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility