A few years ago, I interviewed Merrick Watts (or maybe it was Tim Ross) and he told me that the Merrick and Rosso team wouldn't be around forever. The word from down south is that that day may soon be approaching. Following swiftly-denied rumours that the boys don't get along with new Sydney Nova 969 co-host Kate Ritchie is the tip that the comedy duo will pull the plug at the end of this year. At this point I feel obliged to reheat my own rumour of a year or two ago that Brisbane Nova 106.9's Meshel Laurie could well be lined up to move to Sydney. I know she's happy where she is, but the Nova 1069 show is strong enough now to withstand her departure (especially as its direct competition at B105 is doing so poorly) and, although we Queenslanders like to think otherwise, Sydney and Melbourne are really where it's at in the Australian entertainment world. If Merrick and Rosso do go, Nova would want to pick well, because the right team has a very good chance of knocking 2Day's Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O off their perch as the No. 1 FM breakfast team in Sydney.
Update: Watts is now saying the duo are "not going anywhere". With the ratings year only half over, he would say that, wouldn't he?