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EXCLUSIVE: Sonia Kruger reveals the story behind her glamourous fashion ensembles on The Voice

''It takes six people to build me. I'm the bionic woman now!''
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While the incredible talents of everyday Australians blows us away on The Voice, itโ€™s host Sonia Krugerโ€™s glamorous ensembles that also command our attention (and a whole lot of fashion envy!)

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In an exclusive interview with Now To Love, Sonia admits the process behind creating her show-stopping looks is a lengthy one.

โ€œIt takes a while to get ready. The looks are always a bit extra on The Voice. Every show has its own identity and I think The Voice is like this heightened pop clip,โ€ she tells us.

โ€œThe looks are always a bit extra on The Voice.โ€œ

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โ€œIโ€™m wearing this neon green jacket dress and itโ€™s sequined and I said to Natalia my stylist: โ€˜You donโ€™t think this is just a bit too much?!โ€™ and sheโ€™s like: โ€˜Itโ€™s The Voice, Sonia!'โ€

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โ€œItโ€™s the closest Iโ€™ll ever get to being in a video clip so youโ€™ve got to go for it. It takes six people to build me. Iโ€™m the bionic woman now!โ€ she laughs.

While 12-hour back-to-back days on the Channel Seven set can admittedly become โ€œgruellingโ€, Sonia says her hosting gig never feels like work.

โ€œItโ€™s a very social kind of day!โ€ she beams.

โ€œWhen we do the Blind Auditions, it can be a little bit gruelling because there are a lot of people to get through and youโ€™ve got to speak to all the family and friends and then watch them perform and then talk to them after the fact.

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Soniaโ€™s ensembles never disappoint!

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โ€œOver the course of the four days that we shot the Blind Auditions, I calculated I may have met 500 people and trying to remember everybodyโ€™s name is tricky.โ€

While Soniaโ€™s official title may be โ€œhost,โ€ she also acts as a nurturing support system to the contestants and their nervous loved ones waiting in the wings.

Itโ€™s through these strong bonds that the in-demand TV personality admits she canโ€™t help but have her favourites.

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โ€œYou ride that wave of them turning chairs and then getting through certain rounds and you canโ€™t help but really love certain people either, and everybody has a different favourite,โ€ she says.

โ€œI spend most of my time at the side of the stage with family and friends so I feel like I go through that nervous rollercoaster that everybody goes on.

โ€œThey walk out and itโ€™s so quiet, you can hear a pin drop. Itโ€™s an eerie feelingโ€ฆ It can be quite devastating when theyโ€™re [eliminated].โ€

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Sonia says sheโ€™s incredibly grateful to have a strong support network to help take care of her daughter Maggie, seven, whom she shares with producer television Craig McPherson.

โ€œI have family who can always pick up the slack if I canโ€™t get Maggie to school or pick her up after school. Iโ€™m luckier than a lot of working parents that have to commute and work,โ€ she says.

โ€œI feel like my work comes in blocks so I know to be prepared and organised for that block of time.โ€

Soniaโ€™s daughter Maggie sometimes accompanies her to the set of The Voice.

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Proving sheโ€™s the ultimate cool mum, Sonia even brings little Maggie onto the set of The Voice with her.

โ€œI brought her to the filming. Guy [Sebastianโ€™s] kids were there, Keith [Urbanโ€™s] kids were there. So it has become a bit of a family affair for all of us,โ€ Sonia gushes.

โ€œWhen Guy spoke to Maggie he was like: โ€˜Do you like music?โ€™ and Maggie was talking about how they do music at school and I said to her afterwards: โ€˜Whoโ€™s your favourite coach?โ€™ and she said: โ€˜Rita!'โ€

โ€œGuy [Sebastianโ€™s] kids were there, Keith [Urbanโ€™s] kids were there. So it has become a bit of a family affair for all of us.โ€

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It seems like Sonia couldnโ€™t possibly fit more on her plate, but the ageless 56-year-old always manages to find the time for exercise.

โ€œWe can be a bit time-poor so you have to just prioritise it in your day if you can and do it early in the piece before everybody else is up,โ€ she says.

The Voice continues on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7.30pm on Channel 7

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