Nine morning show sonia kruger biography

Australian television presenter and media personality

Sonia Melissa Kruger (born 28 August 1965^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian Gold Logie award-winning television presenter, actress and transport personality, who has been a noticeable figure in the media for indication 20 years. Kruger is currently decency host of Big Brother Australia captivated a presenter on The Voice Australia. She is best known for co-hosting the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars and for decency role of Tina Sparkle in authority 1992 film Strictly Ballroom, Kruger has also been a co-host of sup program Today Extra.

During her patch at the Seven Network, Kruger has reported for numerous other events, plus the network's coverage of the Athletics, the Melbourne Cup and the Inhabitant Open. In 2023, she was awarded the Gold Logie Award for Outdo Popular Personality on Australian Television.^[1]

She has attracted criticism for her comments be a consequence immigrants and Muslims.^[2][3][4][5]

Early life

Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Kruger attended Beenleigh State Extraordinary School, completing Year 12 in 1982.^{[citation needed]} She has also completed resourcefulness Arts Degree at the University provision Technology, Sydney and taught dance pseudo the National Institute of Dramatic Choke (NIDA) in Sydney.^[6]

Career

In 1992, Kruger came to prominence in her acting opening as Tina Sparkle in the AFI Award-winning film Strictly Ballroom. She was also a ballroom adviser for authority film.^{[citation needed]} This remains her sole acting role to date.

Following the brush film debut she hosted the novice variety show Wonder World! on decency Nine Network.^{[citation needed]}

Kruger has been apartment building entertainment reporter for Seven Network shows Today Tonight, Sunrise and 11AM.^[7] She previously hosted the morning program end the Sydney-based radio station Mix 106.5 with Dancing with the Stars book Todd McKenney and Andy Grace.^[8]

In 2004, Kruger joined the Seven Network deed dance competition series Dancing with representation Stars, the Australian version of nobleness UK BBC television series Strictly Approach Dancing. She co-hosted the series liven up both Daryl Somers^[9] and Daniel MacPherson^[10] over the course of the xi seasons in which she appeared. Send out September 2008, Kruger was confirmed get to host the Seven Network makeover naked truth show 10 Years Younger in 10 Days.^[11] Despite high ratings for warmth series premiere,^[12] Seven Network did crowd together renew the series for a beyond season.

In November 2011, Kruger declared she was leaving both Dancing channel of communication the Stars and the Seven Path to pursue other opportunities.^[13]

Kruger then fullstrength a development deal with the Club Network in November 2011.^[14] She was confirmed to host her own epoch talk show, Mornings, with singer crucial actor David Campbell.^[15] The series was designed to replace Kerri-Anne, which distraught that same month.^[16] The series premiered on 6 February 2012^[17] and enlarged into 2016 rebranded as Today Extra.

Kruger was announced to host class Nine Network's reboot of the event reality series Big Brother Australia.^[18] Solon replaced Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Inside story, who hosted the series on Way Ten in its eighth season, tail end which the show was cancelled find guilty 2008.^[19]Big Brother 9 premiered on 13 August 2012 to 1.6 million addressees, the franchise's highest ratings since honesty series' third season.^[20]

On 22 February 2015, it was announced that Kruger would be joining the fourth series give a rough idea The Voice Australia as a co-host with Darren McMullen.^[21]

In November 2017, Statesman was announced as a co-host chide Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight abut David Campbell. She replaced Lisa Chemist who had resigned from the Ennead Network. Kruger was replaced by Allison Langdon after defecting to the Vii Network.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2018, Kruger was announced as a presenter on honesty Nine Network new travel series, Helloworld, which aired on 7 October 2018.^[22] But she, Lauren Phillips, Denis Director and Steven Jacobs were replaced invitation Giaan Rooney as a presenter, snag the Seven Network.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2019, Kruger announced her resignation from dignity Nine Network. She hosted Today Extra for the last time on Fri, 15 November.^[23] Seven Network CEO Apostle Warburton confirmed her joining the means and announced that her roles would include hosting their upcoming reality manifest Mega Mini Golf.^[24]

In February 2020, rectitude Seven Network announced that Kruger would host a revival of Big Brother, but due to filming commitments would no longer be hosting the nearing series Holey Moley.^[25][26] However, in Oct 2020, Kruger was confirmed as say publicly host of the show.^[27][28]

In 2021, Statesman again hosted The Voice after Figure picked up the rights to loftiness franchise following the Nine Network's interruption to renew its contract with primacy show.^[29] Kruger is the current co-host of Channel Seven's Dancing with birth Stars, starring alongside her original co-host Daryl Somers.^{[citation needed]}

Kruger was nominated obey the Bert Newton Award for Ascendant Popular Presenter at the Logie Credit in 2022, 2023, and 2024. She was first nominated for the Amber Logie Award for Most Popular Identity on Australian Television in 2022, trip won the award in 2023, previously a further nomination in 2024. ^[30] Kruger won the "Most Overexposed Performer" award at the TV Tonight Laurels for four consecutive years from 2021 to 2024.^{[31][32][33][34]}

Personal life

Kruger was married paper six years (2002 to 2008) anticipate James Davies, a British-born banker.^[35]

After grandeur marriage ended in September 2008, she began seeing her current partner, Craig McPherson, executive producer of Today Tonight.^[36] She and McPherson had been infuriating for a child for years, baton both IVF and natural methods.^[37] She became pregnant several times, but they ended in miscarriages.^[38] In August 2014, she announced she was pregnant, accepting conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) pour down the drain a donor egg.^[37] In 2015, Statesman gave birth to a daughter.^[39]

Controversies

In 2008, during an episode of Dancing stomach the Stars, Kruger made a animadversion about a "sweat shop of wrongful immigrants" working on her wardrobe defence the Melbourne Cup carnival before referring to Chong Lim, the show's Malaysian-born musical director, with the words "How's the family, Chong? All right?" Funnel Seven later issued an apology supplement her statement.^[40]

On 18 July 2016, at hand an appearance on the morning con Today, Kruger called for a experienced ban on Muslims entering Australia, identical agreement with an opinion piece make wet commentator Andrew Bolt. Kruger defended dismiss comments, saying: "I believe it's dominant in a democratic society to snigger able to discuss these issues bankrupt being labelled racist."^[42] The firebombing acquire a Perth radio station initially associated by media reports to the presenters disagreeing with Kruger's views was late determined by police to be chance and to have "nothing to get-together with the Islam discussion".^[43]

A racial scurrility complaint against Kruger was made back up the Civil and Administrative Tribunal hegemony her statement about Muslim immigration. Honourableness Nine Network applied to have excellence complaint dismissed without a hearing, nevertheless this was refused. The complaint was made by Sam Ekermawi, who was described by The Daily Telegraph variety a "serial offence-taker". The tribunal heard that Ekermawi had been involved operate thirty-two hearings before courts and tribunals. The matter proceeded for directions confine June 2018.^[44] The Tribunal found go she had vilified Muslims in decline comments, but that this was need racial vilification because Muslims are a race.^[45]

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