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Megan Nisbet

Holly Willoughby to host new sporting spectacular reality TV show away from This Morning

Holly Willoughby is set to present a brand new show alongside Freddie Flintoff. The ITV series is called The Games and will see a celebrity line-up battle it out in a sporting spectacular event across a week of live programmes.

Making its debut on Monday, May 9, the new show will be hosted live by Holly and Freddie and will broadcast nightly. The Games will also see former professional footballer and presenter Alex Scott as trackside reporter and former professional football player and presenter Chris Kamara as commentator.

It comes after Holly took some time away from her gig on This Morning to host Freeze the Fear with Wim Hoff, which is currently airing on BBC One and is located in northern Italy. You can read more on this here.

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The celebrity line-up for The Games was recently announced and includes Love Island stars, a former Strictly Come Dancing professional and a Harry Potter actor.

The Games line-up

Olivia Attwood

Phoenix Brown

Kevin Clifton

Max George

Chelcee Grimes

Josh Herdman

Christine McGuinness

Colson Smith

Lucrezia Millarini

Wes Nelson

Rebecca Sarker

Ryan Thomas

What is The Games about?

A synopsis reads: "The 12 familiar faces have undergone weeks of intensive training ready to go head-to-head in a range of sporting challenges, across a week of live shows amidst fierce competition. All have been pulled out of their comfort zones to be coached as athletes, swimmers and cyclists, to compete in the hope of coming top of the medals table and being crowned the winner of the competition."

The competitors will battle it out in the athletics arena, the swimming pool, gymnasium and velodrome. Each will put their sporting prowess to the test in events from the 100-meter sprint to diving, racking up points on the medals table.

As well as live coverage of the events, the episodes will also feature the celebrities' preparation as they're taught the sports from scratch by some of the UK’s top coaches. For more showbiz and television stories, get our newsletter here.

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