Karen Koster has dished out advice for aspiring TV stars, and she certainly doesn’t sugar coat it.
The TV3 presenter, who currently hosts Xposé, first started out by presenting the weather on Ireland AM back in 2004.
While life as a TV star seems glamourous, it’s in fact quite the opposite according to Karen – especially for newcomers that “make loads of cups of tea”.
“Harass people in the nicest way possible, work for free and make loads of cups of tea and ask good questions,” she told the Herald.
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Xposé has recently just moved to a prime-time slot on TV3, after the show made a number of changes to the format – which included the shock axing of Aisling O’Loughlin, Peter O’Riordan and Lisa Cannon.
“It’s going great. We’re in a brand new time slot so we’re on prime time now. We’re on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm and Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm, so everyone is upping their game,” she said.
Karen opened up about their new time-slot soon after former host Aisling O’Loughlin hit out at the show, and insisted that their recent ratings claim was totally false.
“This is something we’ve dreamed of, to be in a later time slot. We’re hoping to keep that soap audience and give them what they want and deliver a positive, glossy slot.
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“TV3 now has Corrie and Emmerdale, so we’re not worried at all. I think the soap audience is going to be into what we do. We have that soap audience anyway and we can really target them,” Karen said about the show’s ratings.
Meanwhile, Karen also commented on Virgin Media’s recent acquisition of UTV Ireland, which is set to be replaced by TV3’s new sister channel Be3.
“To be able to get the biggest share of an audience is fantastic. There’s always been really good momentum with TV3, even when we were sort of the underdog. Now it’s a whole new chapter and it’s a really exciting time,” she added.
