Is America ready for our own Tina Sparkle

SONIA Kruger has her sights set offshore.

“I’d love to work internationally,” Kruger (above) said, after finishing The Voice finale. “I’ve been lucky to work on three big international franchise programs: Dancing with the Stars, Big Brother and The Voice but I’d love to host US Dancing with the Stars.”

A move overseas would mean some tricky family-life decisions for Kruger, who is mother to two-year-old Maggie with her partner, Seven News boss Craig McPherson.

And she would face a tough battle with veteran US TV personality Tom Bergeron – who has helmed Dancing with the Stars since its inaugural 2005 season.

However, Kruger is scrambling for another mountain to climb on home soil. “I’ve hosted all these shows, and they’re great shows and they’re great productions, but this show (The Voice) is without a doubt, it’s the pinnacle,” she said.

“The look of it, the international aspect with the coaches, it truly is a quality production … I don’t know what to do after that.”

Dancing was always Kruger’s first love. Growing up in regional Queensland, she recalls hours on end watching black-and-white Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire films with her mother, a seamstress.

“I was a nerdy bookworm kid, into ballroom dancing. I mean, it doesn’t get much nerdier than that,” said Kruger, 51.

After working on numerous stage shows, her dancing prowess landed Kruger a now infamous gig as Tina Sparkle in Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom.

However, fear of “living on the poverty line” as a gigging dancer saw her turn her attentions to TV presenting.