The Games

Holly Willoughby is stepping away from This Morning to present The Games alongside Top Gear's Freddie Flintoff, Alex Scott and Chris Kamara - with a guest ...

Each night will see contestants ranked on a leaderboard head of the final on Friday where there will be one male champion and one female champion. This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby and Top Gear's Freddie Flintoff will be hosting The Games live. Broadcasting nightly from Crystal Palace, the show will be jam-packed with sporting challenges, including athletics, swimming and cycling.

THE Games 2022 will follow a group of celebrities as they go head-to-head in a series of live challenges.

The Games 2022 will start tonight (May 9) and episodes will air nightly. When will The Games 2022 air? But when will The Games 2022 air and who are the contestants?

ITV The Games star Chelcee Grimes is set to appear on the new sporting reality show alongside Christine McGuinness, former Coronation Street actor Ryan ...

Also starring on the series is Love Island star Olivia Attwood, The Wanted's Max George and Corrie star Colson Smith. She has previously dated Love Island star Megan Barton Hanson. Megan appeared on the 2018 series of Love Island where she dated Eyal Booker and Wes Nelson - who is starring alongside Chelcee in The Games. Megan came out as bisexual in 2019.

ITV has launched a new primetime sports programme tonight presented by Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff which pits 'celebrities' against one another in ...

TVExec 1 who do you think, the same b****d people who have to host every show these days" @BattleGoff said: "Watching #thegames and wondering what is the point in all this? @MikronsMalton said: "Puts the #TheGames on.

ITV's reboot of the celebrity sporting show begins tonight. Lucrezia Millarini, Wes Nelson, Josh Herdman, Phoenix Gulzar-Brown, Max George. ITV.

I wanted to fall back in love with it and back into it and get that engine and passion burning again." "My strengths are definitely running, swimming, and diving," she says about training for The Games. "I’m looking forward to getting back in the pool and I’m ready to take on the 10-metre diving platform. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times podcast with Jane Garvey. It's an opportunity to learn new skills and new disciplines, increase my fitness and challenge myself." I want to get to 40 and be in the best shape of my life." Coming from a family of Olympic athletes, Nelson said that he signed up for The Games to fall in love with sport again. It will be a fantastic life experience, learning new things, having a challenge and competition, so it ticks all the boxes for me." I've learnt in recent years that there are no limitations as to what I can and cannot do. Speaking about The Games, George said: "I thought the hurdles was going to be my worst event but I’ve really enjoyed them so far. Outside of music, Max took on an acting role in the musical-comedy Glee and has appeared on Bear Grylls: Mission Survive, Pointless Celebrities and the 2020 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Being a footballer, it’s been in my DNA from a young age that you don’t lose, you don’t draw, you go and win. I’m going to be competitive in all the events," she said.

ITV's latest sports show The Games sees 12 celebrities testing their mental and physical strength in several Olympic style challenges.

I am on the mend, which is the great thing.’ During Monday’s instalment of This Morning, she said: ‘The change in routine every day has been quite difficult to deal with. The Games starts tonight at 9pm on ITV and ITV Hub. MORE : Christine McGuinness admits The Games has been ‘sensory overload’ and ‘quite difficult to deal with’ due to autism Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will be making a cameo in tonight’s episode, where he will offer ‘insight and opinion’ on the performances of a line-up of celebrity athletes competing for medals on the show. The Games starts tonight at 9pm on ITV, and will air every day this week with the grand finale taking place on Friday, May 13.

Former Harry Potter star Josh Herdman has joined The Games 2022 line-up. Here's all you need to know about the contestant.

Read on for everything you need to know about the celebrity. There isn’t long to wait until The Games 2022 kicks off, with the show set to begin on Monday 9th May at 9pm on ITV. So who is The Games 2022 contestant Josh Herdman and how is he likely to fare at the sporting challenges?

The show follows 12 celebrity contestants as they go head to head in athletic competitions.

- Ryan Thomas- Actor - Rebecca Sarker- Emmerdale Actor - Colson Smith- Coronation Street actor

The Games will be broadcast live every night with Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff at the helm.

Holly will miss This Morning for the new series which will end on Friday, May 13 when a contestant will be crowned Champion of The Games 2022. ITV's brand new show The Games is set to launch on Monday, May 9. The Games starts on Monday, May 9 at 9pm on ITV. It will then air every night this week at the same time live.

23-year-old Phoenix, an influencer and model, is competing in ITV's The Games.

She was also on the cover of the single, pictured hugging her mum. The couple met when Jimmy was a dancer for the Spice Girls and got married in 1998. One male and one female champion will be crowned at the end of the week.

