Please Stop with the Flailing Hands

You are definitely entitled to your opinion.
I use my hands to talk so I don’t notice it. I agree that the hosts need to be taped and management needs to go over it with them.
If someone taped me, I’m pretty sure I would try to improve.
I’m bothered more by a host’s voice. One of the new hosts talks like a little girl. Others probably aren’t bothered by it. I can’t watch one of the older host whose voice sounds like baby talk to me.
Lesley has a nice voice. She would be a great host trainer, IMO.

I have mentioned this severL times. Brynne has to pull herself in. Speaking with the hands is one thing. You are right, she flails.i thought she was going to smack Doris a couple of times, and once, I think Doris thought so too. She gingerly sidestepped.

Sarah Timm also does this a lot too. She also seems to be constantly searching for what to say next and uses the same description and language for everything she sells. It’s all “cute”. She was so comfortable to me as the DG2 fill-in that both her and Brynne feel like they’ve bit off more than they can chew. Hopefully more time will bring them more confidence.

Back in the day when hosts were professional, Helen Keaney did the arm waving. It was distracting but not horrible. Brynne cannot figure out what to do with her hands and when she gets nervous, her hands turn into claws and she flails wildly.

Sarah Timm doesn’t bring her arms past her shoulders USUALLY, whereas Brynne most always does. That’s where it becomes flailing, because it’s super distracting and nearly hits the vendor/guest (poor Doris Dalton almost got smacked by Brynne on Wednesday).

Descriptors are SUPER important. That’s why I went hard on Emily for the “my friends” and her word or phrase of the day that she STILL uses ad nauseum. Sarah overuses “cute”. Sorry, a vacuum cleaner that is full sized is NOT cute.

Jasmine used “whatchacallit” when she can’t find her descriptor – super annoying, particularly knowing she was an award-winning news person. Rebekah and Lesley should give classes on how it’s done. Still haven’t seen Clarke enough. She is adorable though, and I would probably give her the most grace, because she’s the one who hasn’t ever done this before.

Brynne has NOTHING on Tina Jennings. Tina cannot say two words without flailing her arms around. Has no one else noticed this. I do not watch when she is on because it is soooo bad.

Elocution lessons would be nice. Some of the hosts talk so fast…they sound like auctioneers.
Lesley is very pleasant and professional.

Agree , the flailing is distracting. So is the fast talk that makes some of the hosts sound like auctioneers.
Elocution lessons should be part of their training.
Lesley is calm, classy and professional.

These comments are annoying..

Delilah, I got you. Just ignore her. She seems to think we are trying to change HER opinion. LOL. It isn’t that they are bad hosts. Not at all. But there are things that, if noted now, can be adjusted so that a decent host can be a great host. It’s constructive criticism. Nothing more. We are NOT attacking anyone. So, all you people who think you need to jump up and champion these new hosts…chill ladies. We are on the same team here.

Someone is reading the boards! I watched Tina last night. She seemed to be conscious of using her hands. She also seemed more professional. Keep up the good work, ladies! There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism.
Every job has evaluations. HSN please have the hosts watch their presentations periodically. People shouldn’t be changing the channel because of hands and voices, IMO.

Often I watch HSN with the volume muted. Perhaps if the hosts watched themselves muted, they might become aware of things they’re unaware of now.

Since the move the hosts have gotten worse! All these hosts even the veterans need to be retrained! I’m glad Lesley is back. She is a star presenter – good, soothing voice tone, nice pace and provides key product information. And, most importantly, she is articulate! Some of these past news presenters are awful bc they are reading off teleprompters and don’t know how to communicate if they aren’t spoon fed content. I often change the channel and buy less from HSN because these hosts are TERRIBLE!!! Not sure why HSN doesn’t address it or make better hires!!!

THE HOST ARE AMAZING. THEY STILL HAVE ME WATCHING THEM AND YES SPENDING MY MONEY. I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS YET . I HAVE SEEN THEM GO AND COME AND I AM STILL SHOPPING WITH HSN AND THE HOST.