{"id":519509,"date":"2026-06-26T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519509\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:10:12","slug":"daughter-of-rte-legend-new-host-of-six-oclock-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/519509\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter of RT\u00c9 legend new host of Six O’Clock Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lottie Ryan has been announced as the new co-host on Virgin Media\u2019s Six O\u2019Clock Show, EVOKE can reveal.<\/p>\n

Speculation has been rife about who would join Brian Dowling to host the Ballymount-based broadcaster\u2019s afternoon flagship show after Katja Mia<\/a> stepped down to take up a role with Laura Fox on 2FM.<\/p>\n

Now EVOKE has learned that 2FM star Lottie – and daughter of the late star Gerry Ryan – is to take over the show.<\/p>\n

\"\"Lottie Ryan, Dancing With The Stars 2020. Pic: VIPIRELAND.COM<\/p>\n

An insider revealed: \u2018Lottie is such a professional to work with and is a perfect choice to be the next host of the show.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lottie and Brian have such great chemistry when they\u2019re together and have been friends for years.<\/p>\n

\u2018She is a great addition to Virgin Media.\u2019<\/p>\n

News of Lottie moving to Virgin Media has been circling around RT\u00c9\u00a0this week, but the star has remained tight-lipped about the rumours.<\/p>\n

\"BrianBrian Dowling and Katja Mia pictured at the launch of Virgin Media Television’s new free streaming app Virgin Media Play at The Glasshouse, Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

Brian and Lottie have known each other for years and also signed up to Dancing With The Stars<\/a> in 2020 together. Lottie won the glitzy entertainment dance show that year as the country went into lockdown.<\/p>\n

The pair made television history together on the RT\u00c9 One show\u2019s \u2018Switch-Up Week\u2019 in February 2020 by participating in the show’s first-ever same-sex dance pairings.<\/p>\n

During switch-up week, Brian danced with professional dancer Kai Widdrington, while Lottie Ryan danced with professional dancer Emily Barker.<\/p>\n

Their friendship then continued when they teamed up to host the Dancing with the Stars Ireland: Official Podcast – RT\u00c9\u00a0alongside singer Lyra.<\/p>\n

\"LottieLottie Ryan pictured at the Platinum VIP Style Awards 2025 at the InterContinental Dublin. <\/p>\n

Picture: Brian McEvoy<\/p>\n

It is understood the mum-of-one will take up the role in autumn and is \u2018very excited\u2019 to get started, according to sources.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Lottie previously said she has always been vocal in RT\u00c9 about wanting her own show.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old said at the time: \u2018Without a doubt, I\u2019ve been pretty vocal about it in the past. I want my own show, so I\u2019m absolutely pushing for it and hopefully something will happen.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m definitely going to open my horizons into television as well because I really enjoyed all aspects of Dancing with the Stars and the live element of it.<\/p>\n

\"LottiePic: Lottie Ryan\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u2018And they are such a fantastic crew and team to work with you can\u2019t but feel like, Jesus, this is the kind of environment I\u2019d like to work in as well.<\/p>\n

\u2018So I definitely am looking into TV and I categorically want my own radio show soon.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019d love to do a doc, and I\u2019ve a few ideas I\u2019ve been putting down on paper for that but I\u2019d be totally open. Like anything really, but I\u2019d love to do some live TV,\u2019 she added at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lottie Ryan has been announced as the new co-host on Virgin Media\u2019s Six O\u2019Clock Show, EVOKE can reveal.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-519509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}