Carrie Bickmore’s replacements on The Project revealed

Channel 10 has confirmed two stars will take turns filling Carrie Bickmore’s seat after her big announcement on Tuesday.

Project regulars Chrissie Swan and Georgie Tunny will step into the seat to replace Carrie Bickmore after the Channel 10 star announced she will be departing the show for “a few months” as she temporarily moves to the UK with her family.

The pair will join Waleed Aly, Peter Helliar and a host of other big names on the panel to discuss the day’s news.

“Chrissie and Georgie are well known and loved by Project viewers and I am delighted to see them both take larger hosting roles,” executive producer Chris Bendall told The Daily Telegraph.

“We have a lot of exciting plans for the show this year. Carrie’s seat is in safe hands until she returns mid-year with Chrissie and Georgie joining Lisa (Wilkinson) who will continue to deliver outstanding feature stories from around the country alongside her existing hosting duties.”

A statement released by Channel 10 confirmed the development on Thursday.

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‘Chrissie and Georgie are well known and loved by Project viewers and I am delighted to see them both take larger hosting roles’.

The pair will join Waleed Aly, Peter Helliar and a host of other big names on the panel to discuss the day’s news.

“Friends of The Project, Chrissie Swan and Georgie Tunny, will join hosts Lisa Wilkinson, Waleed Aly, Peter Helliar, Hamish Macdonald and Tommy Little while Carrie Bickmore and her family go on a well-deserved adventure,” the statement read.

She will continue her radio show with Tommy Little on the Hit Network but will be unable to fill her Project duties while travelling across Europe.

“In April I’m going to be taking a few months off The Project desk,” she said on Tuesday.

“[Partner] Chris and I and the kids are heading off on a family adventure together.

“We figure it’s never going to be the perfect time to go and it’s something we really want to do before my son starts his final years at school, so we’re doing term two in the UK. So I will be off for a couple of months.”

.@BickmoreCarrie has some news & we couldn't be happier or prouder. This year, Carrie and her family are heading overseas to discover what the world has to offer, so she's taking some well deserved time off to create some more amazing memories.#TheProjectTVpic.twitter.com/Ed4oASccsK

— The Project (@theprojecttv) March 15, 2022

Originally published as Carrie Bickmore’s replacements on The Project revealed