'Dancing' does a co-host shuffle
The Thai edition of “Dancing with the Stars” on Channel 7 underwent one of those rare cases of changing horses – or hosts, rather – in midstream
'Dancing' does a co-host shuffle
The Thai edition of “Dancing with the Stars” on Channel 7 underwent one of those rare cases of changing horses – or hosts, rather – in midstream on Tuesday when Piyawat “PK” Kempetch replaced actor Sornram “Num” Theppitak. Actress Morakot “Aimmee” Kittisara abruptly had a new co-host.
Producer Methinee “Lukkade” Kingpayom explains that Num just couldn’t spare enough time for the show. That’s right, Num confirms. “I have my own football show and I couldn’t fit it into my schedule any longer.”
Oh, come on, we need someone to have a spat. Nope, says Num, the parting was amicable and “I might even find time to be in the audience for the finals”.
Nothing wrong with PK, of course: He’s hosted a million shows. But some viewers thought Num, as attractive as he is, just didn’t look right on “Dancing”. Industry sources admit he needed more time to adjust but, if he couldn’t put in more hours, he simply had to go.
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Looks like actor-director Saranyu “Tua” Wongkrajang has at least temporarily set aside his yellow-shirt hobby and got back to making TV series for Channel 7. He’s returned with a remake of his old hit soap opera “Suparpburut Lookphuchai”.
“I’m glad they gave me the chance – I’m unemployed at the moment,” Tua quips, but he explains that the yellow shirts’ ASTV is strictly news, so he didn’t have much to do there (apart from making some news himself).
Tua says “Suparpburut Lookphuchai” is as solid as a rock 10 years on, story-wise, but he’s modernised the script a bit. And, no, that doesn’t mean injecting it with politics.
As soon as Channel 7 signs the contract, he can start production. Presumably, while Tua is busy scouting for cast members, the station’s lawyers are scrutinising the script with a microscope for any bothersome “Nua Mek”-type foibles.
The real worry, though, is surely whether a “yellow soap opera”, political or not, can survive when more than half the country’s television viewers are red.
