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Zoe was not sure what she was applying for when she answered an anonymous advert. But, after a series of interviews, she was among the final few hopefuls. Then, the 24-year-old was asked to record a video demonstrating her skills with remote-control cars, handling zoo animals and making Christmas cards. Only after her efforts impressed the panel was the ex-Miss Northern Ireland, from Bangor, told what the job was hers. 
 But it took a leap of faith for the London-based law graduate to clinch the part. For after applying to an anonymous advert in a local paper, 24-year- old Zoe was asked to perform a variety of tasks — including carrying out an interview on a trampoline. And even then she had to keep the news from her family and friends until her appointment was announced this week. She said: “It’s been the biggest secret I’ve ever had to keep and it will be a major relief to my friends and family. “I’m so excited and I’m really looking forward to all the mad stuff I know they throw at you on Blue Peter.”

 

 

They never asked Valerie Singleton or Lesley Judd to go through all this. But Blue Peter's 30th and newest presenter only clinched the job by carrying out an interview on a trampoline. 

FORMER Miss Northern Ireland Zoe Salmon is set to follow in the footsteps of some of TV’s most famous names — as the latest presenter of children’s programme Blue Peter.

 

The attractive blonde from Bangor, Northern Ireland, is pictured in the Times bouncing on a trampoline while conducting an interview, "but the BBC denied that it was trying to 'sex up' the programme and boost ratings in the competitive children's marketplace." Their lame excuse it that she's following on from Leila Williams, the first Blue Peter presenter, who was crowned Miss Great Britain in 1957
The popular BBC show has in the past launched the careers of presenters such as John Noakes, Peter Purves, Anthea Turner, Yvette Fielding, Richard Bacon and the late Caron Keating.
Zoe’s first on-screen appearance will be in a Christmas special on December 23.

 

 

 

 

Zoe & a Cool FM D.J.