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The Fortune Hotel series 2 line-up includes ex-police officer and poker player
From a retired police officer to a poker player, ITV casts different people to take on the challenge The Fortune Hotel is opening its doors for a second series, with holidaymakers checking into the resort in the Caribbean. From a retired police officer to a poker player, ITV casts people of all ages who are from different parts of the country and coming from a variety of backgrounds. There are partners, best friends, parents and children, many different combinations of people competing for the prize money. Not unlike BBC's The Traitors, The Fortune Hotel has been a success and will return to the rival channel over the summer. "You can't trust anyone at The Fortune Hotel" is the seductive tagline for the TV show. Stephen Mangan fronts the reality series that has the glamorous backdrop of a five-star resort in the Caribbean, Silversands Grenada at Grand Anse. Host Mangan revealed his top three celebrity guest choices would be Alan Carr, George Washington and Muhammad Ali. Mother and son duo Jo-Anne and Will were the winners of the cash last series. They chose to give the runners up £5,000 commiserations money! Contestants are competing for an envy-inducing £250,000 prize fund. The cast have been kept a secret in the lead up to the show airing, until now. The Fortune Hotel was filmed in secret at the end of last year, in October/November. The Fortune Hotel line-up Marilyn and Maxine Jobs: Mental health practitioner and Tech Strategist Ages: 46 and 41 Marilyn and Maxine headed into The Fortune Hotel as best friends. They are better known as Maz and Max. Summing herself up in a few words, Maz said: "I'm a deep thinker, I can be sassy but I'm loyal!" Max said of herself: "I'm definitely an adventurous girly in every sense of life! Since COVID I try to never say no to anything so I've been travelling - I'm 34 countries down now and cracking on! I'm also really compassionate, I always try to be there for all the people be there for all the people I love." Chelsey and Briony Jobs: Cleaning business owners/ content creators Ages 34 and 33 Chelsey and Briony, from Wigan, are also best friends who took on the extraordinary challenge. "We felt like we were having an early mid-life crisis, we were working and being mums so we wanted an adventure and something different," Chelsey said. Briony also said: "I watched the first series and absolutely loved it! We wanted to enter it as it's an adventure with your best friend in a lovely sunny destination. Yes please!" Watch The Fortune Hotel series 2 trailer Atholl and John Jobs: Retired police officer and waiter Ages: 58 and 30 As a retired police officer, the dad plans to hunt down the brief case with the £250,000 with his son. They travelled a long way to the Caribbean from the Scottish borders; the father and son think they have the skills to go far in the competition. Atholl said: "A lot of people are drawn to me, I'm quite a friendly person. My dad can deal with who the liars are as he's a retired police officer so has done a lot with body language. Even when I was growing up, I could never lie! From being his son, I'm a great judge of character. If I have an inkling on something, I'm never normally wrong. I also remember details well, my memory is really good." John said: "It's the ability to listen to people and gather information. Body language does tell you a lot." Jake and Mike Jobs: Construction Worker and Energy Surveyor Ages: 29 and 33 Like Chelsey and Briony they too are from Wigan. However, they were the only brothers in the competition. The siblings joked they would love to spend the £250k winnings on Las Vegas. More seriously though, they reveal why they took part. Mike said: "We didn't watch the first series but as soon as I saw there was a holiday in the Caribbean and quarter of a million pounds to be won, I was like let's do it! It was a no brainer." Jake agreed: "A holiday in the Caribbean, who wouldn't?" Allan and Jacob Jobs: Events and aviation staffer / cabin crew Ages: 38 and 33 The couple, from Aberdeen and Huddersfield, have already gone through a major life change since filming last year; they have moved to London. They have been together 10 years and hinted if they won the £250k, perhaps it's time they got married. Allan said: "The [Fortune Hotel is the] most memorable thing we've done in our lives! To be chucked out of a plane, on to a boat with 20 other strangers all trying to fight for a suitcase, was just the most bizarre thing that we've ever done. To do it as a couple, it was the most remarkable thing we've done together!" Jacob agreed: "It was just amazing, everyone was so nice, we had the best time. It just took over our lives, leading up to it and filming it, it was incredible." Gurks and Guv Jobs: Commercial Manager/ Poker Player and Energy Salesman Ages: 28 and 35 Despite the seven year age gap, Gurks and Guv are good friends. One of them working as a poker player was always going to come in handy. Guv said: "We both have telepathy with one another, we just give each other a look. We know [who to trust and who to be wary of]!" Gurks added: "It's all about asking people a question and seeing how they respond, you can see what's