In her third season of fronting Australian Idol, Ricki-Lee Coulter continues to impress TV execs along with her internet hosting abilities.
In TV corridors Coulter has been generously known as the subsequent Sonia Kruger for her ringmaster capacity with all of the shifting elements of Reside tv.
Whereas she first stepped right into a internet hosting function in Australia’s Bought Expertise, there’s no crash course in studying internet hosting abilities at this stage.
“I by no means thought I used to be going to host a TV present. That was by no means on my bingo card,” she tells TV Tonight.
“It simply type of fell into my lap. The people who had been the chief producers of AGT had been producers on my season of Idol and so they know me rather well, and so they simply stated to me, ‘It’s important to host this present. It’s important to do that. Nobody else can do it, I’m not taking no for a solution.’
“I type of terrifyingly, however not begrudgingly, stated ‘Okay!’ closing my eyes, bracing for influence.
“I don’t know the right way to host a TV present! But it surely went amazingly and we filmed a few seasons of that. Sadly, COVID type of obtained within the center and two seasons obtained halted on the final minute. However then Australian Idol got here again round and so they stated, ‘Ricki come on!’”
Coulter hosts alongside Scott Tweedie on the Seven present which strikes into Reside to Air episodes as of subsequent week.
“I’m so glad I stated sure, as a result of I do love doing it. However you’re proper, there isn’t any coaching floor for internet hosting a TV present. There’s no faculty you’ll be able to go to, or course you are able to do, to discover ways to do that,” she stated.
“It’s actual life expertise that you must have. I believe possibly having been on stage for 25 years, I’m used to being underneath lights and underneath strain and stress and I handle to be snug in these conditions. I do know I’m faking my means via it, however I’m having fun with it and having a good time, and I really like that I’m part of the present that modified my life. I’m very fortunate.”
Australian Idol screens Sunday – Tuesday on Seven.
