Dancing With The Stars
Melinda Houston says spunky, sassy Sonia Kruger is Dancing with the Stars' best asset: a great second banana. All care, no responsibility. High profile, low risk. Not too many TV celebs these days actually like being referred to as the second banana ("We're a team! It's a team effort!"), but not only does the role have a long and honourable history, it has to be one of the best gigs around. If you pick your first banana wisely - or at least the vehicle in which you both appear - you get to enjoy ratings success, and much that goes with it (such as a nice fat pay packet, and secure employment) without having to worry about those ratings. It's not your show, after all. Sure, you may have to take the blame when little things go wrong, but, as long as you're not the headliner, no one can say that, ultimately, success or failure is your responsibility. And, in the meantime, you have a prime-time spot, you get to make the funny with the experts, you get to bask ...