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Dermot O'Leary has revealed that he loves giving new acts the chance to perform on his Radio 2 show - but joked that he can't take too much credit for their success.
Speaking ahead of the release of his seventh Saturday Sessions compilation, Dermot told Digital Spy that he enjoys giving acts their big break on the radio.
"It's lovely when you give someone your first session when they first start out," he said. "And then you never see them again because they go on [Chris] Evans! But no, it's really nice when you can sort of help someone along the way a little bit."
But Dermot added that he doesn't want to take too much credit for acts' success, saying: "I'm always conscious that DJs or broadcasters shouldn't say too much of that, because people always say, 'Thanks so much for the support you gave us early doors'.
"My take on it was always, 'You did write all those songs and you did perform all those songs - all we did was play it on the radio!'
"I don't think we should be charged with the success of anyone but it is nice to help people along the way. I think one of the big hits for us this year was Christine and the Queens, who have done so well and it was really nice to play her early doors."
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But Dermot explained that he also enjoys having acts playing their classic tracks on the show - including All Saints performing 'Pure Shores'.
"It's really important not to be too wrapped up with nostalgia, because the All Saints album is just a really good album," he said.
"Some acts that are of the All Saints era would probably be doing nostalgia tours, and that's not good or bad, it's just that's the way it is for some acts, whereas All Saints were putting out a new album.
"So what we don't want to do with that is ever just go, 'Play the hits!' You always want to respect the fact that they're putting out new stuff. But the younger bands tend to do covers, and some of the older bands we just ask to do one from the back catalogue.
"All Saints were great. The thing is, when bands can still really cut it and they've still got great voices, you absolutely want to hear one of their old songs, don't you?"
As for Dermot, he said that if he could "properly sing", he'd choose to cover Bruce Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' - but admitted that he's often surprised by the acts' choice of covers.
"Actually, that's where there is a similarity to The X Factor," he said. "When you see someone picking a really clever cover, you're full of admiration for them.
"I know on the show Simon [Cowell] goes nuts when people come in, 'If you're a girl, why are you doing Adele? If you're a guy with a guitar, why are you doing James Bay?' Do something out of the ordinary to get noticed!
"And I think certainly on The X Factor it tells the judges a lot about someone's intelligence when they're coming on and doing something that's actually outside the box and they've really thought about it.
"But with this, it's just nice when people come on - it's a lovely thing for new artists to pay homage to people that they've always loved."
Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2016 is released through Sony Music on July 22, 2016.
