Battling fit Davina McCall is reportedly at the major of BBC bosses’ would like checklist for a celeb spin-off of Gladiators.
The former Massive Brother host, 56, beforehand claimed she’d like to host the sports leisure recreation exhibit but Bradley Walsh and his son Barney have been picked for the reboot, which returned to screens this year.
It is also claimed producers are hoping to sign up former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright, 37, and ex Produced In Chelsea forged member Spencer Matthews, 35.
A Tv set insider informed The Solar: ‘The BBC want massive identify contestants with the variety of power and agility desired to contend with the overwhelming gang of gladiators.
‘Davina is extremely fit and currently looks eager to be included, even if she has only beforehand talked about lending her presenting skills.
Preventing fit Davina McCall is reportedly at the top of BBC bosses’ want record for a celebrity spin-off of Gladiators (the stars of the BBC’s Gladiators reboot with hosts Bradley and Barney Walsh, centre)
The previous Huge Brother host, 56, formerly said she’d like to host the athletics leisure sport show
A Tv set insider advised The Sun: ‘Davina is amazingly healthy and by now seems keen to be involved, even if she has only previously talked about lending her presenting skills’
‘As for the blokes, the producers appreciate the notion of acquiring the fellas in to see if their health club-honed muscular tissues are just for show or if they’ve received legitimate brawn.’
MailOnline has contacted the BBC, and associates for Davina, Mark and Spencer for remark.
Davina formerly put herself forward to entrance the reboot of Gladiators on the BBC, with the present initially operating on ITV from 1992 to 2000.
In 2019, ITV posted a poll on Twitter inquiring their followers which of their favourite exhibits from their childhoods they would favored to have witnessed introduced back again to screens.
‘CONTESTANTS ARE YOU REEEEEEADY?! (Obv we’re saying this in a John Anderson voice),’ they wrote, referring to the programme’s orginal referee.
Offering herself up to current a Gladiators reboot, Davina responded at the time: ‘Bagsy present it.’
Gladiators’ arrival on the key time Saturday night time timetable proved to be a rankings winner for the BBC, with 28 day viewing figures revealing 9.8million tuned in for the 1st episode.
The sizeable audience share turned it into the most thriving launch for an leisure clearly show on the BBC in seven a long time, with an ordinary 8.3million viewers observing throughout the overall eleven episodes.
It is also claimed producers are hoping to signal up former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright, 37
Mark generally shares photos of himself working out on social media (witnessed right here soon after jogging the London Marathon)
Ex Produced In Chelsea cast member Spencer Matthews, 35, is also mentioned to be a favourite with Gladiators bosses
Spencer has transformed his wellbeing and life style in the latest a long time after speaking out about his former struggles with alcoholic beverages
Its good results indicates Gladiators will return with a 2nd collection that is predicted to include at minimum a single celeb-led variation of the clearly show, commonly contested by associates of the general public, in 2025.
‘I can reveal we are going to do a celebrity unique,’ Executive Producer and Hungry Bear Media Running Director Dan Baldwin, spouse of Tv set presenter Holly Willoughby, informed Radio 4.
‘You generally look at old displays that are no longer on tv. You are always coming up with new means of bringing back a clearly show.’
He included: ‘It’s no exaggeration to say that the response to Gladiators has been phenomenal. The episodes have been packed with nail-biting drama, thrilling motion and massive emotion.
‘Series 2 will see the demonstrate go from strength-to-toughness. We have some remarkable surprises in shop for the enthusiasts. Are you prepared?!?’
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC, stated: ‘Gladiators has seriously kicked this yr off with a bang, and we’re so delighted that the fans have arrive to the present in their masses.
‘It has been amazing to listen to how much households have loved seeing this collectively, as part of the BBC’s Saturday evening entertainment giving. We simply cannot hold out for a lot more action from the Gladiators.’
Somewhere else, Dom Bird, SVP of Gladiators output company MGM Alternate, Intercontinental stated: ‘It’s been remarkable to see Gladiators re-igniting the excitement that this present has generally shipped on Saturday nights in the British isles.
‘We are delighted a 2nd sequence has been verified for BBC A person and BBC iPlayer and we just can’t hold out to get back again into the arena with our partners at Hungry Bear Media and the BBC.’
The display, that includes new Gladiator Fury (pictured), proved to be a ratings winner for the BBC, with 28 working day viewing figures revealing 9.8million tuned in for the initial episode
The common activity demonstrate was initially broadcast on ITV from 1992 to 2000 right before returning for a single series on Sky One in 2008 (host Ulrika Jonsson with some of the forged in 1994)
BBC main Tim Davie had earlier integrated a second collection in his list of ‘big priorities’ for the year in an address to the Royal Tv Culture.
He claimed: ‘Of program, it suggests that we will, in spite of funds pressures, prioritise huge national situations – from the Coronation, Eurovision, the Proms and Glastonbury, to the Olympics and the Euros, or Strictly or Gladiators, Youngsters in Need to have or even that excellent drama: Election Night time.’
Numerous experienced predicted a second sequence of Gladiators was on the cards immediately after it eclipsed the viewing figures of other reveals in January, such as Dancing On Ice and The Masked Singer.
The well known recreation demonstrate was at first broadcast on ITV from 1992 to 2000, prior to returning for a solitary series on Sky A person in 2008.
The rebooted display became the most successful start for an amusement exhibit on the BBC in seven a long time, with an regular 8.3million viewers observing across the total eleven episodes
