I didn't see this and haven't been impressed with Carmel in the slightest since she joined QVC, however, she was always at her strongest at Bid when she had someone else to bounce off/have a joke with; whether that was with one of the assistants, or when she was on with another presenter. Even on those dreadful casino channels she worked great when people would email in and she'd have someone to interact with. On QVC I also felt that she struggled greatly having to talk about the same item for anywhere upto an hour at a time, would quickly run out of things to say and then constantly repeat herself (whilst dropping in something to do with her wedding!). The constant turn over of items on Bid meant this was never an issue, plus it seems a more 'laid back' channel that favours the style of presenting that she is best at/most comfortable with.
Carmel has got a minimum of five (and probably more) years experience as a full time presenter on Bid TV and their associated channels, so it's hardly like she's a newbie to Home Shopping. As you said, QVC is the Premier League of Shopping Channels and from what I've seen (and that isn't much of her at all recently to be fair), I just don't think her and the channel are a good mesh.
Sam Simmons then. She actually used to work on those premium rate phone in shows about five years ago (same as Katie Piper (the girl who was a victim of an horrific acid attack, whose recovery and what not has been documented on Channel 4), where people would ring in to 'chat' to her), so I imagine she heard all sorts on those and little would phase her!
