Katie Price’s new horse show tries to lure fans to filming by guaranteeing X Factor final tickets
Producers reportedly struggled to get a good crowd for final of Pony Club show
KATIE Price's latest reality show has tried to 'bribe' fans into attending the big series finale by offering guaranteed entry to the X Factor final.
Katie Price's Pony Club will see the former glamour model team up with her children Princess and Junior to create her own competitive youth horse-riding team.
While the show is yet to air on TLC, it seems show bosses had a hard time finding enough members of the public to sit and watch the final being filmed at the Berkshire Polo Club on Friday afternoon.
Applause Store - the company in charge of providing the audience - sent emails on an almost daily basis encouraging subscribers to attend the event.
With numbers still failing to meet the required level, the company was forced to bring out the big guns, offering the ultimate 'bribe' in the form of guaranteed tickets to the X Factor final in December to people who came along.
The brand's message on Thursday read: "Attend Katie Price’s Pony Club tomorrow afternoon and we’ll reward you with guaranteed entrance to The X Factor final in December.
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"It’s a really special show this Friday and we want you to come and enjoy it whilst bagging yourself the biggest tickets of the year!”
To make sure people didn't just apply for the tickets and then not turn up to filming, the small print added: "Ticket holders must attend Katie Price’s Pony Club to be eligible for the above offer.”
One fan who received the emails told The Mirror: “They must have been getting desperate for audience members, they emailed nearly every day before they started offering X Factor final tickets.”
However other fans who received the barrage of emails were left far from impressed with the offer.
One tweeted: "“Worst. Offer. Ever” while another took to Twitter to say:“Not sure whether to take it as an insult or a threat.”
The show is set to air later this summer, and Katie, 38, previously revealed what fans can expect.
She’s said: “Expect a lot of pink, a lot of noise, much chaos, and a fair few feathers ruffled!”
“I’ve not done a reality show for four years and I’m so excited to be doing this.
“This really is a dream come true; it brings together my biggest passions– my family, my friends and my animals.”
The fly-on-the-stable-wall show will be based at Katie’s own family home in West Sussex, where she already keeps her five horses, four goats, four dogs, three pigs and one baby hedgehog.
Clare Laycock, VP, Head of TLC & Investigation Discovery has said of the chaos: “This is a brilliant horsey romp that will reveal a fascinating, and previously unseen, side of Katie.
“Through her kids, friends and love of horses, the series brings a great reality peek into the extraordinary life of one of the country’s most popular and well-known personalities.”