genuine and who was playing a game." James and Yasmine Jobs: Teaching assistant and carpet fitter Ages: 45 and 23 The dad and daughter from Huddersfield competed on the ITV show. As a teaching assistant and a carpet fitter, they brought their individual skills to the game. James and Yasmine revealed the heartwarming reason they decided to take part in the show. The dad said: "To experience something I'd never do in my everyday life. My son, James got diagnosed when he was 19 with Hodgkin's lymphoma, and we wanted to give something like this a go. When I got through he told me: "Do it, just do it! What an amazing zin thing."James is in remission and was going back to uni so Yasmine came. She wasn't complaining when she was on the beach with a cocktail! Yasmine agreed: "We wanted to show people after you hear the word cancer, life can carry on." Nella and Tope Jobs: Senior Financial Accountant and Finance Business Partner Ages: 31 and 34 The couple immersed themselves in The Fortune Hotel game. Both having jobs in finance, it's expected they'll have a similar method. In a fairly new relationship, they don't mind admitting the show could have been make or break for them. Nella said: "It would've been make or break for us in our relationship! We'd only been together for two and a half years when we applied for the show. If we didn't work well together it could have been make or break! But luckily enough for us, the show made our relationship stronger. I was like wow-he's wow- he's actually right sometimes!" Tope hailed the experience as "mesmerising, enlightening and adventurous". Sue and Jeremy Jobs: Tech broker and Residential Property Management Ages: 59 and 23 Last year's winners were a mother and son duo. This year, Sue and Jeremy were the only mother and son in the competition and they were convinced they could win. Jeremy said: "I'm very driven, competitive and I'm quite a strategic person. I like to think I'm quite convincing and deceiving." Sue said: "I think I'm very good at reading people, but it was more difficult and complicated than anyone will ever realise. It tested my brain power, it really did! When you're there everyone is playing a game!" Fred and Min Jobs: Retired Ages: 60 and 59 Life partners Fred and Min, from Blackpool, decided to try out something different with The Fortune Hotel. Of course, with £250k up for grabs, they said they were in it to win it. "No amount of money could buy that experience," Min added. "It was just amazing." Fred said: "[The Fortune Hotel] Probably was the best experience we've had to date. Can we go again please?" The life partners had a plan. "Bluff them, blag them and fake it til you make it! It was our last hurrah!" Fred said. Martina and Briony Jobs: Office Manager and Declutter Ages: 68 and 32 Mother and daughter duo Martina and Briony from Brighton, were determined to win the £250,000 brief case. Martina said: "At my age, people would think you couldn't do something like this, I wanted to prove them wrong. Briony rang me and said do you fancy going to the Caribbean for a holiday? holiday? And I said yes!" Briony doesn't shy away from admitting she wanted to win to use the money for fertility treatment and a new car too. Is Fortune Hotel like The Traitors? How does it work? Like The Traitors, The Fortune Hotel is a cat and mouse game that is based on deception and lies. Set at a luxury resort, The Fortune Hotel's pairs are given a briefcase. The contents are entirely secret, except to those in possession of the case. All of the briefcases are empty except two: one containing the £250,000 jackpot and the other containing an early check out card. They swap cases in a bid to steal the prize money and swerve the check out early card. One pair always ends up going home, until we have the winners. Some curveballs are in store for the contestants taking part in the second series, as ITV has confirmed that it will feature "new vital Day Trip challenges filled with devious surprises, updated Room Service games that now take place around the hotel and sneaky surprises that will make keeping hold of that coveted case containing the £250,000 even harder". Host Mangan said: "I am absolutely thrilled to have returned to the sunshine to check in a new set of unsuspecting guests to The Fortune Hotel. The stakes are higher, the games are bigger, and the twists are even more unexpected. I can't wait for viewers to witness all the drama, the laughter, and jeopardy of the high-stakes competition this time around. It's going to be quite the ride!" Is The Fortune Hotel a real hotel? And yes, the reality series is filmed at a real hotel in the Caribbean. Silversands Grenada at Grand Anse is the stage for The Fortune Hotel. It is a gorgeous beach hotel on one of the Caribbean's most southern islands. Of filming there, Mangan previously said: "We took over the entire resort and I got to have a very nice suite without having to pay for it. The presidential suite, which was bigger than my house, it took me four minutes to walk from one side of the living room to the other, it was that big. "I had a balcony that looked over the ocean which was west facing so every night we got a view of the sunset and sunsets in the Caribbean are incredible." The Fortune Hotel is set to return to ITVX over the summer.
