Samantha Armytage will return to brekkie TV as a fill-in host for Sarah Abo on the Today couch after months of intense speculation about the former Sunrise host’s future.

Armytage, who is currently hosting The Golden Bachelor, will be filling in for Karl Stefanovic and Abo over the Christmas break alongside Nova radio host Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli.

The holiday period will begin with Today Extra’s David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys occupying the desk before Samantha and Wippa take over from mid-December until the end of the year.

Today will then be helmed by familiar Nine faces Alison Piotrowski, Dr Nick Coatsworth, Joel Dry, and Jayne Azzopardi for the first few weeks of 2026.

Nine has also confirmed that Karl and Sarah will both be returning to the desk on January 19 amid rampant specul

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