Samantha Armytage and Amelia Adams appear to be the top candidates to replace Sarah Abo as co-host of Nine’s Today show.
Abo, 40, is set to depart the breakfast show to take maternity leave later in the year, after announcing her pregnancy live on air last week.
According to insiders, Today host Karl Stefanovic, 51, is favouring 60 Minutes reporter Adams, 43, as his new co-host.
Insiders claim that Stefanovic and Nine’s director of morning television, Steve Burling, wanted Adams to take the role ultimately filled by Abo in 2022.
Meanwhile, sources told Media Diary that Nine management’s top pick to fill Abo’s spot is Samantha Armytage.
Former Sunrise star Armytage, 49, has long been rumoured to be headed for a co-hosting gig at Today after she defected to Channel Nine to anchor The Golden Bachelor in 2024.
Samantha Armytage and Amelia Adams appear to be the top candidates to replace Sarah Abo (right) as co-host of Nine’s Today show (Pictured with Karl Stefanovic)
Daily Mail has approached Nine for comment.
Nine is said to be banking on the so-called ‘Armytage effect’, which saw Sunrise score a ratings victory when Armytage joined the program in 2013.
Today has consistently lost in the breakfast TV wars against Seven’s Sunrise for over a decade.
Meanwhile, Sarah is expecting her first child with her husband, Cyrus Moran.
The Today show star, 40, broke down in tears when she announced her pregnancy news on the breakfast show last week.
‘I’m going to try and fail to maintain my composure. But yes, Cyrus and I are expecting a little baby,’ she said.
‘I know, it’s obviously very happy news and everything… It hasn’t been the easiest journey to get here, which a lot of people I know have gone through and will go through.
‘It’s not as easy as you sometimes think that pregnancy will be.
Sources told Media Diary that Nine management’s ‘top pic’ to fill Abo’s spot is Samantha Armytage (Pictured)
According to insiders, Karl Stefanovic , 51, is favouring 60 Minutes reporter Amelia Adams, 43, (pictured) as his new co-host while his regular co-anchor Sarah Abo takes maternity leave
‘So, it has been a bit of a bumpy ride, but here we are. And yes, it’s getting harder to hide. As much as I’d like to bury my head in the sand and not address it, I think, yeah, we’re almost halfway now.’
Sarah’s co-host Karl Stefanovic also became teary as he shared his best wishes for the expectant couple.
‘I work next to you every day, and I know you had some dramas, right? And last year you had so much crap in the newspapers, and it was around that time, and you didn’t tell anyone,’ he said.
‘You came to work, and your strength and courage during that was unbelievable. You fought that on your own with only a couple of people knowing.’
Shortly after the segment aired, Sarah took to Instagram to reflect on her happy news, uploading a photo of herself posing with her bump on display in a sheer long-sleeved top.
‘Well, I can’t keep trying to hide under a rock..! Yes, there is a baby in there. It’s our happy news after a bit of a bumpy ride,’ she wrote.
Sarah Abo is expecting her first child with her husband Cyrus Moran
The Today show star, 40, broke down in tears when she announced the news last week
Shortly after the segment aired, Sarah took to Instagram to reflect on her happy news, uploading a photo of herself posing with her bump on display in a sheer long-sleeved top
