19-05-2025
Karl Stefanovic vying for new role as host of Nine's latest top ratings TV hit The Floor Australia amid contract negotiations
Karl Stefanovic is reportedly vying for a new role at the Nine Network's latest top ratings hit, The Floor Australia.
On Friday, insiders at the network revealed the Today host, 50, wants to replace Australian actor Rodger Corser as host of the trivia game show.
The Floor has proved popular with audiences and broke records when it premiered on April 28 with a total national reach of 2.22 million viewers.
The family-friendly show has dominated the prime-time 7.30 pm slot since.
Contestants battle it out in topics like Australian cuisine, famous characters, and gold medallists, which are flashed across large coloured tiles on the ground.
Stefanovic wants to host the program after he featured in a promo for the prime time hit ahead of its premiere, sources told
The promo saw Corser introduce the star who debated his Today co-host Sarah Abo on the topic of breakfast foods.
Abo beat him in the first round, but he made a comeback in the second round, when the stars dueled over bands.
Stefanovic's interest in taking over Corser's role comes as Nine is due to negotiate with him over his current $3 million contract.
Sources told that the network's management was bemused by his interest in taking over the Doctor Doctor actor's hosting duties.
It's said the 50-year-old thinks he is better suited to hosting the program than Corser, who secured the gig in October 2024.
The Floor follows the popular Dutch version of the show, which was then emulated in the US, featuring 80s American actor Rob Lowe.
When it premiered, the Australian iteration even topped Nine's A Current Affair, which recorded a much lower total TV national audience of 1,147,000.
All 81 contestants on the show aim to challenge and win their neighbours' tiles and steal their area of The Floor.
Whoever wins the entire floor will claim a life-changing prize of $200,000.
