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On the football pitch, he was famed for his ability to sniff out the next big opportunity long before any of his rivals.
It’s often unfair when the carthorses on So, at a time when his paymasters at Strictly Come a certain crisp company are running out Dancing are booted out of stock for him to flog, it was no before they’ve even had a surprise to see Gary Lineker launching chance to improve. a new venture on ITV last Sunday.
So I’m right behind Dan Gary’s move into the shiny Walker, the Ole Gunnar floor gameshow market Solskjaer of the with Sitting On A Fortune dancefloor. (No one suggests that he fancies can explain how the himself as the next hell he’s still clinging Bradley Walsh. on in there but He certainly lots of people appears to share are enjoying Bradley’s cheeky the fact he is.) sense of humour.
Dan, right, Why else would he may move like agree to host a show that Herman sounds like it was Munster in named in honour of his concrete slippers controversial BBC salary? sometimes but at Whether it will prove a least he is having a right successful career move, good go at it. remains to be seen.
Don’t worry, Dan. However, having saddled him I’ll definitely be voting with the scheduling equivalent for Nadiya again of a hospital pass, you had to tomorrow night. wonder whether ITV had much
Sorry, I mean you faith. Then again, launching up and Nadiya. against Sunday night’s biggest crowd-puller over on BBC1 might have done Gary a favour.
No one was expecting him to trouble the Strictly results show in the ratings. Plus, if his debut turned out to be a shocker at least very few people would have witnessed it.
The good news is it wasn’t a shocker.
Six contestants sat in a line of chairs, looking like they were about to launch into the Oops Upside Your Head wedding dance or go for a ghost train ride.
Then they just answered questions instead, while Lineker shuffled around trying to interest them in awkward small talk, like a man at a work Christmas party who’d rather be at home watching Gary Neville’s Soccer Box.
It may not have had the tension and playalongability of, say, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? but – to everyone’s relief – it was no Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance either. As you may have noticed, having former sports stars as gameshow hosts seems to be the hot thing in TV land, which must have come as a surprise to the former sports star and (now) former gameshow host Sue Barker. As well as Gary’s effort, we have Ian Wright’s Moneyball and Alex Scott’s The Tournament. Where it will all end is anyone’s guess, but if Ant & Dec are suddenly unable to host I’m A Celebrity later this month don’t be surprised to see Roy Keane and Micah Richards stepping in. Actually, I would totally watch that. Come on, Ant & Dec, how about it? Think of all the Newcastle matches you could go to instead.
To everyone’s relief it was no Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance