{"id":6710,"date":"2012-01-09T14:56:50","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T13:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=6710"},"modified":"2012-12-02T17:58:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T16:58:51","slug":"laura-hamilton-and-matt-edmondson-set-to-host-the-xtra-factor-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/6710\/laura-hamilton-and-matt-edmondson-set-to-host-the-xtra-factor-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Hamilton and Matt Edmondson set to host The Xtra Factor 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Laura hamilton xtra factor\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/realitytvspy\/dancingonice\/laura02.JPG\" alt=\"Laura hamilton xtra factor\" width=\"290\" height=\"211\" \/>Laura Hamilton, has revealed she has been in talks to host ITV2\u2019s The Xtra Factor later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The former Dancing on Ice star told new! how she had narrowly missed the opportunity to front the show last year, with Olly Murs and Caroline Flack eventually taking the roles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met Simon Cowell to talk about The Xtra Factor,\u201d Laura told the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>On last year\u2019s discussions, Laura revealed how she and Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson had been in line to take over the The X Factor  spin-off show from Konnie Huq.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there were four of us in the running, but obviously Caroline [Flack] and Olly [Murs] got it and I think they did an amazing job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think [Matt Edmondson] actually kind of got the job but then it all changed at the last minute. They keep you on your toes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not certain where these new talks leave Caroline and Olly is anyone\u2019s guess, although Olly has confessed to being unsure of a return.<\/p>\n<p>He said last year: \u201cI\u2019ve told them that I\u2019m open to speak about it next year, but I\u2019m not saying \u2018No\u2019 and I\u2019m not saying \u2018Yes\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens. Presenting is always a tricky one because the more you do it, the more you get typecast as a presenter and I\u2019m not a TV presenter, you know?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to continue doing my singing, but we\u2019ll see what happens next year.\u201d<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7469702309\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laura Hamilton, has revealed she has been in talks to host ITV2\u2019s The Xtra Factor later this year. The former Dancing on Ice \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/6710\/laura-hamilton-and-matt-edmondson-set-to-host-the-xtra-factor-2012\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-x-factor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6710"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8980,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710\/revisions\/8980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}