Sonia Kruger talks motherhood, TV bloopers and The Voice finale

By Kate Waterhouse
Updated July 10 2016 - 1:18am, first published 12:15am
Kate Waterhouse and Sonia Kruger at Bloom Cafe.   Photo: Jessica Hromas
Kate Waterhouse and Sonia Kruger at Bloom Cafe. Photo: Jessica Hromas
Sonia Kruger's baby daughter, Maggie, a year ago.
 Photo: Instagram
Sonia Kruger's baby daughter, Maggie, a year ago. Photo: Instagram
Sonia Kruger with Today Extra co-host David Campbell (left) and Brendan "Jonesy" Jones. Photo: Ben Symons
Sonia Kruger with Today Extra co-host David Campbell (left) and Brendan "Jonesy" Jones. Photo: Ben Symons

Sonia Kruger hosts The Voice Australia, whose live final airs tonight, and also hosts the morning TV program Today Extra. Kruger made her acting debut in 1992 as Tina Sparkle in the Baz Luhrmann film Strictly Ballroom and has since also hosted Dancing with the Stars and Big Brother Australia. Kruger is married to Craig McPherson, executive producer of Today Tonight, and the pair welcomed their first daughter, Maggie, in January 2015. After more than 20 years in the media industry, Kruger, 50, tells Kate Waterhouse about motherhood, her "real screen kiss" with Dan Aykroyd and her most memorable blunder on live television.

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