{"id":752684,"date":"2026-06-22T10:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752684\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T10:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:40:13","slug":"sizzle-reel-sonia-kruger-reportedly-eyeing-international-opportunities-as-seven-scales-back-reality-tv-and-trims-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752684\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sizzle reel&#8217;: Sonia Kruger reportedly eyeing international opportunities as Seven scales back reality TV and trims costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonia Kruger is exploring career opportunities beyond Australia as Channel Seven continues to review its entertainment line-up and rein in spending, it has been claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to The Australian&#8217;s Media Diary, the 60-year-old television veteran has spent recent weeks assembling a professional &#8220;sizzle reel&#8221; aimed at potential employers in the United States and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The reported move comes as Seven continues to reassess several of its major reality franchises, including <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/the-show-is-not-being-cancelled-seven-denies-sonia-kruger-in-trouble-after-debunking-reports-dancing-with-the-stars-not-renewed\/news-story\/24a132a7cf5061bbae300aeb849f31a5\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"24a132a7cf5061bbae300aeb849f31a5\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing with the Stars (DWTS),<\/a>which Kruger has co-hosted for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55fdcea7c32b401b9580a184cb174797.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"\u2018They are loaded\u2019: Attorneys emerge as biggest winners in Baldoni-Lively saga\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While Kruger remains firmly attached to The Voice, which is set to return in August following Seven&#8217;s coverage of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, uncertainty also reportedly remains around the show&#8217;s long-term future.<\/p>\n<p>Media Diary claims the network has &#8220;yet to lock in the reality karaoke contest for next year&#8221; amid concerns about its &#8220;high production costs and international licensing fees&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Should The Voice also be placed on hold, the publication suggested it could leave Kruger with limited on-air opportunities at Seven.<\/p>\n<p>The Gold Logie winner recently fuelled speculation about her international ambitions after sharing a series of social media posts documenting a trip to Los Angeles in partnership with United Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whirlwind weekend. SYD &gt; LAX in the best possible way\u2026The Polaris experience with United Airlines is next level!&#8221;\u00a0 she captioned one post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pretending this is my normal life!&#8221; she captioned another.<\/p>\n<p>Kruger, who is married to former Seven News executive Craig McPherson, remains one of Australia&#8217;s most recognisable television personalities and is understood to be earning a salary of more than $1 million annually.<\/p>\n<p>Her television career spans more than three decades, beginning with her memorable role as Tina Sparkle in the 1992 Australian film Strictly Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>She joined Seven in 1997 as an entertainment reporter before becoming a familiar face on Sunrise, Today Tonight and Dancing with the Stars (DWTS).<\/p>\n<p>In late 2011, Kruger made the high-profile move to rival network Channel Nine, where she hosted Big Brother and co-hosted the daytime program Mornings alongside David Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>Her return to Seven in 2019 was hailed as a major coup for the network, with then-chief executive James Warburton declaring: &#8220;Sonia is without a doubt a superstar and one of the best television talents in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I speak on behalf of the entire Seven team when I say that Sonia was the one that got away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From 2020, Kruger became one of Seven&#8217;s most prominent stars, fronting Big Brother, Holey Moley, Dancing with the Stars, The Voice and The Voice: Generations.<\/p>\n<p>However, the network&#8217;s entertainment slate has since undergone a dramatic transformation, with Holey Moley and The Voice: Generations lasting just one season, while Big Brother returned to its original home on Network 10 last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speculation about Kruger&#8217;s future at Seven intensified in October when New Idea reported she appeared looking &#8220;stressed&#8221; while leaving the network&#8217;s 2026 program launch event, as rumours first began swirling that Dancing with the Stars could be nearing the end of its run.<\/p>\n<p>However, sources close to Kruger told the outlet that both she and her management team are &#8220;fully aware&#8221; of the changing landscape and are &#8220;comfortable with it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sonia is still as engaging and enigmatic as usual. There is no one else who can do what she does,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plus, people love to work with her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SkyNews.com.au has contacted Kruger for further comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sonia Kruger is exploring career opportunities beyond Australia as Channel Seven continues to review its entertainment line-up and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,12769,134,14585],"class_list":["post-752684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-channel-seven","tag-entertainment","tag-sonia-kruger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}