We’re bro-hosts
Adam and Ryan Thomas earmarked to co-present new ITV game show
SOAP star brothers Adam and Ryan Thomas are being lined up as presenters of a TV game show.
It would be the first time they have teamed up as co-hosts.
The new ITV programme, called 99 to Beat, is being billed as Taskmaster meets Squid Game.
Ryan, 39, sprang to fame as Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street. He has also won Celebrity Big Brother and Dancing On Ice.
Adam, 35, who has starred in Emmerdale and Waterloo Road, has been a contestant on I’m a Celebrity... and Strictly Come Dancing.
A TV insider said: “This game show will bring plenty of laughs and needs happy-go-lucky hosts. Ryan and Adam fit the bill perfectly and it would be great to see the brothers working together as TV hosts for the first time.
“It could be a really exciting new chapter for them and should be a lot of fun. They are so natural together.”
It is understood that the pair have not yet officially signed for the show, but are in talks.
Bosses think the brothers’ banter and closeness will appeal to fans of ITV stars Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly.
The show, expected to be aired at weekends, will feature contestants doing daft games.
Whoever finishes last in each game is eliminated until there is only one person left.
Examples of games include trying to find a dummy in a vat of jelly or putting on a frozen T-shirt. Katy Manley, boss of production company Initial, said: “What’s brilliant about it is that anyone has a real shot at winning.
“Whether you’re 18 or 80, players don’t need to be experts in one particular skill. Winning is not important – it’s not coming last that counts.
“The human stories that sit alongside the gameplay will provide heart, humour and drama throughout.”
The show is already a hit in seven countries including the Netherlands and Germany. Ryan joined Corrie in
This game show needs happy-go-lucky hosts. Ryan and Adam fit the bill perfectly
TV INSIDER ON PROSPECT OF THE BROTHERS GETTING THE JOB
2000 aged 16 and stayed until 2016. He won Celebrity Big Brother in 2018, and triumphed on Dancing On Ice this year with pro skater Amani Fancy.
Dad-of-three Ryan dated Corrie co-star Tina O’Brien for six years from 2003. He is now engaged to former TOWIE regular Lucy Mecklenburgh.
Adam played Adam Barton in Emmerdale from 2009 to 2018.
The actor, who was a contestant on Strictly last year, married long-term girlfriend Caroline Daly in 2017 and they have two children together.
In 2020, Adam and Ryan were joined by their other brother, Scott – who has appeared on Love Island – and their dad Dougie, to investigate their heritage for an ITV documentary, Absolutely India: Mancs in Mumbai.