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ITV's Celebrity Sabotage premieres with mixed reviews from viewers

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ITV's Celebrity Sabotage premieres with mixed reviews from viewers
Key Points
  • Celebrity Sabotage premiered on ITV with celebrities pranking the public for cash prizes.
  • The show has sparked mixed reactions, with some viewers criticizing it and others praising it as fun entertainment.
  • Future episodes will continue to feature celebrity saboteurs, but prize details and total episodes are unknown.

Celebrity Sabotage is a new ITV reality series where celebrities sabotage members of the public to win them cash prizes. The show features GK Barry, Judi Love, Joel Dommett, and Sam Thompson as celebrity saboteurs. 1 million followers, described the premise: 'We are based in Mission HQ.

Members of the public think they’re going on a 'show,' say, a dating or cooking show. ' The first episode aired on Saturday, March 21, with contestants who were business enthusiasts under the watch of Sara Davies. Celebrity saboteurs in the first episode included Jo Brand, and they disrupted activities like wedding video filming and a wellness face mask activity.

We are based in Mission HQ. Members of the public think they’re going on a 'show,' say, a dating or cooking show. Basically, we have to sabotage the show to earn money [for them] without getting caught.

GK Barry, Influencer and TV personality

After two days of sabotaging, contestants found out about the celebrities' antics and won a shared prize of £29,000. ' However, other viewers enjoyed it, calling it great, childish fun, or incredible, with another X user saying, 'I know it's all very childish but I absolutely love it. ' The show is hosted by stars including Emma and Matt Willis, Sara Davies, and Clare Balding.

GK Barry finished fifth in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and has appeared on TV shows including This Morning, Loose Women, and The Wheel, joining the Loose Women panel in 2024.

It was pure chaos. We were making people cry, but then there’s the amazing reveal at the end where they’ve earned money.

GK Barry, Influencer and TV personality

How the cash prizes are determined and distributed to contestants in Celebrity Sabotage remains unclear.

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