Sonia Kruger
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Sonia Kruger is an Australian television presenter. She is best known for hosting (alongside Daryl Somers) the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, and for the role of ballroom dancer Tina Sparkle in the hit 1992 film Strictly Ballroom.
Kruger is also an entertainment reporter for Sunrise and Today Tonight, which along with Dancing with the Stars, air on the Seven Network.
Born: 21 January 1962. She attended Beenleigh State High School, completing Year 12 in 1982. Sonia has also completed an Arts Degree at the University of Technology, Sydney and taught dance at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.
Sonia began with the Seven Network in 1997 on a show called 11AM as entertainment reporter.
The long running rivalry between the Today Tonight and A Current Affair television shows saw Kruger accused on unprofessional journalistic conduct by popular blogger/journalist Sam DeBrito. Kruger’s October 2006 TT spoiler report undermined DeBrito’s work with ACA.