Merrick Watts to co-host ACRA’s

Southern Cross Austereo's Merrick Watts has been announced as the co-host of this years ACRA's with Sharon Osbourne.

“I was thrilled to be asked to co-host the Awards. I am really looking forward to meeting Sharon in person and explaining to her what a bogan is. It’s best she knows what she’ll be working with”, he said.

The CEO of CRA, Joan Warner commented; “Merrick is a highly skilled presenter and comedian and will be a terrific co-host with Sharon Osbourne.”

The ACRAs will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre next weekend. In addition to Merrick as co-host, there have been further individual award presenters announced this morning;

WSFM Breakfast team Jonesy & Amanda, 2UE Drive host Paul Murray, Nova Sydney's Fitzy & Wippa, Nova's Kate Langbroek and Tim Blackwell, the Mix 106.5 'Love God' Richard Mercer, and SCA's Radar Radio's Ella Hooper and Byron Cooke. 

Performing on the night of the awards will be Guy Sebastian, The Veronicas, Timomatic, and Commercial Radio Australia country scholarship winner, BayLou.

In addition, there will be a performance by the winner of First Break, the commercial radio industry and Mushroom Group's new emerging talent initiative.