Tiffany Haddish

Joe Sugg says his success on Strictly Come Dancing has given other YouTubers hope of having successful TV careers.

The 27-year-old made it to in December, losing to Stacey Dooley .

Speaking at a conference for vloggers this weekend, Joe said his appearance "was beneficial for the whole of Social Media ".

he hoped going on Strictly would "build a relationship" between vloggers and broadcasters.

Joe was speaking at VidCon London .

But that transition from Social Media to telly is not one all are capable of making.

"They need help," Lucy Loveridge told Radio 1 Newsbeat at the convention.

Lucy's The Head of Talent at Gleam Futures - the UK's largest agency for online stars.

"They've been in their bedroom [vlogging] and need a bit of coaching," she explains. "That investment is necessary. "

Recently there's been an increase in traditional Media booking online stars: Zoe Sugg (Joe's sister) took part in The Great British Bake Off for Comic Relief and Trisha Paytas appeared on Celebrity Big Brother .

BBC Radio 5 live of the boxing match between YouTubers Logal Paul and KSI.

Holly Horne, who has More Than 13m followers on Social Media app TikTok, says she's starting to be approached more by execs.

"Life is starting to Get Crazy ," she explains. "Since I've blown up over The Past few months there's been offers and I've said yes to everything. "

The 22-year-old from Guernsey, known online as HollyH, posts comedy lip syncs and is The Most followed Brit on the platform.

"I've had a couple of meetings over The Past few days which have been insane," she tells Newsbeat .

When asked if she'll be taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing , Holly smiles and says: "Joe Sugg 's manager is my manager so crazy stuff is going to happen. "

Holly also said she'd like to move into movies and is working on a CBBC series.

It's the same on The Other side of The Atlantic too.

"We're getting opportunities because of YouTube," the Merrell Twins tell Newsbeat .

The 22-year-old sisters post comedy sketches and music covers to their four million subscribers.

"I'm not trying to brag but it's crazy the numbers we can bring," Veronica explains.

"Traditional Media see The Influence we have and want to get viewers. "

"Because of YouTube" they've just landed a role in upcoming comedy film Limited Partners starring Salma Hayek and Tiffany Haddish .

"It gave us validation for The Role because of the success our channel. "

YouTube favourite website

3 hoursAmount of time children aged 5-16 are spending online per day

7/10Children have used Netflix during The Past week

10%Watch almost all programmes on TV

58%Watch on-demand programmes on mobile phones

Younger audiences online than they do watching TV or films, with only 10% of Young People getting "almost all" their TV programmes through a TV screen.

But, as Lucy Loveridge explains, there's a limit to what online stars can bring to TV.

"There's no T4 anymore and that was such a testing ground for finding and developing new Talent . "

Riyadh Khalaf, a YouTuber who's made documentaries for Bbc Three and hosts a podcast for Radio 1 , says: "I only went on YouTube because I couldn't get a job on TV. "

He says TV execs started to take notice when online sites started writing about him but "they didn't know where to put me. "

"We are now proving to traditional Media that if you develop us and train us we can be just as good as Davina Mccall , Alan Carr or Graham Norton .

"There's a real democracy of Talent , which is great. "

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