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The greatest challenge Steven Jacobs faces as host of Nine's new quiz show Power Of 10 is being able to stay awake to see it. The Today show weatherman confesses he is normally tucked up in bed quite early so that he can be ready to face the day again at 4am.
The bubbly presenter says working on Today leaves little time for watching primetime television let alone a social life. He says he often finds himself nodding off on the rare occasion he goes to a dinner party with friends.
And he jokes that he may have to record his own show in order to watch it because - at 7.30pm - it will be on past his bedtime. Jacobs has been travelling the country presenting the weather, which often involves him performing death-defying stunts before breakfast, for three years now.
He admits that life on the road and the strange hours he works on Today do take their toll.
It has also made him a deft hand at being able to fall asleep almost anywhere at any time because, he says, 20-minute power naps are the...