{"id":8848,"date":"2010-06-08T12:56:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T12:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/06\/08\/konnie-huq-lands-x-factor-role\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:47:20","slug":"konnie-huq-lands-x-factor-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/08\/konnie-huq-lands-x-factor-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Konnie Huq lands X-Factor role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Former Blue Peter presenter to front spin off show The Xtra Factor<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"180\" height=\"276\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/KonnieHuq_180x232.jpg\"\/>FORMER Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq will front the X-Factor\u2019s spin-off show \u2018The Xtra Factor\u2019, it has been announced.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The 34-year-old will join the show for its seventh series this summer, ITV announced. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Huq will replace presenter Holly Willoughby on the ITV2 show.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Konnie said: \u201cI am delighted to be joining The Xtra Factor team. It&#8217;s amazing to be a part of one of the most popular and well-loved shows on television and I can&#8217;t wait to get started.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>It will see Konnie in her most high-profile job since she left Blue Peter in 2008 after 11 years on the BBC programme.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>She has also worked as a news presenter recently on the BBC Asian Network for the current affairs programme Asian Network Reports.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Claire Zolkwer, ITV\u2019s Commissioning Editor for Entertainment said \u201cWe&#8217;re thrilled that Konnie is going to be joining Xtra Factor.\u00a0 Her broadcast experience alongside her enthusiasm for the show will be a great asset to ITV2.&#8221; <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Konnie will join the team as auditions begin Glasgow on Wednesday and will travel to venues across the country in the biggest talent search on television. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The series returns later in the summer. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Blue Peter presenter to front spin off show The Xtra Factor FORMER Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq will front the X-Factor\u2019s spin-off show \u2018The Xtra Factor\u2019, it has been announced. &#13; The 34-year-old will join the show for its seventh series this summer, ITV announced. &#13; Huq will replace presenter Holly Willoughby on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}