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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Michael Savage Media editor

Rise of Chicken Shop Date highlights how YouTube turned the tables on TV

Amelia Dimolendenberg looks across a chicken shop table at Shania Twain, who smiles towards the camera
Shania Twain (right) with Amelia Dimolendenberg was a guest on Chicken Shop Date in 2023. Photograph: Chicken Shop Date

Just a decade ago, Amelia Dimoldenberg found it impossible to drum up any mainstream celebrities to come on her mock date YouTube show, in which she chats awkwardly with guests over chicken and chips.

Even persuading a local actor connected with her London youth club to come on took years of prodding. Managers of A-listers with movies or albums to push instead battled to claim a spot on the hallowed cushions of the primetime TV chatshow sofa.

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