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BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Gary Lineker to host new ITV game show The Box
Gary Lineker is to host a new TV game show called The Box, ITV has new show will see the former Match of the Day presenter oversee 10 yellow boxes, each housing celebrity contestants who will be transported to unknown locations, where they will take part in different will be his first presenting job since leaving Match of the Day in May amid an antisemitism who previously hosted another ITV game show, Sitting on a Fortune - for 13 episodes across two seasons from 2021 to 2023 - said in a statement: "I can't wait to host The Box." He continued: "I've always felt right at home in the box on a football pitch, and whilst this is a different proposition, the fundamentals are similar. "The contestants will have to quickly and masterfully work out how each game works, whilst also trying to get ahead of the competition to take control."It's going to be unpredictable and thrilling to watch, and I'm excited that I get to have a front row seat to all the action!"The series, based on a show that aired recently in Norway, will be filmed in the UK later this year before being broadcast on ITV in week, two players will face off in a dramatic finale known as "the duel".ITV entertainment boss Katie Rawcliffe said Lineker was "the perfect fit for The Box", which she promised would provide "an entertaining, exhilarating and immersive new format." In May, Lineker held back tears as he signed off from his final edition of Match of the Day after 26 years in the hot seat and officially left the left the show and the corporation earlier than planned, after apologising for sharing an antisemitic social media ex-footballer is also co-founder of Goalhanger Podcasts, makers of the popular The Rest Is History series and its spin-offs about politics, entertainment, money and football, for which he is a co-host. Goalhanger recently struck a deal with Spanish football league La Liga, to show clips from its matches plus weekly highlights and analysis from Lineker and fellow presenter Alex Aljoe.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Special Forces enlists Jussie Smollett and Teresa Giudice for season four as fans react 'I thought he was in jail'
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test unveiled its list of 18 celebrity contestants competing in the Marrakesh-set fourth season of the quasi-military training reality show, which premieres September 25 on Fox/Hulu. Fans were mostly aghast at the inclusion of 'hate crime hoaxer' Jussie Smollett, who wisecracked to his 4.5M Instagram followers on Wednesday: 'It was at this moment I said… "I should've just done The Masked Singer."' The disgraced 43-year-old swore he was attacked in 2019 by two Trump supporters, who turned out to be his former personal trainers the Osundairo Brothers, and they claimed he hired them to pour bleach on him and put a noose around his neck in order to boost his celebrity profile. Jussie only served six days of his 150-day sentence for five counts of felony disorderly conduct before the Illinois Supreme Court reversed his conviction on November 21 citing his sweetheart plea deal with Cook County State's Attorney Kim Fox. Instead of paying the city of Chicago back its $120,106 in restitution, Smollett paid his $10K bond and completed 15 hours of community service before donating $50K to the Building Better Futures Center for the Arts and $10K to the Chicago Torture Justice Center. 'Yikes. Someone giving Jussie Smollett a platform after all the s*** he pulled is a little scary,' X user @linusvpelt tweeted in reaction to the casting. 'I thought he was in jail.' X user @venusxedus agreed: 'Why is Jussie Smollett not in jail?' 'I see that Jussie [Smollett] is still trying to reinvent himself like we have forgotten he staged a fake hate crime to become famous,' X user @toughtalkty tweeted. 'This is bleak.' X user @torturedPRdept used comedian Dave Chappelle's French pronunciation of the Empire alum's name, writing: 'The return of Juicy Smoliet! Is he gonna convince us he's a tough guy?' 'Jussie!' X user @AngelinaReagan7 exclaimed. 'He's going to pretend to get beat up by MAGA.' X user @nicoisking shared a gif of reality TV icon Tiffany 'New York' Pollard looking shocked with the caption: 'Jussie [Smollett]?!' 'Jussie [Smollett] is such a gross and unnecessary casting choice,' X user @LotsofBravo tweeted. Jussie clearly bonded on the set with his fellow contestants, Eva Marcille and Chanel Iman, who both offered him support in the comments of his announcement. Eva, who won America's Next Top Model in 2004, commented with three sunflower emojis. 'Yesss Jussie! Let's go!' Chanel, a former VS Angel, gushed. The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member Teresa Giudice - whose own brush with the law involved an 11-month prison sentence for fraud - was selected to compete alongside the eldest of her four daughters, Gia Giudice. Instead of paying the city of Chicago back its $120,106 in restitution, Smollett paid his $10K bond and completed 15 hours of community service before donating $50K to the Building Better Futures Center for the Arts and $10K to the Chicago Torture Justice Center (2019 mugshot) 'Yikes. Someone giving Jussie Smollett a platform after all the s*** he pulled is a little scary,' X user @linusvpelt tweeted in reaction to the casting. 'I thought he was in jail' 'I see that Jussie [Smollett] is still trying to reinvent himself like we have forgotten he staged a fake hate crime to become famous,' X user @toughtalkty tweeted. 'This is bleak' X user @torturedPRdept used comedian Dave Chappelle's French pronunciation of the Empire alum's name, writing: 'The return of Juicy Smoliet! Is he gonna convince us he's a tough guy?' 'Jussie!' X user @AngelinaReagan7 exclaimed. 'He's going to pretend to get beat up by MAGA' The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member Teresa Giudice - whose own brush with the law involved an 11-month prison sentence for fraud - was selected to compete alongside the eldest of her four daughters, Gia Giudice (pictured July 8) 'So happy I got to experience this with her!' the 24-year-old nepo baby Instastoried on Wednesday. 'Definitely something you don't get to say that you have done with your mom.' Brianna 'Chickenfry' LaPaglia is best known for her October 22nd split from Grammy winner Zach Bryan, and she admitted she 'cried every day' of the grueling shoot. 'Y'all thought I was in Love Island,' the 26-year-old podcaster wrote via Instastory on Wednesday. 'While I was getting water boarded!' Sister Wives star Kody Brown - whose down to only one of his four spouses - called Special Forces 'the most exciting experience of an age' and teased: 'Tune in and watch me and my peers suffer! Wanna see me cry? No…like full on sobbing!' Other contestants for season four include Kristin Cavallari's ex-toyboy Mark Estes, Brittany Cartwright, Randall Cobb, Eric Decker, Jessie James Decker, Andrew East, Shawn Johnson East, Johnny Manziel, Ravi V. Patel, Christie Pearce Rampone, and Nick Young.