ITV News
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- ITV News
The Fortune Hotel S2 Press Pack
Press Pack is strictly embargoed until Monday 28th July, 8pm. Get ready to check back in! The critically acclaimed reality competition, The Fortune Hotel, produced by Tuesday's Child is set to return for a highly-anticipated second series on ITV1 and ITVX this summer. Hosted once again by the inimitable Stephen Mangan, the eight-part series will see a new bunch of holiday makers packing their bags and donning their game faces as they head to a Caribbean paradise with their sights firmly set on the ultimate prize: a briefcase packed with £250,000. This series promises an array of all new vital challenges, never before seen twists, high-stakes deception and of course, plenty more helpings of intense case-swapping drama in The Night Cap. And, for the first time, fans can delve even deeper into the drama with the brand new accompanying vodcast, 'Late Check Out', hosted by comedian Ellie Taylor. Having launched to rave reviews, critics praised the series with The Guardian calling it 'a fiendishly addictive mix of The Traitors and The White Lotus' and The i adding 'The Fortune Hotel has already hit the jackpot.' Plus, the series proved a hit with audiences and fans alike, achieving 6.5m streams and reaching just under 12m viewers when it aired on ITV1 and ITVX last year. The returning hit promises to combine all the most loved aspects of the format, complete with new vital Day Trip challenges filled with devious surprises, updated Room Service games that now take place around the hotel and sneaky surprises that will make keeping hold of that coveted case containing the £250,000 even harder. The holidaymakers will need to outwit their competition and avoid an early checkout to be the last ones standing with the life-changing sum of money. Adding to the excitement, the brand-new companion vodcast, also produced by Tuesday's Child 'Late Check Out', hosted by Ellie Taylor, will follow every episode of the main show on ITVX and as a podcast. Viewers and listeners will be taken on a deep dive into all things Fortune Hotel, with behind-the-scenes gossip, exclusive clips, and interviews with the hotel's freshly checked-out pairs and special guests along the way. 'Late Check Out' will also feature exclusive scenes with Stephen Mangan as he reacts to the dramatic Night Caps, plus there are two special episodes which feature hilarious outtakes from him. Additionally, the vodcast will also showcase 'The Golden Case reveal', where eliminated pairs discover who was holding the money, with shocks and revelations aplenty. The Fortune Hotel: Late Check Out will go out across ITVX, YouTube & all Global platforms (including Spotify and Apple). Sky Vegas are proud to be the official sponsor of The Fortune Hotel: Late Checkout.
The Independent
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Daisy May Cooper and Alan Carr among stars to quit popular ITV quiz show
The ITV quiz show Password - which is based on the US quiz show of the same name - is set for a major shake-up in its second series. Team captains Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper will not be returning due to conflicting schedules. Instead, a revolving roster of celebrities is expected to replace the duo in future episodes. Stephen Mangan, star of The Green Wing and The Split, will continue to host the show, which offers a £10,000 prize. The next series of Password is scheduled to begin filming in July and air later this year.
