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Jessica Boulton & Louise Lavigueur

ITV's The Games stars share all with Daily Mirror's Jess Saying Live today

ITV's brand show The Games kicks off tonight - with famous faces being put through a real Olympic-style challenge.
But which of the celebs will make it to the winners' podium and who will fall at the first hurdle..literally?

Three of the contestants, Love Island's Olivia Attwood, Harry Potter's Josh Herdman and Phoenix Brown join us live from the stadium to answer all your questions this lunchtime.

For all the gossip behind the scenes tune into Daily Mirror's Jess Saying Live, today, 12.30pm via our Mirror Facebook page or live You Tube.

12 celebs will go head to head in gruelling olympic sports with the live shows on five nights this week (ITV)
And if you've not come across The Games before now, here's the low down on what it's all about...

The Games will see twelve super-fit celebrities battling it out in a sporting spectacular event across a week of live programmes airing week nights kicking off tonight.

Other contestants taking part include ex-Strictly pro and leading man Kevin Clifton, pop star Max George, song writer Chelcee Grimes, model and autism ambassador Christine McGuinness, Coronation Street actor Colson Smith, newsreader Lucrezia Millarini, musician and TV star Wes Nelson, Emmerdale actor Rebecca Sarker and actor Ryan Thomas.

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 of the celebs have been put through their paces 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 live shows will be fronted by telly fave Holly Willoughby and ex cricket ace Freddie Flintoff, who will cross-over to former footy pro and presenter Alex Scott as trackside reporter and former professional football player and presenter Chris Kamara as commentator.

Olivia Attwood is talking to The Mirror's Jess Boulton live ahead of the show's launch tonight (ITV)

The six male and six female 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, each episode will feature the celebrities' preparation as they’re taught the sports from scratch by some of the UK’s top coaches.

Josh Herdman will also join the live video chat on The Mirror's Facebook and Youtube social sites. (ITV)

Tonight's action sees the women go head-to-head in the hurdles race whilst the men do battle in the hammer and 400m race.

It's also a chance to see the first round of the mixed synchronised diving.

As the leader board takes shape with each night, the series will culminate in an exhilarating final showdown in which one male champion and one female champion will be crowned.

The Games airs nightly from today to Friday 13 May at 9.30pm on ITV.

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