Amelia Dimoldenberg has been named the red carpet correspondent for the 96th Oscars as Maya Jama and fellow celebrities sang her praises on Instagram.
The Chicken Shop Date presenter, 30, announced that she will be presenting yet another award show as she has gone from YouTube star to red carpet sensation.
Day to day, Amelia runs her own successful online series where she interviews celebrities in fried chicken restaurants.
Her iconic one-liners and exclusive A-list guests have led to a boom in her glitzy career as she has gained a cult following since her channel’s launch in 2014.
She shared the thrilling news on her Instagram, where she promised her 1.7million followers ‘lots of groundbreaking interviews’.
Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg, 30, has been named the red carpet correspondent for the 96th Oscars as celebrities sang her praises on Instagram
The Chicken Shop Date presenter announced that she will be presenting yet another award show as she has gone from YouTube star to red carpet sensation
She captioned her post: ‘Unbelievably excited to announce that I’m the Oscars Social Media Ambassador and Red Carpet Correspondent for the 96th Academy Awards! Lots of groundbreaking interviews to come, I can’t wait ❤️ Thank you.’
Delighted to hear the news, Maya Jama and fellow celebs flooded her comments as they sang the internet sensation’s praises.
Maya Jama penned: ‘What the people WANT ❤️.’
MTV wrote: ‘I can’t wait for the flirting.’
Oscar nominee Finneas O’Connell commented: ‘Thank god, honestly.’
After having years of experience chatting with celebs on her YouTube channel, The Academy is excited to see how her trademark interview style will go down on the night.
Amelia said her new role is a ‘dream’ of hers and admits that she believes it will all be ‘downhill from here’.
She told The Academy: ‘I’m so excited. I really, really cannot believe it and can’t wait to get to Los Angeles and do some amazing interviews. To be doing this for the Oscars itself is really, where do you go? It’s all downhill from here!’
She shared the thrilling news on her Instagram, where she promised her 1.7million followers ‘lots of groundbreaking interviews’
Her iconic one-liners and exclusive A-list guests have led to a boom in her glitzy career as she has gained a cult following since her channel’s launch in 2014
Delighted to hear the news, Maya Jama and fellow celebs flooded her comments as they sang the internet sensation’s praises
‘I was just over the moon to get the news. It’s been a dream of mine. What better place to interview Hollywood stars than the Oscars? For me, this is really a dream come true and a dream scenario, really’ she added.
‘I’m also really excited to do something original and put my own stamp on the Oscars, to create some really amazing moments and deliver some amazing interviews — some groundbreaking pop culture journalism is incoming!
‘I hope so anyway. But I’m trying to not to put too much pressure on myself, but I also just want to do a really, really good job.’
But this is not the first red carpet Amelia has done.
She also hosted the backstage coverage at the BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises in May 2023.
Amelia appeared in high spirits as she brought her unique sense of humour to the carpet and backstage at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards.
She captured some of the most authentic and emotional moments of the night as she led backstage interviews with the winners – right after receiving their awards.
As the awards started, the YouTuber said she was trying to snoop into the envelopes with the winners’ names – as she joked security kept stopping her.
Later, Amelia was captured interviewing BAFTA TV winners of the night – including Adeel Akhtar, who won the Supporting Actor Award for his performance in Sherwood.
Amelia has also been spotted interviewing celebs such as Andrew Garfield on the Golden Globes red carpet.
But this is not the first red carpet Amelia has done. She also hosted the backstage coverage at the BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises in May 2023 (pictured)
Amelia has also been spotted interviewing celebs such as Andrew Garfield on the Golden Globes red carpet (pictured January, 2023 at the Golden Globes)
