Melissa Doyle Biography
Melissa Doyle AM is a television presenter, novelist, and journalist from Australia. From 2002 to 2013, she co-hosted the Seven Network’s breakfast television show Sunrise with David Koch, and she was the host and senior correspondent of Sunday Night.
How old is Melissa Doyle? – Age
She is 53 years old as of 10 February 2023. She was born in 1970 in Sydney, Australia. Her real name is Melissa Jane Doyle.
Melissa Doyle Education
Doyle was a student at Pymble Ladies’ College. She studied communications at Charles Sturt University’s Bathurst campus and worked as a broadcaster for on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM during her studies.
Melissa Doyle Husband
She has been married to John Dunlop since 1995. The couple has two children; a daughter Natalia Grace Dunlop, and a son Nicholas Dunlop.
How much does Melissa Doyle get paid? – Net Worth
Doyle’s place as one of television’s highest-paid women was solidified when she signed a contract worth $700,000 per year. She has an estimated net worth of $39 Million.
Melissa Doyle Sunrise
Before being asked to lead a redesigned Sunrise program with Chris Reason, who was later replaced by David Koch, Doyle returned to Seven from her maternity leave and took on a variety of news and presenting roles. Under the direction of Executive producer Adam Boland, Doyle and Koch triumphed over their previous rivals and market leaders on Today on the Nine Network. During Doyle’s time on the show, they transformed the program, which had almost no viewers, into Australia’s most popular breakfast television show. She was then named the ‘Sovereign of Australian Brekky television’.
In 2003, Doyle partook in an extremely open pregnancy with her subsequent youngster, who was brought into the world in December of that year. In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, Doyle was up for the Most Popular Television Presenter award at the Silver Logie. In that category, she was the only female nominee.
Doyle was accused of identifying a minor who was divorcing his parents during legal proceedings. The boy, who was only 14 years old at the time, could not be identified because the divorce case was being heard in the Victorian Children’s Court. However, Sunrise and a number of other news outlets, including Today Tonight and the Sunday Herald Sun, allegedly identified him, and the journalists and presenters were charged with contempt of court. The journalists, presenters, and hosts were all found not guilty, but the Seven Network, its news director, executive producer of Today Tonight, and editor-in-chief of the Sunday Herald Sun were found guilty.
She was at the forefront of many of Australia’s biggest stories at the time, including the Beaconsfield Mine collapse and the Queensland floods of 2010–11, as well as international stories like the Royal Wedding, while she was at Sunrise.
Doyle announced on June 20 that she would be leaving her position as Sunrise co-host to take on a national position with the Seven Network. She introduced her last show on 9 August of that very year. Her goodbye program was the most noteworthy rating version of the show that year.
Melissa Doyle Channel 7
In August 2013, it was announced that Doyle would lead a new national bulletin of Seven Afternoon News at 4 p.m. on weekdays with former Today Tonight host Matt White, as well as a new national bulletin of Seven News at 7 on Seven’s digital channel 7two. This bulletin was retired in May 2014.
Doyle took over as host of Seven News at 7 on August 12 and Seven Afternoon News on August 19. On 7two on August 11, Doyle moderated the first discussion of the 2013 Federal Election between Labor leader and then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Liberal leader Tony Abbott. She also appeared with Chris Bath, Mark Riley, and Matt White in the 2013 federal election broadcast.
Doyle and Matt White co-hosted Carols in the Domain in December 2013. Doyle was appointed as the replacement for Chris Bath on Sunday Night and Seven News Sydney after Bath resigned from the Seven Network in June 2015. Doyle left Seven Afternoon News for the final time in late July. Doyle was announced in August 2016 to take on a new expanded role as host and senior correspondent on Sunday Night. Michael Usher took Melissa’s place on Seven News Sydney as a result of her new employment.
In October 2019, it was revealed that Sunday Night would be terminated, although Doyle will continue to work for the Seven Network in a variety of news reading jobs. Doyle joined Michael Usher to broadcast Seven News: The Latest throughout the COVID-19 situation in March 2020. She eventually became the bulletin’s permanent Monday presenter. Melissa held this position until August. Doyle announced her departure from the Seven Network in August 2020, after 25 years with the network.
It was reported in July 2022 that Doyle would return to the Seven Network to host the revival of This is Your Life. The first episode aired on July 24, 2022, and featured Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe.
Melissa Doyle Foundation
Doyle is a Make-A-Wish Foundation Australia National Patron and an ambassador for The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, Westmead Children’s Hospital, World Vision, Children’s Cancer Institute, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Melissa is also an advocate for the Federal Government’s National Road Safety Council and the GWS Giants (AFL) and Whittlesea Eagles (Vic AFL) Number One Ticket Holder. She was also the Chairperson of the GIANTS Foundation Charity, which was founded in 2013 and served in that capacity until 2018 when she was appointed to the GIANTS Board of Directors.