Christine McGuinness, model and wife of comic Paddy McGuinness, is no stranger to the spotlight. She began her career as a teenager, when she won beauty ...

But Christine, who was a recluse for eight years, hopes by taking part in The Games she will show her children that their diagnoses do not have to hold them back, reports the Mirror. She said: "I want them to know they can do anything. It’s given me so much more opportunity to understand why I was the way I was." Just to know there was a reason why I felt this way and why I struggled with certain things. It was the now 34-year-old's profession that led her to meet husband Paddy, who she has been married to for 11 years. The model told the Manchester Evening News in November that her diagnosis came as 'such a huge relief.' She said: "When I got the diagnosis, I can honestly say it was such a huge relief. She began her career as a teenager, when she won beauty pageants and went on to be crowned Miss Commonwealth at just 19-years-old.

Influencer and model Phoenix Gulzar-Brown has been announced as part of The Games 2022 line-up. Here's all you need to know about the contestant...

The Games starts on Monday 9th May at 9pm on ITV. Check out more of our Entertainment coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what's on tonight. The Games 2022 is set to kick off on Monday 9th May at 9pm on ITV. The Games 2022 contestant Phoenix Gulzar-Brown is the daughter of Melanie Brown, aka Sporty Spice, and her ex-husband Jimmy Gulzar.

The show follows 12 celebrity contestants as they go head to head in athletic competitions.

- Ryan Thomas- Actor - Rebecca Sarker- Emmerdale Actor - Colson Smith- Coronation Street actor

The line-up includes Corrie actors Colson Smith and Ryan Thomas, Lucrezia Millarini, The Wanted's Max George and Chelcee Grimes. Also competing are Love Island ...

"And now there's been more adverts than games in a show called", commented @Battlegoff83. The reality show follows celebrities as they compete against each other in Olympic style events. @Katiedev said: "Love a break don’t they."

The 2022 revival will see Olivia compete alongside Chelcee Grimes, Christine McGuinness, Colson Smith, Josh Herdman, Kevin Clifton, Lucrezia Millarini, Max ...

Olivia came third on the show alongside Chris Hughes who she had coupled up with. How did Olivia Attwood do on Love Island? When was Olivia Attwood on Love Island?

ITV's The Games: Wes Nelson, Max George and others make a splash in a white water rafting challenge as Chloe Burrows, Olivia Attwood and Christine McGuinness ...

Challenge on: Wes Nelson, Max George and others made a splash on Monday night's The Games in a white water rafting challenge as the girls team watched on And there was no easing the celebrities in slowly, as the boys team were thrown in at the deep end for a white water rafting challenge - while the girls cheered them on in the sidelines. ITV's The Games: Wes Nelson, Max George and others make a splash in a white water rafting challenge as Chloe Burrows, Olivia Attwood and Christine McGuinness cheer on from the sidelines

Hosted by Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff, the show sees contestants pulled out of their comfort zones to be coached as athletes, swimmers and cyclists, ...

I don't actually know how I'm going to do it". Christine said she was "more scared of the stadium" than the sport itself. She said: "Physically I'm fine and I want to do it, it's purely mentally." The programme sees celebrities compete in a series of athletic events after undergoing 12 weeks of gruelling training.

However, it's Holly Willoughby, the main presenter alongside Flintoff, who got viewers all thinking the same thing. People tuning in were left unsurprised, if ...

@JohnSheppard71 said: "Does Holly Willoughby not like her family, she is on everything. In fact, on Tuesday night she’ll be competing against herself as The Games and Freeze the Fear will both broadcast at 9pm on the country’s two flagship channels. People tuning in were left unsurprised, if not a little annoyed, by the presenter’s presence on another TV show.

The Sky Sports presenter is joining Holly Willoughby, Freddie Flintoff and Alex Scott on ITV's The Games.

In a frank chat with his son Jack, Chris was asked why he found it so difficult to talk to his family, even after fans started noticing that something wasn’t quite right when seeing him on TV. He was also asked why it took so long for him to find out what was wrong. He feared he was suffering from the onset of dementia after having had 'good days and bad days.' "They said 'you're staying, you're part of the team' and I'd like to thank them for that." He recently revealed how he offered to quit The Games after his recent health struggles, but was talked around by bosses. He shared in a tweet: "Just wanted to let a few of you know who tweeted me today that I am ok ish. His decision to leave comes after Kammy revealed he had developed the speech disorder, apraxia.

The female stars were seen competing in a 100m hurdles event, which was won by Chelcee Grimes, with Phoenix Gulzar-Brown coming a very close second. The male ...

