This Morning star lands huge new game show gig as they join string of ITV hosts working on rival channels
DERMOT O’LEARY is the latest name to take up a major gig away from ITV.
He will host big-budget game show Silence Is Golden with Katherine Ryan, which launches on UKTV’s Dave next year.
Each episode will begin with the audience being given £250,000 to share.
To hold on to it, they must keep a straight face as 30 comics bid to make them giggle.
Dermot, who has been with ITV for 17 years, said: “When a show like this falls into your lap, you can’t believe your luck.
“Looking forward to having lots of fun.”
Executive producer Richard Bacon added: “The feeling when you’re not allowed to laugh at a funeral? It’s that – the game show.”
Other ITV staples to take jobs with other channels include Amanda Holden and Holly Willoughby.
KRISH IS STRICTLY STRONG
KRISHNAN GURU-MURTHY credits scary Strictly dances for toughening him up as he prepares to lead Channel 4’s election coverage tonight.
The presenter, who took part in the BBC One show last year, said: “Strictly builds your resilience.
“It is a huge show and for me, an unknown world very different to anything I’d done before and the stakes were very high.
“The potential for disaster and humiliation was massive. It’s nerve-wracking but you learn to deal with that kind of fear.
“It makes you more resilient in being terrified of doing something big and scary.”
Krishnan added: “I suspect there will be a lot of politicians looking at reality telly this year.
“But I would be surprised if Strictly has one. I got the feeling when I was there that they don’t want them.”
He hosts election coverage alongside Emily Maitlis from 10pm.
l ITV has announced a deal with US reality streamer Hayu to bring shows to the UK.
More than 750 hours of content will be added to ITVX in Hayu Select, with plans to update with more every six months.
Among shows making their debut will be Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Top Chef.
LOUIS IN SELFIES STRIFE
LOUIS THEROUX struggles to make documentaries in the UK – because his fame means he’s a target for selfie hunters.
But in the US, where he is not such a household name, it is less of a problem.
He said on the This Past Weekend podcast: “You think, ‘I’m supposed to be a serious journalist, slightly flying under the radar, and here I am doing selfies at a riot’.
“I’m like, ‘I really need to be filming this right now. So sorry, someone’s being arrested over there’. ‘Oh, just a quick selfie, come on, mate’.
“In America, I’m just going around Miami jail. No one’s going to ask me for a selfie there. And I love that part.”
GOGGLEBOX will air two special editions tonight looking back at the General Election’s key moments up until voting.
The armchair critics will offer their views on the policies, politicians and performances that got the nation talking.
The episodes are on Channel 4 from 9.45pm.
ISLE PLAY AWAY
THEY call Love Island’s Casa Amor the “ultimate relationship test” – and this lot are totally flunking it.
Ayo, Sean and Wil will be in big trouble for cracking on with newcomers while their established partners are away in a second villa.
Last night, ITV2 viewers saw them lock lips with three gorgeous arrivals – Lucy, Jess S and Diamante – despite having been happily coupled up for nearly a month.
But it is not just the lads having their fun. Over at Casa, Grace and Jess have been playing tonsil tennis to.
But the difference is that both of them are currently single.
All the more twists and turns for us viewers, though!
