Vogue Williams said she's glad she missed out on the Dancing with the Stars' presenting gig as she’s set to take on her biggest job to date on Virgin Media's brand new show, The Big Deal.
The Dublin DJ was among a number of Irish celebrities who auditioned for the hit dance show when it landed in Ireland, but Amanda Byram bagged the gig, before Jennifer Zamparelli went on to take over alongside Nicky Byrne, after Amanda left the show in 2018.
But Vogue said she harbours no hard feelings about the show, and told how she feels everything worked out for the best as she’s set to present her first ‘shiny floor show’ next month.
She said: “I didn’t get the call for that one [Dancing With The Stars], I did go for the audition.
“Actually, in hindsight, yes I am glad I didn’t do it because I wouldn’t have got to this one.
“But it is a great show as well.
“That is a shiny floor show, any presenter would want to do but it worked out for the best.”
Lifting the lid on how she bagged The Big Deal, she said: “I just got the call. There was no audition process, I just sent through a tape of me doing a bit of autocue that they wanted. “But it was so quick that I didn’t even realise how big the show was until I got here.
“It was amazing to be a part of. Going on that set I was like ‘oh Jesus, this is enormous, it’s huge.’”
‘The Big Deal’, co commissioned with FOX Entertainment and BiggerStage lands on Virgin Media One on Saturday 4th September at 8pm.
Boy George, Jedward, JLS’s Aston Merrygold, Deirdre O’Kane and Lyra will make up the panel of judges, with Vogue taking on hosting duties in a bid to find Ireland’s next biggest star and the winner of a €50,000 cash prize.
But there’s a twist - as contestants also have the choice of taking a €1,000 cash prize and forfeiting their chances of going through before the votes are revealed - if they aren’t confident that they will meet the criteria.
But Vogue, who is married to former reality TV star Spencer Matthews says there won’t be any unnecessarily nasty comments or attitude on the new format.
Hitting out at shows of the past, the former Fade Street star said: “I think it is the new age we are living in. You don’t have to be really horrible and nasty to get your point across.
“It is a fun Saturday night entertainment family show, and it Is not about making people feel crap about themselves. Big people up. But then again, you can’t really say anything that bad because the talent is so good.
“I do think it is nice to have something like this on TV, where there is never going to be what it was like before saying ‘you’re absolutely rubbish’ something like Simon Cowell. I think that kind of stuff is gone out the window now. There is no need for it.
“It just depends on what you’re doing. I think when you’re talking about a talent show, I don’t think the level of nastiness that has been spewed on talent shows previously is probably necessary anymore. I think there is always a way of telling somebody they’re not great.
“There’s no real nasty vibes to this show… just because there’s no nasty vibes doesn’t mean that somethings missing, there was no need for it because everybody was so good.
“There’s nicer ways of saying it that what they have done in the past on shows like Britain’s Got Talent or X Factor where they actually would’ve had acts in for that reason, so I think the day of that is gone,” she added.
Vogue was speaking as Virgin Media launched their new season schedule on Wednesday.
