Friday 26 April 2013

Why Is It So Hard to Be a Reality-TV Host?


Khloé Kardashian is the second host in two years to be fired from ‘The X Factor.’ Is hosting TV really that difficult?

To anyone who “kept up” with Khloé Kardashian’s trajectory as co-host of The X Factor, the reality star’s firing this week from the show hardly comes as a surprise. She had no live TV experience, no hosting experience, and no musical experience. She was a deer in headlights in every sense of the phrase, a wide-eyed Bambi fumbling to gather her legs under her in a job she couldn’t have been more ill suited to fill.
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Host Khloe Kardashian, winner Tate Stevens and host Mario Lopez on stage during the “X Factor” Season 2 finale on December 20, 2012. (FOX,via Getty)

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Her eyes would dart back and forth between cameras, unsure of where she should be looking. She’d literally shout at viewers, thinking she had to be heard over the screaming live audience. A fixed, terrified smile never left her face as she robotically recited whatever lines were being fed to her by producers. “Wow. What a phenomenal night,” she’d offer in a staccato deadpan. Certainly, there was no meaningful connection being made with the contestants. “I’m so nervous and I’m not ... even ... any of these ... groups ... right now,” she once lifelessly shrugged as a handful of competitors awaited their fates.

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