Daily Mail
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Popular ITV show sees a huge shake-up as two big name stars QUIT ahead of new series launch
ITV show Password has suffered a huge shake up as two big name stars have quit ahead of the second series launch. The gameshow, hosted by Stephen Managan, sees members of the public have to guess passwords, with the help of celebrity team captains Daisy May Cooper and Alan Carr. But Daisy and Alan are reportedly not returning for the new launch as Stephen will head the show alone, according to The Sun. While the pair made a brilliant duo fronting the programme, it is believed that they are too busy this year to keep the commitment. According to the publication, the second season will see a revolving panel of celebrities instead. A source said: 'Password did brilliantly on its first outing and it's always a shame to make changes, but Alan and Daisy are both incredibly busy and diaries just wouldn't align. 'Something had to give and sadly it was their roles as team captains. 'But there's an exciting line-up of celebs ready to take part instead and everyone's confident that the format works without them.' MailOnline has contacted ITV for a comment. While the show has only aired one season, it has already seen some backlash. ITV viewers furiously slammed the broadcaster's newest gameshow as 'the worst thing on TV' after it's pilot aired. Fans have already spotted a huge blunder with the format of the programme, meaning those at homes are unable to play along. Viewers were puzzled by the fact that the passwords were being announced by a voiceover to those at home, so there seems to be no way of trying to join in and guess yourself. Before the contestants got stuck in, host Stephen explained: 'The game is simple. Get your partner to guess the password before your opponent does. 'You can only give one-word clues. No made up words, no hand gestures, no miming, no running, no ducking, no bombing... If your partner gets the password on the first clue it's worth 6 points, then 5 points for the second clue and so on. 'First team to 25 wins the round, win two rounds and you'll go through to the final where you'll be playing for our £10,000 jackpot.' However, fans were left less than impressed with the concept and took to social media to brutally slate the show after its launch, writing: 'WTAF is this new #Password game show? What a load of old b*******. Juvenile beyond belief. Saturday night prime time everybody.' '#password I mean @ITV must be bloody desperate... this isn't even a 3pm quiz show, why is it on prime time on a Saturday?' 'I love a good quiz BUT Password is the worst thing I have seen on TV for years #Password.' 'How the f*** is this prime time TV? Should be on at 3pm if at all #password' 'I had to keep watching to see if it got any better. It's like an episode of The Apprentice where the contestants had a day to create a tv quiz show with no budget.' Fans were left less than impressed with the concept and took to social media to brutally slate the show after its launch 'Why ask if we can guess the #Password when some guy announces it at the beginning of each round, then you show it on screen??? What's the point in this show if we can't play along at home?' 'Why the hell is it called password.. pathetic #Password.' 'We are just watching people playing a rubbish game. I'm out. #password' 'I'll put my bets on that #password isn't on next week, surely people aren't still watching. It's hardly @1PercentClubITV levels.' 'Cant even play it cos you tell us the answers, s*** #Password' 'Not saying ITV has lost its way, but #password is the lamest thing I have ever seen. How it got commissioned, let alone scheduled for Saturday prime time is beyond me.' But, fans are in luck as the disappointment comes just before two beloved ITV quiz shows will finally be returning to ITV after a long-running break. Bosses have announced that both Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and Family Fortunes will be making a comeback, much to the delight of viewers. And fans don't have long to wait as the celebrity spin off of Tipping Point is set to kick off on September 8 at 7pm on ITV1. Meanwhile Family Fortunes will be soon making a come back for its fourth series in early 2025, after it was originally pulled from screens in 2002 - but it won't be hosted by the show's original presenter, Les Dennis.
