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Natalie Barr, host. The history of Sunrise can be traced back to 14 January 1991 when 11AM news presenter Darren McDonald began presenting an early morning Seven News – Sunrise Edition bulletin prior to hostilities breaking out during the Gulf War. In 1996, Seven introduced a one-hour weekday bulletin called Sunrise News, later renamed Sunrise.
In July 2008, Barr began presenting Seven Early News alongside Mark Beretta at 5.30am, which leads into Sunrise where she is still the news presenter. [2] Natalie also occasionally fills-in on Seven News Sydney. Barr was a front-runner to co-host Sunday Night, a new current affairs show, [3] however Chris Bath was appointed co-host with Mike Munro.
He and his original co-host, Melissa Doyle, hosted the program over a period that saw viewer ratings grow until Sunrise became the leading breakfast television show in Australia. [9] In August 2022, the Seven Network released a statement declaring Sunrise had won the breakfast TV ratings in its timeslot for the 19th year in a row. [10] [11]
He had previously been an intermittent fill-in host on the show, and also regularly fills in for David Koch on Sunrise and Larry Emdur on The Morning Show. [6] In November 2021, Doran was suspended by the Seven Network for two weeks after failing to adequately prepare for an interview with British singer Adele. [7]
In June 2013, Wright was announced as a co-host of The Daily Edition. She remained with the show until 2015, when she was replaced by Ryan Phelan. In August 2013, Wright temporarily replaced Samantha Armytage as co-host on Weekend Sunrise. In February 2014, she was officially appointed co-host of the show. [3]
Previous hosts of Weekend Sunrise include Chris Reason, Andrew O'Keefe, Basil Zempilas, Lisa Wilkinson and Samantha Armytage. Kylie Gillies was the original sports presenter until she moved to The Morning Show and Talitha Cummins presented the news from June 2007 until July 2008.
Channel 7's Sunrise anchor Samantha Armytage was introducing the twins on-air for a segment last month and made questionable comment while explaining their parents' background.
In March 2021, Bartholomew was appointed news presenter on Sunrise replacing Natalie Barr who was promoted to co-host following Samantha Armytage's resignation. [5] [6] In March 2024, Bartholomew replaced Jodie Speers to present Sunrise Early News, following Speers' departure from the Seven Network.