Samantha Armytage

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Samantha Armytage
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Born (1977-09-04) 4 September 1977 (age 47)
Education Kincoppal - Rosebay School, Sydney
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst
Occupation Journalist & News Presenter
Employer Seven Network
Notable credit(s) Seven 4.30 News presenter
(2006-2012)
Weekend Sunrise co-host (2007-2013)
Sunrise co-host (2013-2015)

Samantha Armytage (born 4 September 1977) is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.

Armytage is currently co-host of Sunrise alongside David Koch and she has previously co-hosted Weekend Sunrise and presented Seven 4.30 News. In June 2013, Armytage was announced as the replacement for Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle.[1]

Life and career

Armytage grew up on Bolaro Station in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. She went to ] school in Sydney and then Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales.[citation needed] Armytage is a descendent of the Armytage pioneering/pastoral family who came from Victoria. Armytage has a younger sister, Georgina, and a younger brother, Charles. Her interests include golf, tennis, snow skiing and horse racing.

She began her media career at WIN Television in Canberra in 1999, as a news reporter and presenter in Canberra.[2] Following this she joined Sky News Australia in 2002 where she was chief political reporter. In April 2003, Samantha joined the Seven Network after being noticed by the network executives while covering the 2003 Canberra Bushfires.

In December 2004, she landed her first major presenting role, filling-in as presenter on Seven News Sydney over the Summer non-ratings period. Following the non-ratings period she had stints presenting the national Seven Morning News bulletin, the national late news updates, and filling in as presenter of Seven News Sydney.

In 2005 and 2006, Armytage was the regular fill-in presenter for Chris Bath as the Friday & Weekend presenter on Seven News Sydney. When Ian Ross went on holidays in late June to early July 2006, she presented the weekend edition of Seven News. This was also the case over summer 2006. In October 2006, Armytage replaced Mike Amor as presenter of Seven 4.30 News. She had replaced Rebecca Maddern as presenter when the network moved production from Melbourne to Sydney.

In June 2007, Armytage was appointed co-host of Weekend Sunrise alongside Andrew O'Keefe, replacing Lisa Wilkinson.

In 2011, she was a contestant on Dancing With The Stars and continued to file reports for Sunday Night. She was also a regular fill-in presenter on Sunrise, Today Tonight and The Morning Show.

In 2013, Armytage replaced Melissa Doyle as co-host of Sunrise beside David Koch.[1] In 2014, she presented the ill-fated makeover reality show Bringing Sexy Back.

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Preceded by Sunrise
Co-host with David Koch
August 2013 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Weekend Sunrise
Co-host with Andrew O'Keefe
24 June 2007 – 11 August 2013		 Succeeded by
Monique Wright
Preceded by Seven 4.30 News
Monday - Wednesday Presenter
October 2006 – December 2012		 Succeeded by
Rebecca Maddern
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Queensland viewers warm to new Sunrise team of David Koch and Samantha Armytage by Geoff Shearer (The Courier-Mail, 11 July 2013)
  2. ↑ Samantha Armytage - Weekend Sunrise co-host (Seven Network, retrieved 25 July 2013)
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