to 7two (week of 10–14 January) and Sunrise extended to finish at 10:00 am (week of 17–21 January). 22 February 2011 – Koch reported live from Christchurch on the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. 26 January 2012 – Sunrise aired live from a mini-barge celebrating Australia Day on Sydney Harbour. Some viewers were given the opportunity to join the Sunrise team after entering an online competition. 16 December 2014 – Sunrise reported live from 4:00 am to 9:00 am for the coverage of the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis. 9 September 2022 – after the announcement of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, David Koch and Natalie Barr provided wall-to-wall coverage from 5:00am until 12 noon. All on-air talent wore black, in line with royal protocol for national mourning, up to and including the late Queen's funeral on 19 September 2022. Musical guests A number of musical guests have appeared on Sunrise and performed live action the show, usually meeting fans afterwards. Like the rest of the studio, their stage area gives people on the street a chance to view the performances. Occasionally, musical guests perform "on the plaza" on a temporary stage erected in Martin Place. Musical performances normally take place at 7:50am and 8:50am, with most guests playing two songs. Weekend Sunrise In 2005 the Seven Network replaced its struggling Sunday morning program Sunday Sunrise with a program called Weekend Sunrise which originally was an hour long (8am – 9am) program with an identical format to Sunrise. Hosted by Chris Reason (then the presenter of Sunday Sunrise) and Lisa Wilkinson, the program was successful and various critiques at the time called for the program to be lengthened to two hours (7am – 9am) and be extended to Saturday mornings as well as Sunday. In 2006, Weekend Sunrise was extended from an hour to a two-hour show, running every Sunday from 8:00 am till 10:00 am. When Sportsworld returned for the football season Weekend Sunrise settled into a 90-minute format from 8:00 am to 9:30 am. After Sportsworld's series concluded, the show returned to a two-hour format. Andrew O'Keefe initially temporarily replaced host Chris Reason in 2006, but after improved ratings he was given the hosting position permanently. In 2007, Wilkinson moved to the Nine Network to host Today and was replaced by Samantha Armytage. In 2008, Weekend Sunrise moved their start time 30 minutes earlier to 7:30 am to