Almost an hour in and 2 events so far? Another commented: ‘This would be good if we had some actual events to witness. While viewers did get to see few events on the first evening, much of the hour and a half show was taken up with chat in the studio and VTs from training rather than the live competition.

Mel B's daughter and influencer Phoenix Brown, songwriter Chelcee Grimes and Harry Potter actor Josh Herdman also form the line-up. The full list of six male ...

One person cheekily wrote: "Watching the celebrities come out on The Games and I'm just like...Who's that?" The new series may seem familiar to some as The Games aired on Channel 4 back in 2003 and ran until 2006. Along with 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.

THE GAMES is an exciting new gameshow airing this week on ITV with some big names putting their sporting abilities to the test. But which famous faces will ...

Express.co.uk takes a look at the famous names participating in The Games - and where you may know them from. The Games sees six male and six female stars training to become athletes and participating in a series of sports challenges. ITV reality series The Games launched on Monday, May 9, and featured celebrities pitted against each other in a battle for glory. But which famous faces will be taking part in the series? Chloe Burrows is the reserve for the female team and is most famous for appearing on Love Island in series seven. Olivia Attwood, 30, is a TV personality and reality TV star, who has appeared on series three of Love Island and later on The Only Way Is Essex.

Mel B proved to be the biggest cheerleader in the crowd as she anxiously watched daughter Phoenix Gulzar-Brown compete in The Games.

However, she ever-so narrowly missed out on first place with Chelcee inching her foot over the finish line first, leaving Phoenix to come in second. Phoenix put in a stellar job of storming round the race track and leaping over the hurdles, and it seemed as though she was overtaking Chelcee at one point. Mel B proved to be the biggest cheerleader in the crowd as she anxiously watched daughter Phoenix Gulzar-Brown compete in The Games.

The former Spice Girl was ever the supportive mum on Monday evening as her daughter, Phoenix Brown, placed second in the 100m race on ITV's The Games.

Doting mum: As the race commenced, commentator Chris Kamara said: 'There's Mel B, she's excited for her daughter' As the race commenced, commentator Chris Kamara said: 'There's Mel B, she's excited for her daughter'. Close: Chelcee Grimes ultimately took the crown in the 100m race as she and Phoenix battled for the win

The programme is hosted by Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff while former footballer and pundit Alex Scott acts as trackside reporter and Chris Kamara, aka ...

#TheGames." #TheGames." #TheGames."

ITV's reality series The Games has launched after much hype - but viewers are not impressed with the TV show even dubbing it 'Poundland Olympics'.

What did you think of the new show? The show, which launched on monday, May 9 and continues nightly, is a revival of a Channel 4 programme that previously aired between 2003-2006. @markintime said: "Only watching #TheGames for Alex Scott tbh and I'm not ashamed to say that."

The Games contestants: who is in cast of ITV game show with Josh Herdman, Chelcee Grimes and Chloe Burrows? The Games is an Olympic-style challenge show which ...

She is still with Toby and the couple moved in together in November last year. She took part in Dancing on Ice in 2020 with professional dancer Brendyn Hatfield and was the second to be eliminated. Burrows is another Love Islander who joined the show for season seven and was a runner up with Toby Aromolaran. She was a cast member of The Real Housewives of Cheshire from 2018-2020, and took part in charity show Strictly The Real Monty in 2021. Clifton came second in his first four seasons on the show and won the 16th season with his celebrity partner, presenter Stacey Dooley who later became his girlfriend. The pair came third in the series and continued dating after the show finished but split up in 2018.

The mum-of-three, who is married to presenter Paddy McGuinness, later shared: 'I was diagnosed last year so I understand now that I will stay where I'm ...

‘The change in routine every day has been quite difficult to deal with. I want to give it my best shot but I’m worried that I could simply freeze and say I’m not doing it. MORE : Christine McGuinness admits The Games has been ‘sensory overload’ and ‘quite difficult to deal with’ due to autism Yesterday, Christine had also shared how the show had been ‘quite a lot’ to deal with due to the ‘sensory overload’, the change to her daily routine and other aspects. In an emotional scene from the first of five episodes, Christine was left in tears as she spoke about the difficulties she faces on the show, and her fears of large crowds triggered by her autism. Christine McGuinness walked off in tears after opening up about her autism and how it’s affecting her on ITV’s The Games.

The show follows 12 celebrity contestants as they go head to head in athletic competitions.

- Ryan Thomas- Actor - Rebecca Sarker- Emmerdale Actor - Colson Smith- Coronation Street actor