Hit reality show confirmed to return to ITV this summer following fakery row
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A HIT reality show's return to ITV this summer has been confirmed - and with big changes in store.
Viewers were enthralled last year watching series one and will soon get to see more.
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The Fortune Hotel is returning this summer
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Stephen Mangan hosts the hit ITV reality competition
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A new batch of contestants will soon enter the game
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Hosted by Stephen Mangan, The Fortune Hotel sees competitors forced to lie to each other in order to claim a £250,000 prize.
The hit show will be back on viewers' screens this summer.
In a change from the first series, the show will reportedly be airing two episodes per week across four weeks.
Last time around, eight episodes aired on consecutive nights for two weeks.
An accompanying podcast hosted by comedian Ellie Taylor is also said to be in development.
Titled "Late Check Out", it will take listeners behind the scenes while offering an exclusive look at The Fortune Hotel's challenges and shock twists.
The podcast is subject to funding and has not yet been formally commissioned, according to TVZone.
Following series one, ITV confirmed applications and the audition process for next series's hopefuls had begun.
Meanwhile, The Fortune Hotel previously faced a "fakery row" concerning the first series.
The show came under fire for scenes that viewers felt were scripted/faked for dramatic effect.
'Why do this to us?!' rage The Fortune Hotel viewers as they threaten to boycott show after 'cliffhanger' ending
Suspicions were raised on the programme over the validity of scenes after fans spotted a damning pattern between certain contestants.
In particular, couples who had been handed the Early Checkout Card - which put them at risk of being kicked out of the Grenada hotel and out of the running for the money.
Viewers noticed a streak of those with the Early Checkout card winning challenges and therefore saving their place.
A total of 10 couples compete - with only one pair being armed with a briefcase containing the whopper cash prize.
Eight suitcases are empty, with one containing the dreaded early checkout card, leading to elimination.
From there, the challenge begins in order to find which case the cash is in.
The first series saw mother and son Jo-Anne and Will emerge as the winners - but who will follow in their footsteps?
The Fortune Hotel airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
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