A CAREER in TV beckons for bubbly blonde Laura Jaye after millions of kids across the country saw her win through to the final 20 to present Diggit for GMTV.

The Blackburn-born teenager is one of 9,000 hopefuls bidding for the chance to present the kids' weekend programme -- and next Sunday she will face the gruelling next stage of auditions when 20 become 6.

Laura's real name is Duckworth but is now only known by her stage name of Jaye. Her father John used to be editor of the Blackburn Citizen and her mother Pam used to teach at St Matthew's and Lammack Schools.

She said: "I was among the best 138 invited to go for audition at York and from that just two of us were picked to be in the final 20.

"I had to do lots of improvising, ad-libbing also silly things to see if I was self-conscious or not. I also had to interview the former presenter Fearne Cotton, whose place I will be taking if I am picked."

Laura, who now lives in Blackpool, got her first break in the TV world when as a member of Tip Toes Dance School in Blackpool she was picked by cable teen channel Rapture TV to be among a group reviewing films and discussing issues.

She said: "From there I got picked to present Soap Fever on ITV 2 when I had to interview soap celebrities.

Diggit is a live children's show featuring cartoons and interviews with pop stars and is a bit like Live and Kicking but for younger children.