The Games is the brand new show coming to ITV and will see twelve super-fit celebrities battle it out in a sporting spectacular event across a week of live programmes. Broadcasting nightly from Crystal Palace, the show will be jam-packed with sporting challenges, including athletics, swimming and cycling.
The contestants will compete in the athletics arena, the swimming pool, gymnasium and velodrome with the hopes of racking up points on the medals table and eventually being crowned Champion of The Games 2022. As well as live coverage of the events, ITV has said each episode will feature the celebrities' preparation as they're taught the sports from scratch by some of the UK's top coaches.
Those taking part include Love Island stars Olivia Attwood and Wes Nelson, influencer – and daughter of Spice Girls star Mel B – Phoenix Gulzar-Brown, ex-Strictly professional Kevin Clifton, The Wanted's Max George, and songwriter Chelcee Grimes.
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Also participating in The Games is Harry Potter actor Josh Herdman, author, model and autism ambassador Christine McGuinness, Coronation Street actor Colson Smith, newsreader Lucrezia Millarini, Emmerdale actor Rebecca Sarker and actor Ryan Thomas.
Who is presenting The Games?
This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby and Top Gear's Freddie Flintoff will be hosting The Games live. Holly said: "I'm really excited to be presenting The Games with Freddie and the rest of the team. I can't wait to watch our celebrity competitors go head-to-head."
Freddie added: "This is going to be a brilliant week of TV. Our celeb competitors will need to be at the top of their game to be in with a chance of topping the medals table."
The Games will also see former professional footballer and presenter Alex Scott as trackside reporter and former professional football player and presenter Chris Kamara as commentator.
They will be joined by Youtube star and sports fanatic YungFilly, sports commentator Simon Brotherton and a panel of sporting legends live each night. The first episode will see professional boxer Tyson Fury make a guest appearance alongside Olympic gold medallist heptathlete Denise Lewis and Olympic gold medallist diver Matty Lee.
On Tuesday double Olympic champion Tom Dean MBE and Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor will appear, followed on Wednesday by Hollie Arnold MBE along with her coach David Arnold. On Thursday, Dame Sarah Storey DBE, before appearances, on Friday's final show, from ex-England footballer, Jermaine Jenas and double Olympic champion Daley Thompson CBE.
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. There is no monetary prize for the celeb who wins, just the honour of winning the show.
The Games kicks off on ITV at 9pm on Monday, May 9. For more showbiz and television stories, sign up to our newsletter here.
