How Sonia Kruger has lost her Gold Logie already

Less than 24 hours after winning Australian television’s highest honour, Sonia Kruger says she has already lost the trophy in a surprising way.

She’s only had it a few hours, but Sonia Kruger has already lost her Logie.

Fresh from her Gold trophy win, the newly-minted top star of Aussie TV is resigned to the fact her eight year old daughter, Maggie, will take ownership of the statuette.

“I don’t think I have a choice,” Kruger told The Daily Telegraph.

“I think Maggie will claim this, and she will put it on her book shelf in her bedroom and that is where it will stay. She loves a shiny trophy.”

Kruger, 57, secured the Gold Logie over six of the country’s top names, including favourite Hamish Blake.

Sonia Kruger wins the Gold Logie award on Sunday night in Sydney. Picture: Getty Images)

The Voice Australia host posed for the Telegraph at Sydney’s Darling Hotel, part of The Star complex.

Kruger and photographer Richard Dobson interpreted Terry O’Neill’s iconic shot of Hollywood star Faye Dunaway at the Beverly Hills Hotel the morning after her 1977 Best Actress Academy Award for the film, Network.

Sonia Kruger the morning after her win, channelling Faye Dunaway by the pool at The Darling Pyrmont, Sydney. Picture: Richard Dobson

“She was relaxing poolside, breakfast on a tray, statuette in front of her lounging back,” Kruger explained.

“I guess she was enjoying, it so I was trying to channel a bit of Faye Dunaway, classic old Hollywood.”

Kruger’s win marks the first time a woman has won the Gold Logie in eight years.

The last female winner in the category was Carrie Bickmore in 2015.

American actress Faye Dunaway takes breakfast by the pool with the day's newspapers at the Beverley Hills Hotel, March 29, 1977. At the previous night's Academy Awards ceremony, where she won the 1976 Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'Network'. Picture: Getty Images

“I don’t like to divide people by gender or sex, because I think it should be merit-based, essentially … and I am hoping that is what it was, that people didn’t vote for me purely because I am a woman,” she said. “But yeah, it was great to represent the girls.”
Kruger, who is married to Seven TV executive Craig McPherson, is one of the busiest stars on the Australian small screen, hosting multiple prime time shows through the year, among them Dancing With The Stars and Big Brother.

Like many, Kruger admits she sometimes questions her place in the industry.

Sonia Kruger in one of the two glamorous looks she sported on Logies night. Picture: Getty Images)

Kruger on the red carpet. Picture: Getty Images

“I think we all suffer from impostor syndrome every now and then,” she explained.

“That is why that Logies room is so intimidating: because there are a lot of really talented people in there and you always feel like you are not as good, or you are there for other reasons, sheer luck for the most part.

“I have always felt like I have been in the right place at the right time and I’ve been kind of lucky.

“So when something like this happens, it is hard to accept it as a real gift so it is lovely.”