Edwina Bartholomew
| Edwina Bartholomew | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew 5 July 1983 Whyalla |
| Residence | Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Education | Charles Sturt University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Seven Network |
| Spouse(s) | Neil Varcoe (m. 2018) |
Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew (born 5 July 1983) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Bartholomew is currently a presenter on Sunrise and co-host of Australian Spartan. She has previously been a co-host of Dancing with the Stars.
Career
Bartholomew completed her journalism degree at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales and also completed a Masters of International Studies in 2006 at Sydney University. She won a Sunrise Intern competition, where she progressed from making coffee to producing the show.[1]
She also worked as a reporter on 2GB and covered the Beijing Olympics for the Seven Network.
She later returned to Australia and continued to work as a reporter for Seven News before signing on as Sunrise's Sydney correspondent in 2011, replacing Simon Reeve. She has also filed stories for Sunday Night. Her stories with Sunrise and The Morning Show have taken her from the Queensland floods and Christchurch earthquake to the Camel Cup in Alice Springs and Tamworth Country Music Festival.
In July 2013, Bartholomew was appointed as weather presenter on Sunrise, replacing Grant Denyer. She travelled for the show each day, reporting from various locations around Australia and the world.[2]
In September 2013, Bartholemew was appointed co-host of Dancing with the Stars.[3]
In January 2016, Bartholomew announced that she would be leaving her role as weather presenter on Sunrise after three years to become the show's entertainment presenter. She was replaced by Sam Mac.
Bartholomew has filled in for Monique Wright on Weekend Sunrise while she was on maternity leave.
As of 2018, Bartholomew continues as the Entertainment Presenter on Sunrise, as well as co-host of Australian Spartan alongside Hamish McLachlan.[4]
Personal life
Bartholomew was born in the steel town of Whyalla, South Australia. She spent her early years living in Japan and Malaysia.[5] She later boarded at Abbotsleigh school in Wahroonga, Sydney, where she completed her Higher School Certificate and featured in the Distinguished Achievers List.[6] In Year 12, she was appointed to the role of "head girl", otherwise known as head prefect..
Edwina lives with partner Neil Varcoe in Sydney.[7] In April 2017, she announced that she is engaged to him.[8] They married on 21 April 2018 at Warramba, the couple's historic homestead in the Capertee Valley.
References
- ↑ Edwina Bartholomew profile Sunrise
- ↑ Edwina Bartholomew, Profile Talent Management
- ↑ Edwina Bartholomew to co-host Dancing with the Stars, by David Knox (TV Tonight, 24 September 2013)
- ↑ "Seven Unveils Hosts For 2018's Australian Spartan". B&T. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ↑ Edwina Bartholomew – Channel 7′s Rising Star by Dan Hutton (The Beast, 26 May 2012)
- ↑ "Distinguished Achievers List – 2001 HSC". boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ Edwina Bartholomew smooches beau Neil Varcoe live on air and jokes she 'might do more washing' as pair celebrate her last day on the road as a Sunrise weather presenter, by Alicia Vrajlal (Daily Mail, 29 January 2016)
- ↑ "Sunrise star Eddy's getting hitched". NewsComAu. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
| Media offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New position |
Sunrise Entertainment & social media presenter January 2016 - present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Grant Denyer |
Sunrise Weather presenter July 2013 - January 2016 |
Succeeded by Sam Mac |
| Preceded by Mel B |
Dancing with the Stars Co-host 2013 - 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Simon Reeve |
Sunrise Sydney correspondent 2011 - 2013 |
Succeeded by Gabrielle Boyle |