Scottish Sun
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Huge shake-up on popular ITV quiz as two big name stars QUIT ahead of new series
Meanwhile, singletons are being put to the test in a new C4 show STAR EXODUS Huge shake-up on popular ITV quiz as two big name stars QUIT ahead of new series Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ITV has scrambled the dial on its quizshow Password and made huge changes ahead of series two. I can reveal that Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper will no longer be part of the show, with just host Stephen Mangan remaining. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 7 ITV has made huge changes to quizshow Password ahead of series two Credit: ITV The brilliant duo stood as team captains on the popular gameshow. But for its second run, a revolving panel of celebrities feature instead. A source said: 'Password did brilliantly on its first outing so it's always a shame to make unnecessary changes, but Alan and Daisy are both incredibly busy and diaries just wouldn't align. 'Something had to give and sadly it was their roles as team captains. 'But there's an exciting line-up of celebs ready to take part instead and everyone's confident the format works without them.' On each episode, Alan and Daisy teamed up with a civilian contestant. Each was given a secret word - the password - which their team mate had to guess based on a one-word clue. There was a £10k prize on offer in the final. The new series, which comes from the makers Blankety Blank, Britain's Got Talent and QI, will film this July and air later this year. The source added: 'If anything, the variety of celebrity players will help keep the show fresh and exciting.' ITV issue major update on series two of The Fortune Hotel with Stephen Mangan following 'fakery row' Hugh's up for the cup HUGH BONNEVILLE's Ian Fletcher was last seen bossing the London Olympics in BBC mockumentary Twenty Twelve – but now he's moved to football in Twenty Twenty Six. The six-parter will see Ian and his team jet off to Miami to be in charge of 'integrity' at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 7 Hugh Bonneville's Ian Fletcher will be jetting off to the World Cup Credit: BBC He'll be joined by Day Of The Jackal's Nick Blood, Ten Percent's Chelsey Crisp, Designated Survivor's Paulo Costanzo and The Handmaid's Tale's Stephen Kunken. Speaking in character as Fletcher, Hugh said: 'I'm thrilled at the prospect of joining the Oversight Team in Miami for this unique event. 'To borrow a soccer analogy, this is a rare opportunity to set out your own goals and then score them on the global stage.' The series will air on BBC One and iPlayer. May's return JAMES MAY will be back in his Wiltshire workshop as his Quest series Shed Load Of Ideas returns for eight episodes this autumn. The show follows the presenter as he uses engineering hacks and simple solutions to tackle Britain's bugbears and solve everyday problems for everyday people. Catch a catfish with C4 SINGLETONS are being put to the test in a new Channel 4 show where they have to work out which of their matches is actually a pal pranking them. Find The Catfish, the first series for the broadcaster's new digital channel, Channel 4.0, will follow one person as they go through five blind dates. But two of their friends will be secretly pranking them, using voice-changing tech to try to convince their friend they are the real deal. The six-part series will be joined on the new channel by The Intern, which offers amateurs a once-in-a-lifetime internship, and quiz show Family Face-Off, which sees contestants go head-to-head with their families. The shows will all be available to stream this summer. Sun is out for Rivals DISNEY+ show Rivals is getting a helping hand from our very own newspaper. In snaps taken from the set of the second series, which is currently filming in Wiltshire, a cast member is seen flashing a 1980s copy of The Sun during a photo call for Conservative MP Paul Stratton, played by Rufus Jones. 7 David Tennant on the set of Disney+ show Rivals Credit: Splash 7 Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black Credit: Splash 7 The Sun features in snaps taken from the set of the second series Credit: Splash Last time, Paul was seen going through a mid-life crisis after becoming embroiled in an adultery scandal. But he looks to have got his act together for series two and is seen, vying for votes outside a town hall. TV firm owner, Lord Tony Baddingham, played by David Tennant, Alex Hassell's Rupert Campbell-Black and Bella Maclean's Taggie O'Hara were also in the new scenes. The second series, based on Dame Jilly Cooper's hit novel, is expected to again follow the rivalry between Tony and Rupert. Season one ended with Tony left for dead after being hit with a television award by American producer Cameron, played by Nafessa Williams during a row. 7 A cast member is seen flashing a 1980s copy of The Sun during a photo call for Conservative MP Paul Stratton, played by Rufus Jones Credit: Splash 7 Taggie O'Hara as Bella Maclean Credit: Splash Roisin's return ROISIN GALLAGHER is heading back to our screens as recovering alcoholic Shiv Sheridan in The Dry. It has been revealed that filming for the third and final series of ITV's hit comedy got under way this week. The last run ended with Shiv leaving behind her dysfunctional family and saying goodbye to her artist ex-boyfriend, Jack (Moe Dunford) before flying off to Melbourne on her own. In the new eight-part series, she finds a new love interest, Daryl, played by Rick Donald, after meeting him at a recovery meeting.
