5 MINUTES WITH...
Comic Michael McIntyre, 43, is back with his brilliant Big Show – making many a celebrity break out in a sweat at the prospect of handing over their mobile phone …
What can you tell us about the new series?
Unexpected Star of the Show and Send to All are back, with tremendously embarrassing texts for celebrities. The Midnight Gameshow also returns and I wake up some very familiar faces, including the whole of Westlife – one at a time, I might add, not all at once. They were on tour and staying on the same floor of a hotel. I also went to Judge Rinder’s home and woke him from a very deep sleep. It’s all very hilarious!
Who’s playing Send to All? Among the brave celebrities handing me their phones are Emma Bunton, Harry Redknapp, Sharon Osbourne, Ian Wright and Bear Grylls. They’re all up for a laugh and the texts that have been sent are great fun, with simply brilliant replies… Have you ever been surprised by what you’ve found?
There was a big surprise when I went through the ASOS app on Emma Bunton’s phone. I clicked on previous orders and found some very naughty underwear, as well as a pair of pyjamas. Emma’s partner Jade said he recognised the pyjamas but not the underwear!
Who was the most nervous?
Ian Wright kept saying he wasn’t, but the levels of sweat on his head suggested otherwise. Are you doing karaoke again?
In the previous series we secretly filmed karaoke singers doing Take That and Kylie Minogue songs – and then surprised them with not only the embarrassing footage but the real Gary Barlow and Kylie suddenly appearing in the theatre. This series we’ve got Abba-oke with the legendary Björn Ulvaeus, and Robbie-oke with Robbie Williams.