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I really enjoyed guest presenting a show last year and thought it
would be good to explore other areas. I've never really thought
of myself as a presenter. If I'd been something other than a
singer, I would have been a florist, but now I've tried
presenting I love it.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Three approached me last year, as the
channel's relaunching, and we talked through a few ideas. It's
the perfect show for me because I can sit with a cup of tea, with
all my mates around me, chatting to interesting guests and
watching great new bands. It doesn't get much better than that.
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How do you feel about presenting your own show?
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Really, really excited. I've been a guest on lots of different
TV shows but now it's the other way around. Because it's my
show, I get to say what I want. It's great because I can ask
people questions that I want to know the answer to – even if most
people would be too embarrassed to ask those questions or to
answer them.
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What's it like to be a TV presenter?
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It's really good fun but there are so many things to get used to – like having someone talking in your ear when you're in the
middle of a conversation. When we did the pilot, I'd be deep in
conversation with Alex James about the art of fine cheese-making
then someone would chirp up with a question that I was meant to
be asking Alan Davies in the next interview, all very confusing
at the start.
It's also really nerve-wracking. I've been on stage in front of
thousands of people but doing this in front of 200 people and a
few cameras was terrifying.
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What sort of people are you going to have on?
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It could be anyone. There will be celebrity guests – and new
bands but also the best and worst of web celebs – people who are
famous on the net but haven't had a chance to display their
'talents' on TV. I want people to send me all the weird and
wonderful people they find
on the internet – within reason!
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Who would you most like to be on your show?
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I'd love to have the Queen on. I'd ask her all about the
Princess.
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What is your presenting style?
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I don't really have one. I've never presented my own show before
so I'm just going to be me – it's all I know. I want people to
send in the questions they really want the answers to and I'm not
scared of asking them. I hope my guests give as good as they get
because I love a bit of banter – as long as it's all in good
spirits.
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What's it going to involve?
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It could be literally anything and we're open to suggestions.
There will definitely be loads of
celebrity chat and great music, but there could also be anything
from gymnastics to fishing. Anything that makes me laugh, I'm up
for having on the show.
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How can people get involved?
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In lots of ways. I really want feedback from the people in my
network. You can sign up at
bbc.co.uk/lilyallen and find out what's going on behind the
scenes, embed cool stuff on your own social networking profiles
and let me know what you think about things.
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Everyone in the
audience will be part of the network and I want to know what
people want to ask guests, what they've been looking at online
and just generally what they're like.
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Every week I'll suggest two bands I like who have never been on
telly before. Then people can vote on the site for which one
they want to see on the show.
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What sort of friend are you?
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A brilliant one, although my friends would probably describe me
as loud, obnoxious, annoying, irritating, chatty, boring,
repetitive – and amazing and lovely, hopefully. I love fun
people and I look for loyalty in a friend.
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Why do you think social networking has become so popular?
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I can't talk for other people but I like it because I'm really
lazy and it means I can have friends
without going anywhere.
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It's good because everyone can see
what's going on behind the scenes at the show without me spending
ages talking to them all separately. The rest of the team will
also be blogging, so people can talk to them about the show too.
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