After hearing her voice thrown into the "who'll get the Dancing With The Stars gig?" mix a few times (and as we all know, Daniel MacPherson got it; yay.), you could've been forgiven for thinking Fifi Box was launching an assault on the televisual world - and, had you thought that, you would've ended up correct. The brassy (and yet, strangely lovable) radio personality will be leaving Triple M at the end of the year and running into the open arms of Channel Seven, where she will present a "wacky" weather segment a la Grant Denyer (who is too busy driving brrm brrm cars now, or something):

Channel 7 continued to deny a rift between Doyle and co-host David Koch over salaries, stating Box's appointment was an addition, not replacement, to the Sunrise team.

Box said she was "absolutely thrilled" to be joining the TV show.

"Television is an exciting new challenge for me and the chance to work with (the Sunrise team) Mel, Kochie, Nat and Beretts, who have been wonderful friends to me over the years, was an opportunity I could not resist," she said.

"I'm over the moon - I'm still pinching myself."

Spare a thought (oh, okay, don't) for the lads of The Shebang, the Triple M breakfast show Box has left in her wake, which will be packing up its meagre belongings in a red-spotted hankie tied to a stick at the end of the year, and trundling off down the road. The entertainment industry's a harsh mistress!

 

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