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Sounds like the Kerrang! Radio Xmas party was pretty good - Kate and Danielle played a set.

Congrats to the very dry but impressive, Loz Guest, and Johnny Doom for their success in Kerrang! Magazines best DJ poll. Well done to Kate for finishing in the top 5.

Only 5th best

I thought it was a major surprise result in Kerrang! Magazine, but Kate's done really well at Kerrang! Radio, especially when you consider she was brought in to be Tim Shaw's sidekick and then a co-host with OJ Borg.
And the poll wasn't restricted to Kerrang! Radio DJs, but all radio 'rock' DJs.
Kate's text correspondance on her show from fans does include a lot from young peeps at school, college or university - probably an important demographic for a station like Kerrang! Radio.

Kate is no broadcasting sidekick, is good at co-presenting, but probably best as solo presenter.

Caught the last few hours of the show last night and Kate chatted to The Sun's Ally Ross again for his TV comments. His comments regarding the appalling New Direction on X-Factor were really funny!

Bizarre that Kate and Ally Ross talk, but still funny.

Ally Ross is still massively into The Apprentice. It's still the best 'reality' TV programme on the box, even though it has to compete this time of year with The X-Factor, IACGMOOH and Strictly Come Dancing.
The Apprentice has been hyped in recent years in the tabloids and moved to BBC1 but The Sugar, at the very least, resisted the hype of the Big Brother route and didn't show the relationships between the contestants in the house they share.

Ally Ross said to Kate last night that Alan Sugar told him, 'not to worry about Stuart Baggs!', which does suggest that Stuart has a chance winning. Personally, I'd like to see Stella or Jo triumph. We'll see how the interviews go tomorrow.

Kate asked whether Ally knew Alan Sugar? Ally Ross replied, tongue-in-cheek, that Alan Sugar was his only 'celebrity' friend apart from Kate Lawler! Very funny. Those two have good banter and probably share a similar view of the dreadful 'celebrity' promotion that goes on.

Ally Ross has signed off from The Sun for a few weeks till his post Christmas TV review, but left this in his column today:

"Isn't it lovely, though, that amid all the rampant commercialism and self-indulence one television channel has remembered the true meaning of Christmas Day - ITV2, 7pm, The Only Way Is Essex: Totally Vajazzled.
Merry Christmas."

Yep. Expect to see the 'stars' of said show promoted in all the seleb magazines in the next few months, with Jack Tweed as their patron saint.

Yeah, I'm still not sure about this relationship with Ross, mainly because of the stuff Ally said about Kate's sisters, which I thought was out of order. Does amuse me that as a so-called sardonic watcher of BB3 he seems to know more about it then Kate, for whom it was just a jokey laugh

Anyway, really laughed this week on the talk of xmasparties and grandparents, been top stuff

Agree. Don't know how many actors/presenters/friends Ally Ross has in television - but most he's commented on certainly read his ultra-acerbic column.
In the past, Ally Ross has a mentioned a few people who've replied to his column when he's given a truly satirical p!sstake of them, but that's down to their own 'celebrity' vanity.

The hype of the X-Factor is cr@p, millions watch, but 'celebrity' promotion happens throughout the media and no doubt Kate Lawler knows this, even at Kerrang! Radio.
Pretty cool.

Kate is on this week then hoping to fly off to Thailand on saturday for holiday-then not back until 2011-terminal 3 heathrow-bob hope and no hope.

Heathrow seems to be sorting itself out, so hopefully it'll be okay.

An adorable pic of Kate's puppy (oo-er) on twitter, makes me wish I had a dog again.

Merry Xmas to everyone who still reads this, you all seem good sorts

Merry Xmas to you too Rincewind

Your welcome Christine.

Terrific last show-especially the Ferny and Kate favs lists for the last hour and half.Kate now off to bf I think then onto her flat for tomorrow and she is cooking dinner for 15 then off to thai for 2 weeks.Its very brave as one of her mates spent days stuck at the airport last year in that occupation.Odd about the dog-what happens when Kates away?
Anyways Merry xmas to all who read this'un.
God bless this thread and all who sail in her.

Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year to all who still take the time to post news and gossip about Kate -

Yeah, hi guys, hope you had a great Xmas!

Funny? With Josie on the front cover of OK! this week and Sophie in The Sun's Bizarre column today, it sounds like Kate actually wanted a real career - ie Radio Presenter - rather than z-list promotion with no career.

Kate's back today, been awhile

Puppy baxter wrecking havoc in the Kerrang office

I missed last weeks-any stories from rainy thailand?