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Channel Seven has rolled out the Melbourne end of its annual \u201cupfronts\u201d programming presentation, but the glossy offering has left questions hanging over the future of two of its biggest stars.<\/p>\n

Seven, or the Seven Media Group as it is known these days following the merger between its TV assets and Southern Cross Austereo, is in its new guise a TV broadcast and audio business, and talent from both sides of the divide came together for Thursday\u2019s roadshow at Ormond Hall, off St Kilda Road.<\/p>\n

\"ChrisChris Brown and Sonia Kruger in August at this year\u2019s Logies.Getty Images for TV Week<\/p>\n

In the room were Seven chief executive Rohan Lund, a newlywed Andy Lee, veteran sports commentator Bruce McAvaney, Fox FM breakfast host Fifi Box, walking headline Kane Cornes, Sunrise host Matt Shirvington, funny bloke Mick Molloy, country singer and Kyle Sandilands\u2019 replacement on Australian Idol Morgan Evans, sports presenter Rebecca Maddern, newsbreaker Xander McGuire and game show host Larry Emdur.<\/p>\n

It would seem Ricki-Lee Coulter is very much the new golden girl at Seven, with hosting duties on Australian Idol and I\u2019m A Celebrity \u2026 Get Me Out Of Here!<\/p>\n

And after adding the family-friendly I\u2019m A Celebrity co-hosting gig to his work as host of The 1% Club, potty-mouthed comedian Jim Jefferies has come from the clouds to now be one of the network\u2019s most valuable presenters. We just hope none of the faint-hearted stumble across his Netflix stand-up specials.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone on our network is a star. \u2029I think in this case, they were just the right people for the job,\u201d Angus Ross, managing director of TV and streaming for Seven, told CBD.<\/p>\n

\"Ricki-LeeRicki-Lee Coulter has taken up hosting duties on Australian Idol and I\u2019m A Celebrity \u2026 Get Me Out Of Here!<\/p>\n

But while the stars of Coulter and Jefferies are rising, the stocks of Seven\u2019s long-time biggest name and former Gold Logie winner Sonia Kruger and Chris Brown, who quit Channel Ten and signed with Seven in July 2023, seem to be cooling. Both have surprisingly little on their respective plates for the year ahead.<\/p>\n

The pair co-hosted Dancing With the Stars, but that show is on the shelf for 2027. My Reno Rules, which Brown hosted, is not coming back, and Seven is yet to confirm if The Voice, which Kruger hosted, will go ahead next year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSonia\u2019s still part of the Seven family. She\u2019s one of the great hosts of Australian television \u2013 very, very funny and superb at what she does,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still looking at how we can potentially bring The Voice into the schedule and [for 2028] Dancing With the Stars, but we are looking at different production models for those shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re both very expensive programs, but if they come back, Sonia will definitely be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown, meanwhile, has Once in a Lifetime, an animal show filmed over a year ago, as his sole screen offering next year. It is never a good sign when shows are filmed and sat on for extended periods.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will see how the ratings for Once in a Lifetime go, and we\u2019ve already had conversations [with Brown] about if that does the numbers for us, how we would bring that back,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n

Radio, however, will keep Brown busy in 2027, but not with the Seven stable. He is hosting Breakfast in Sydney for ARN-owned KIIS.<\/p>\n

The upfronts are events that take place annually in spring at which TV networks, including Nine, the owner of this masthead, reveal their line-up of programs for the year to come to media, sponsors and advertisers.<\/p>\n

Evvr. more branding work to do<\/p>\n

Billionaire Dennis Bastas and his troops at DBG Health are working double time to distance themselves from accused domestic violence perpetrator Sam Wood.<\/p>\n

Bastas acted fast to axe Wood from his employ in the days after the former Bachelor star turned fitness entrepreneur was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife<\/a>, Snezana Wood, in Noosa on October 3.<\/p>\n

\"SamSam Wood is facing domestic violence-related charges.<\/p>\n

Shortly after sacking him, DBG Health dropped Wood\u2019s name from the 28 by Sam Wood fitness program, which became just 28. This week it told the world the fitness group had been rebranded as the \u201cevvr. Group\u201d.<\/p>\n

So 28 became evvr., as Wood sat in jail awaiting his fresh application for bail, which will be heard on Friday in the Queensland Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new name. A new chapter. But the same heart,\u201d the website declares.<\/p>\n

\u201cevvr.ybody, evvr.yday, evvr.ywhere. Welcome to our new chapter,\u201d was the messaging on the brand\u2019s new-look social media platforms.<\/p>\n

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But a cursory click through the program\u2019s website reveals 28 Group branding throughout \u2013 on the terms of use, the privacy policy, the blog page, the online shop, the page spruiking the various programs\u2019 results and testimonials, even the recipes.<\/p>\n

Despite the hype, it seems there\u2019s still plenty of leg work to be done to erase the Wood era from the brand.<\/p>\n

Inside Neil Wilson\u2019s milestone VRC dinner<\/p>\n

As the Melbourne Cup carnival approaches the starting gates, Thursday evening marked a milestone for outgoing Victoria Racing Club chair Neil Wilson.<\/p>\n

Wilson, who announced recently that he would step down as head of the club after this year\u2019s carnival following six years in the role, hosted his final VRC Chairman\u2019s Dinner. He has spent a total of 14 years on the VRC board.<\/p>\n

\"UKUK pop star Jess Glynne performed at the VRC Chairman\u2019s Dinner.<\/p>\n

The dinner is arguably the most inner circle of the suite of annual high-end events leading into Cup week. One hundred and twenty guests \u2013 a combination of racing industry figures and sponsors \u2013 attended the event, which was held in the Club Stand at Flemington. They dined on a menu created by Society Restaurant.<\/p>\n

CBD hears beef wellington \u2013 or to be exact beef en croute, the French version of beef wellington \u2013 was served up for the main course. We seem to have missed the memo about how beef wellington or its European variation has become the dish of choice at elite-level corporate events in Melbourne, but there is a trend developing.<\/p>\n

Beef wellington was the main course at the AFL Chairman\u2019s Lunch at the footy grand final in September.<\/p>\n

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Inside the Chairman\u2019s Dinner, UK pop star Jess Glynne \u2013 fun fact, she appeared in Neighbours back in 2019 \u2013 performed. Eddie McGuire was emcee and guests included VRC chair-elect Vin Cox and his wife, Nicole; VRC chief executive Kylie Rogers; Chris and Sarah Lucas; and Frankie Foster.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrankie who?\u201d you might ask. Fair question, we say.<\/p>\n

Foster is a former contestant on Love Island UK and since his reality TV moment in the sun in 2018 has turned himself into a horse racing content creator and tie maker.<\/p>\n

In a sign that times are very much changing, he is here talking up the Cup to his online fans and landed a seat at one of the VRC\u2019s most exclusive dinners.<\/p>\n

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