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Holly Willoughby set to return to ITV in new job with Stephen Mulhern
Holly Willoughby returns to ITV with a game show that has not been on British television screens for almost 30 years.
Willoughby and co-host Stephen Mulhern present You Bet!, a show where a panel of celebrities and the studio audience must predict whether each challenger can complete the extraordinary challenge they have been given. Guess correctly and points are added to the celebrity's score, based on the percentage of the studio audience who voted the same. At the end of the show, the studio audience votes for their favourite challenger, who takes home £10,000 ($12,700), while the celebrity with the highest score wins £10,000 for their chosen charity.
You Bet! was an iconic series for ITV between 1988 and 1997, presented by Bruce Forsyth, then Matthew Kelly, then Darren Day. The show ended with Forsyth rapping while the audience shouted the title. It is based on the ZDF format Wetten Dass? and is produced by Rollercoaster Television, backed by ITV Studios. Two 75-minute specials will air later this year.