For years television was her main form of entertainment and view of the world as she lived in an underground prison. Now the kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch is to become a TV talk show host herself - a career of which she dreamed during her incarceration.
Less than two years after her release, the 20-year old Austrian says she is now learning "the other side" of the media. On Sunday she will host the first in her chat show series, "Natascha Kampusch Meets ..." on the private television channel Puls 4.
In her own words the 50-minute show is about finding out "how people get to where they are". She said: "I'm interested in people who deal with the everyday in a courageous and confident way, and in the process often manage to achieve extraordinary things."
She said she would not shy from questioning her guests about personal issues, such as their parents, friends and relationships. "I'll talk to my guests very openly in front of the camera, at the same time revealing a bit about myself as well."
Her first interviewee is Niki Lauda, the former formula one racing driver who almost died following horrific injuries he received in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix. Lauda said he was initially sceptical about being interviewed by the former kidnap victim.
Kampusch was kidnapped by Wolfgang Priklopil on her way to school at the age of 10. She was imprisoned in a cellar beneath his home and managed to free herself after eight and a half years in August 2006. Priklopil killed himself by throwing himself in front of a train shortly after she was freed.
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