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Kimberley Walsh set to be new host of Xtra Factor – thanks to Cheryl
GIRLS Aloud’s Kimberley Walsh is set to host the Xtra Factor after Konnie Huq was a ratings flop.
Bandmate Cheryl Cole, 27, put in a good word for Kim on hearing ITV were struggling to replace former Blue Peter star Konnie – who confirmed last month she was leaving the X Factor spin-off show.
TV chiefs were impressed when they watched a show reel of Kim’s presenting skills on new music comedy show Suck My Pop on digital channel Viva.
Yesterday an ITV insider said: “Kimberley is the girl X Factor bosses want for the job.
“She has all the right ingredients – she looks great, she’s feisty, can hold her own and, most importantly, has been a success in the music industry. Cheryl gave producers a glowing reference telling them she would be brilliant for the show.”
Kim, 29, has already impressed during guest stints on X Factor, where she helped Cheryl pick winners Alexandra Burke, 22, and 19-year-old Joe McElderry.
Other names in the frame for the job are TV presenter Jeff Brazier, 31, Dancing on Ice star Laura Hamilton, 29, and MTV host Emma Willis, 35.
But ITV chiefs are thought to have their hearts set on Kimberley.
The source added: “Kimberley is the frontrunner and is in final talks. It is virtually a done-deal.”
An X Factor spokesman said last night: “No decision has been made. Several names are in the hat.”
Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh has joined the cast of Horrid Henry: The Movie, playing Henry’s cousin Prissy Polly.
The 3D film is shooting now in the UK with a cast including Anjelica Huston, Richard E Grant, Theo Stevenson, Scarlett Stitt, Ross Marron, Rebecca Front, Parminder Nagra, Noel Fielding, Jo Brand, Matthew Horne and Prunella Scales.
Walsh said: “I am so excited to have been asked! The Horrid Henry books are wonderful and to be playing the role of Prissy Polly in 3D is incredible!”
Producer Rupert Preston added: “We’re delighted to have Kimberley join our cast and make her big-screen debut in glorious 3D in this fun-filled adventure!”
Nick Moore directs from Lucinda Whiteley’s script, for Vertigo Films and Novel Entertainment.
Wannabe luvvie Sarah Harding has just missed out on a role in Secret Diary of a Call Girl. We’re told: “Sarah had her heart set on the part and put everything she had into her audition. But producers decided she wasn’t right.”
Sarah Harding’s veteran status in the Bizarre Caner of The Year contest every year is coming to a close.
The GIRLS ALOUD singer will soon have no time for ale as the acting gigs continue to pile up.
The St Trinian’s star is in final talks to play a cheerleader in a Brit comedy about American football, Gridiron UK, set in 1980s Crewe.
A source said: “Sarah’s cousin is a co-producer on the film, so they decided to audition her and she went down a storm. Sarah wants to do it and the offer is with her management.”
Sarah is lined up to play the head of a cheerleading team. Ironically, it’s what she would have done if Popstars: The Rivals hadn’t happened.
The story might sound like the biggest yawn since Sex And The City 2, but it should be good for a laugh.
If Sarah takes the role and the new X Men part she has auditioned for, it’s hard to see where she’ll fit in a reunion with her old girl group.
Hollywood could be getting a sexy new action-hero in the shape of Girls Aloud beauty Sarah Harding.
Word reaches me that Sarah has been for two auditions for the next X-Men film and is waiting to hear if she has bagged the role as a femme fatale baddie.
Yep, you heard me right. Sarah could be heading over to LA to star in a film that will no doubt propel her to international stardom.
My source reveals: “The makers of the films like her attitude and think she could be a great addition to the cast.
“They were very impressed with her in the second St Trinians movie and are testing her out to see if she can make the grade for an action flick like X-Men.
“Everybody’s keeping their fingers crossed she gets it.”
If Sarah were to clinch the role on X-Men: First Class she would be working alongside a more than impressive British line-up. James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Rosamund Pike, Alice Eve and Michael Fassbender are already cast in the film, set for release next summer.
Girls Aloud songbird Sarah Harding’s acting career goes from strength to strength – but she knows her limits.
Sarah, 28, was offered a touring role in the one-woman show Touched about Madonna and modern womanhood, penned by Zoe Lewis, which previously starred Sadie Frost. But she turned it down because she didn’t feel ready for such a big challenge so early in her acting career.
My mole says: “Sarah would have been perfect for the show. It’s right up her street and she would have been touring the country in the play. But she didn’t feel totally confident taking on such a large amount of work.”
