Without doubt one of the most impactful entrances of a babe channel onto Freeview was that of Babestation 2. In the early hours of Friday 28th August 2009, the Freeview babe channel options experienced an unprecedented upsizing, with no fewer than three additions to the existing shows going live. Joining Babestation 1 and Partyland on the terrestrial EPG were a revival of Party Girls, a short-length version of Party People, and of course the snarlin’, ass-kickin’, rule-pushin’ babe haven that was… Babestation 2. The number of live babeshows available to the Freeview audience had more than doubled, literally overnight.
The first BS2 Freeview broadcast was introduced by Amanda Rendall and Michelle Moist. Interestingly, this was also Michelle’s debut on the Freeview night shows. She was fresh from the Sexstation Web service, but made a big impact on the Freeview shows forward from this landmark night. The first frame after the opening vid sequence showed only Michelle, with the camera then zooming out to include Amanda. The party atmosphere, complete with balloons, is evident in the right hand image.
Babestation 2’s original opening sequence on Freeview, showing Reede Fox. In order of appearance, the sequence featured: Paige Tyler, Tiffany Chambers, Rachel Cole, Reede Fox, Yvette Merriman, Dani O’Neal, Jemma Jey and Lori Buckby. But the inclusion of Reede was particularly interesting because she was a Partyland girl, and the Partyland girls had never previously featured in a Babestation intro sequence. Even though the two shows would broadcast from separate studios for a few more days, this (along with the inclusion of Alex Adams in the new opening sequence to Party Girls) was the clearest signal so far that Partyland and Babestation were reaching the conclusion of a full merger.
POV footage defined the early Babestation 2 Freeview shows, and the camerawork was excellent – some of the best I’ve seen on any of the babe channels. Dionne Mendez, Ella Jolie with Lori Buckby. Charlie C and first generation Babestation babe Tara Lee going out with a bang on her last night working the shows.
THE FIRST MONTH: PERSONNEL SCHEDULE
As an insight into the personnel employed on Babestation 2 during its first month of Freeview shows, I’ve compiled a quick schedule. The show normally featured just two babes, but this could change according to requirements across the channels. There will have been one or two other appearances in addition to those listed, but the girls below were the main performers, and what a cool collection of names they are…
- 28/08/2009: Amanda Rendall and Michelle Moist.
- 29/08/2009: Jemma Jey and Jada.
- 30/08/2009: Dani O’Neal and Ella Jolie.
- 31/08/2009: Michelle Moist, Reede Fox, Geri, Yvette Merriman and Ella Jolie.
- 01/09/2009: Megan Moore, Jade Victoria and Tara Lee (Tara and Jade’s last night at BS).
- 02/09/2009: Yvette Merriman and Jada.
- 03/09/2009: Alex Adams and Ella Jolie.
- 04/09/2009: Dani O’Neal and Louise Porter.
- 05/09/2009: Amanda Rendall and Charlie C.
- 06/09/2009: Karina Currie and Alex Adams.
- 07/09/2009: Dionne Mendez and Geri.
- 08/07/2009: Rachel Cole and Charlie C, plus Kelly Carter.
- 09/09/2009: Dani O’Neal and Jada.
- 10/09/2009: Ella Jolie and Karina Currie.
- 11/09/2009: Camilla Jayne, Megan Moore and Paige Tyler.
- 12/09/2009: Lori Buckby and Kelly Carter.
- 13/09/2009: Jemma Jey and Lori Buckby.
- 14/09/2009: Charlie C and Ella Jolie.
- 15/09/2009: Michelle Moist and Karina Currie.
- 16/09/2009: Ella Jolie and Lori Buckby.
- 17/09/2009: Rachel Cole and Stevie Louise.
- 18/09/2009: Yvette Merriman and Jemma Jey.
- 19/09/2009: Jemma Jey and Amanda Rendall.
- 20/09/2009: Megan Moore and Dani O’Neal.
- 21/09/2009: Stevie Louise and Kelly Carter.
- 22/09/2009: Yvette Merriman and Charlie C.
- 23/09/2009: Jemma Jey and Stevie Louise.
- 24/09/2009: Kelly Carter and Rachel Cole.
- 25/09/2009: Alex Adams and Yvette Merriman.
- 26/09/2009: Daryl Morgan and Flo.
- 27/09/2009: Daryl Morgan and Yvette Merriman
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