I'm not keen on her - I find her personality to be a bit too "mumsy" and patronising.
That said, she's one of the better presenters on Gems now. A lot of their best presenters moved to their sister channels Rocks TV, The Lounge or Gem Collector.
All of the current Gems presenters now are too shouty and hyper.
Completely agree about Cheralene too. She's the worst presenter I've ever seen. Completely out of her depth. Everything she sells has the same description "look at the depth of colour", "the light dances out of this", "very unique", "exquisite", "similar in design to those worn by Beyonce". Everything is rare. She never tells you anything about where the stones were mined, carat weight, grading, treatments - the stuff people actually need and want to know. Her sales pitch is nothing more that repetitive, meaningless waffle - spoken in a far too over-confident manner.
My favourite line is "This is a one off opportunity. Get on the phone lines quick. Only 27 available.....". I think she devalues some of their products with her continual repetition of the same descriptions for everything. She'll use the same description for a high end, one off, platinum collectors piece with a rare stone as she will with a £10 budget ring with 200 available featuring a common stone like smokey quartz. She's appalling. She knows nothing technical about the gemstones. Not once have I heard her explain how the stones form underground, how they're mined, what country they're from and why that gemstone is different to a cheaper similar coloured stone. Nothing. Just the usual "look at the depth of colour" and "you've absolutely got to get this design here".
Blonde Vicky is another that is incredibly annoying with her false Geordie accent. One minute she says "I knorrr", "Gor gor gor" - the next, it's "I know" and "Go, go, go".
Bring back the likes of Scott Worsfold, Jim Brooman, Rae Carpenter and Matt Macnamara - professional, calm, well spoken presenters that talk with knowledge, in a calm manner, telling you all the essential stuff like treatments and carat weights, and more importantly, honesty and integrity.
The current presenters, with the exception of Lynn and Adina, are too shouty, in ya face and going for the hard sell too often by saying everything is rare or the only time you'll see items at that price.
I'm really surprised that Steve Bennett is allowing the presenters to host like that. Gems have always been one of the more professional channels that sell a genuinely good product at a good price. 18 months ago, they never used to broadcast in that manner. It was all very calm and professional.
It's all gone a bit shouty and hard sell since the presenters moved round and Gems had a documentary on ITV last year which probably got them a large number of new customers.
Please Steve, sort it out. Gems is a good company. Don't let the presenters start spoiling it by going down the Bid TV route of shouting at viewers and telling us everything is rare.
18 months ago, everything was great. Good presenters. Good image. Good products. Good prices. Good company.
Now, the good products, good prices and good company is being spoilt by a poor image given out by poor presenters.
