Meet Sky Sports’ World Darts Championship host Emma Paton who has huge Insta following and makes tournament predictions
THE PDC World Darts Championship is back and that means presenter Emma Paton will return to our TV screens.
The tournament gets underway tonight at Ally Pally and is shown live on Sky Sports.
Paton, who also hosts Premier League Darts, is on presenting duty again and will bring her unrivalled broadcasting experience and insight to the role.
She is a social media sensation with around 150k followers on Instagram and she has made some bold predictions on who might lift this year's trophy.
Who is Emma Paton?
The television presenter began her career in journalism studying at St Mary's University before joining Sky Sports in 2012.
Paton worked her way up and soon became a regular on our TV screens presenting on their news channel.
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She is now one of the faces of darts and has presented from Alexandra Palace for a number of years.
She is also in the Sky studio throughout the football transfer window and that is not her only experience aside from darts.
WWE and eSports are also her specialities and as a former track athlete herself, who used to compete nationally in the 400m, she has worked on a number of big athletics events.
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How many followers does Emma Paton have?
Paton boasts an incredible 145,000 followers on Instagram.
Her page is full of sporting snaps showing her work at the darts and in the Sky Sports studio.
She likes to show what her life is like behind the scenes and share posts of her interviewing footballers and managers from the likes of Arsenal, West Ham and Manchester United.
There are also plenty of uploads of her keeping in shape at the gym.
What are Emma Paton's predictions for the World Darts Championship?
Paton has put her neck on the line with her predictions for this year's tournament.
She wrote on Sky Sports: "I'm going to set my stall out and go with three-time champion Michael van Gerwen.
"It's been 10 years since his first world title and to be honest it's been a while since he won his last.
"This is a player who's been in six of the last 11 finals, I'm so eager to see if he can clinch the Sid Waddell trophy for a fourth time.
"We know he's desperate to beat Raymond van Barneveld's haul of five but he needs to get to four first."
Paton added: "Despite a lack of big ranking titles this season, he picked up a seventh Premier League title earlier this year.
"There have been titles on the World Series, plus the Worlds Series Finals crown, so he's been in the winner's circle.
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"It hurt him losing to Michael Smith in 'that' final 11 months ago, and it hurt him losing to Luke Humphries in the final of the Players Championship Finals just a few weeks ago so no doubt the Dutchman will be hungrier than ever when the Palace party gets underway."
