Nat Barr and Shirvo announce new hosting gig
Sunrise hosts Natalie Barr and Matt Shirvington have announced their new TV hosting gig.
The breakfast hosts are moving to prime time, as they prepare to welcome in the Christmas period with the annual Carols in the Domain.
Nat and Shirvo will be hosting the festive celebration, which will be broadcast nationally on Channel Seven on Saturday 23rd December from 7:30pm.
Barr hosted the event last year, but was joined by Shirvo's predecessor David Koch.
In a statement about hosting the Christmas event, Shirvo said he'd watched Carols in the Domain "with my family since I was a boy, so to now be on stage hosting for the first time is quite surreal."
He said that music plays an important role in his family Christmas, saying, “My sister, in the last few years and off the back of Covid where you weren’t allowed to sing or do anything together, decided that for the last couple of Christmases we all now have to do karaoke."
“It’s not strictly carols, it could quite literally be anything, and we tend to do that after lunch, when everyone’s had a couple of glasses of champagne, and feeling disinhibited — that’s when the karaoke microphone comes out!”
Shirvo added that he has attended the annual concert before, and is excited about the on-stage possibilities this year.
“I have been to Carols in the past, but never up on stage. So, who knows — anything could happen,” he said.
“I could be dressed up, I could be dressed down. I could be doing a singalong — at the end of the day, more than anything, Nat and I are just traffic cops, so we’ll just be throwing to the people that really matter — the performers and the performances.”
"It's pure joy and that's why Australians have loved it for so many years. I can't wait," added Barr.
Among the onstage talent on show this year are The Wiggles, Dami Im, Lucy Durack, Casey Donovan, Silvia Colloca, and many more.
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