By ANDREA MAGRATH

Am I pointing to the right spot? After several geographical errors, Joey Essex finally points in the general direction of London during a visit to the Daybreak set today


Tasmin Lucia Khan and Lucy Verasamy don't need to start looking for new employment just yet.

The Daybreak newsreader and weather presenter were replaced (behind the scenes at least) this morning by The Only Way Is Essex stars Amy Childs and Joey Essex, who were earlier interviewed on the show.

But while the reality stars embraced the task enthusiastically, they had a little trouble mastering some of the geographical and current affairs knowledge required for the job.

Amy, 20, jumped into her newsreading role with gusto, giving the news anchor style of diction her best effort despite her thick Essex twang.

It wasn't long, though, before the beautician faltered, stopping to ask the crew 'What does that say?'

'That isn't reem': The club promoter struggled to locate various cities but kept his co-stars entertained with his efforts


To be fair, the name she was attempting to pronounce, that of Tenerife murderer Deyan Valentinov Deyanov, would be a tricky one for most people.

Miss Khan, who was filming Amy and put the videos on Twitter, can be heard telling her to 'carry on.'


Professional: Amy Childs fared better with her newsreading attempts, though did struggle with the pronunciation of some names


She also stumbled over Lib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne's name, but got very excited when she read on the autocue that Huhne faced allegations over a speeding offence in her home county, Essex.

Amy gave up altogether, though, when she saw she was to pronounce IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn's name.

Miss Childs fared better than her co-star Joey Essex, who put in a hysterical attempt at presenting the weather.


Tongue-twister: IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn's name proved too much for the beautician, who sat back and said 'I'm done'


The club promoter had Amy Childs and real weather presenter Lucy Verasamy in stitches as he struggled to point to the right points on the map.

Joey, 20, first pointed in the direction of Wales as he tried to communicate the London forecast, before pointing to Scotland when the crew corrected him.

The reality star was good natured as Tasmin Lucia Khan gave him a geography lesson, laughing at his ill-fated attempts.

When asked about the weather in Manchester, he replied: 'That's not reem,' a reference to his now-infamous catchphrase.



Breakout star: Joey appeared on Daybreak this morning with co-stars Amy Childs and Lauren Goodger


Model moment: The club promoter demonstrated his method of removing sunglasses


Tasmin and Lucy, perhaps safe in the knowledge that they won't be replaced any time soon, cheered on the Essex stars and later congratulated them on Twitter.

Tasmin wrote to Amy: 'Everyone here at Daybreak says you're covering the news for me...you're hired darl. Stay in touch x'

Joey stole the spotlight when he appeared on Daybreak earlier with co-stars Lauren Goodger and Amy Childs.

The trio were there to promote the reality show's inclusion in the BAFTA nominations.


'A thing of beauty': Christine Bleakley couldn't resist touching Joey's famous quiff


Arriving in style: Joey, Amy and Lauren stepped out of their pink limo at the ITV studios


Amy and Lauren confidently said they believed they had a great chance of toppling favourite Downton Abbey at the awards ceremony.

'It's the same innit?' Amy asked. 'Just a different era.'
Joey was oblivious to his competition though, innocently asking, 'What's Downton Abbey?'

Christine Bleakley then asked to touch his 'sculpted' hair which she exclaimed was a thing of beauty, before asking Joey to demonstrate his method for removing sunglasses and pouting, something immortalised on the show.


Not out of a job: Tasmin Lucia Khan found the reality stars efforts so amusing she filmed them and posted them to Twitter


Leave it to the pros: Weather presenter Lucy Verasamy won't be losing sleep over her potential replacement


Lauren Goodger, who had perhaps wisely sat out on her co-stars presenting attempts, also revealed that after the season two cliffhanger which saw her angrily push fiancé Mark Wright into a pool after he refused to let her come to a party he was hosting, that all was well between the couple.

'Two minutes later we went home and had tea and biscuits,' she said. 'But he deserved it, it felt good.'

Click here to watch video of Amy Childs reading the news and here to watch Joey Essex presenting the weather


The Only Way is Essex stars on Daybreak .15.05.11



source: dailymail