Samantha Armytage Biography
Samantha Armytage is a journalist and television presenter from Australia. She has previously co-hosted Weekend Sunrise and delivered the 4.30 News on Seven.
How old is Samantha Armytage? – Age
She is 46 years old as of 4 September 2022. She was born in 1976 in New South Wales, Australia.
Samantha Armytage Family – Education
Mac and Elizabeth Armytage gave birth to Armytage. Her father was the station manager of Bolaro Station, a sheep property near Adaminaby in New South Wales, where she grew up. Armytage is a direct descendent of George Armytage, a pioneer British settler in Australia who was involved in an attack on indigenous Australians. Charlie is her younger brother. Beginning in Year Nine, she attended boarding school at Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Sydney, and subsequently went on to study at Charles Sturt University.
Samantha Armytage Husband – Children
Armytage confirmed her engagement to partner Richard Lavender in June 2020. On December 31, 2020, the couple married in a private ceremony in the Southern Highlands. Armytage adopted Lavender’s two daughters from his previous marriage.
Samantha Armytage Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $ 3 Million.
Samantha Armytage Weight Gain
Armytage has made a very realistic confession about gaining weight during her engagement with Richard Lavender’s “honeymoon period.” The Sunrise host, 44, admitted this week on her new Something To Talk About podcast that she gained ’10 kilograms’ while in her ‘love bubble’ with Richard and has failed to lose the weight.
Samantha made the revelation while discussing his new relationship with TikTok star Kurt Roberts with interviewee Hugh Sheridan. Her admission comes about a year after Samantha reached out to followers who were experiencing weight gain due to the coronavirus quarantine.
Samantha Armytage Dancing With The Stars
Armytage appeared on Dancing With The Stars in 2011. Armytage, a Seven Newsreader and regular low scorer on the series, and her partner Brendon Midson finished fourth in the competition.
Each couple performed a dance judged their “Redemption Dance” by the judges. Manu Feildel received the highest first-round score for his foxtrot, a 28/30. Damien Leith received the lowest score of 23/30 for his samba. Truly, Madly, Deeply, a song by Darren Hayes’ old band Savage Garden, was performed. All of the eliminated couples returned to dance, with the exception of Nathan Bracken, who could not dance while returning due to a neck injury.
Haley Bracken scored her third flawless score in the Cha-Cha-Cha face-off, giving her a night total of 57/60. Damien Leith, a singer/Australian Idol winner, and his partner Melanie Hooper finished third in the competition. “Talk, Talk, Talk” by Darren Hayes was performed. Then it was up to Hayley and Aric and Manu and Alan to fight it out. Manu received the highest score of 30/30, and his overall total for all three dances was 85/90. Hayley’s freestyle disappointed the judges, who gave her a 25/30 and a final score of 82/90 because they didn’t get the story. Manu and Alana were named the winners of Dancing with the Stars 2011, with Hayley and Aric finishing as runners-up because of their poor freestyle performance.
Samantha Armytage Sunrise
Armytage was appointed co-host of Weekend Sunrise with Andrew O’Keefe in June 2007, replacing Lisa Wilkinson, who went to Today on the Nine Network. Armytage was appointed co-host of Weekend Sunrise with Andrew O’Keefe in June 2007, replacing Lisa Wilkinson, who went to Today on the Nine Network. Armytage was revealed as the replacement for Sunrise co-host Melissa Doyle in June 2013, and she started in September.
Samantha Armytage 7 Network
After being noticed by network executives while covering the 2003 Canberra Bushfires, Armytage joined the Seven Network in 2003. Armytage got her first big job as a presenter in December 2004, filling in for the summer non-ratings on Seven News Sydney. She did stints as a fill-in host on Seven News Sydney and Seven Morning News, the national late-night news updates, following the non-ratings period. All through 2005 and 2006, Armytage was a standard fill-in moderator for Chris Shower on Seven News Sydney.
Armytage took over for Mike Amor as Seven 4.30 News host in October 2006. When the network moved production from Melbourne to Sydney, she took over as presenter from Rebecca Maddern. He was a frequent substitute on Sunrise, Today Tonight, and The Morning Show in 2011. In 2014, Armytage introduced the makeover unscripted TV drama Bringing Attractive Back, which was dropped after one season because of low appraisals.
The Seven Network announced in October 2021 that Armytage would participate in Seven’s coverage of race days and make a special guest appearance on the reality show The Farmer Wants a Wife when it returns in 2022. The Seven Network announced in February 2023 that Armytage would host the upcoming season of The Farmer Wants a Wife.