Sonia Melissa Kruger (born 28 August 1965[citation needed]) is an Australian television presenter, actress, and media personality.

She is best known for co-hosting the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars and for the role of Tina Sparkle in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom.

[2][3][4][5] Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Kruger attended Beenleigh State High School, completing Year 12 in 1982.

[7] She previously hosted the morning program on the Sydney-based radio station Mix 106.5 with Dancing with the Stars judges Todd McKenney and Andy Grace.

[18] Kruger replaced Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O, who hosted the series on Network Ten in its eighth season, after which the show was cancelled in 2008.

[20] On 22 February 2015, it was announced that Kruger would be joining the fourth series of The Voice Australia as a co-host with Darren McMullen.

[citation needed] In August 2018, Kruger was announced as a presenter on the Nine Network new travel series, Helloworld, which aired on 7 October 2018.

[22] But she, Lauren Phillips, Denis Walter and Steven Jacobs were replaced by Giaan Rooney as a presenter, on the Seven Network.

[35] After the marriage ended in September 2008, she began seeing her current partner, Craig McPherson, executive producer of Today Tonight.

[40][41] On 18 July 2016, during an appearance on the morning show Today, Kruger called for a complete ban on Muslims entering Australia, in agreement with an opinion piece by commentator Andrew Bolt.

"[41][42] The firebombing of a Perth radio station initially linked by media reports to the presenters disagreeing with Kruger's views was later determined by police to be coincidental and to have "nothing to do with the Islam discussion".

[43] A racial vilification complaint against Kruger was made to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal over her statement about Muslim immigration.