Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern to host return of fan-favourite TV gameshow (Lucy North/PA) Holly Willoughby is set to return to ITV to host a reboot of a Nineties game show. The presenter, 43, announced her decision to leave ITV’s This Morning after 14 years last October after news emerged of a kidnap plot against her by security guard Gavin Plumb, who has since been handed three life sentences for plotting to abduct, rape and murder the star. Willoughby will now front a new show alongside her Dancing on Ice co-host Stephen Mulhern, having made her ITV comeback on the skating competition in January.
The Dancing on Ice presenters will host the revival of the 1990s challenge show You Bet! , which last aired in 1997 and was previously fronted by Bruce Forsyth, Darren Day and Matthew Kelly. You Bet! will air on ITV1 and ITVX for two specials this Autumn. In the game show, a panel of celebrities and a studio audience predict whether each competitor can complete a difficult challenge they’ve been set.
If stars guess correctly, points will be added to their score based on the number of studio audience members who voted the same way. At the end of each episode, the You Bet! Studio audience will vote for their favourite contestant who will win a £10,000 prize. The celebrity with the highest score will also win £10,000 for their chosen charity.
Meanwhile, the A-lister with the fewest points will face a forfeit. Speaking of her return to ITV, Willoughby said: “I’m so exc.