And now here comes Gary Lineker, recent ITV star signing, and immediately appointed his own big fat Saturday night game show, The Box. According to reports, the former presenter of Match of the Day – recently ousted from his position after posting a pro-Palestine video on Instagram featuring a rat emoji, which was considered to be an anti-Semitic slur – will now morph magically into Ant & Dec. The Box, we hear, will “feature 12 celebrities, each placed in separate boxes, where they must complete a series of terrifying challenges”. To which the only reasonable viewer response is: “Kill me now”.
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It was, then, only a matter of when, not if, that rope was cut.
But perhaps not just yet, not while they’ve got him hosting naff gameshows.
Gary Lineker following the Emirates FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London (Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire)
Game shows are a very particular televisual beast, and require very particular personality types: either those with the winning silliness of an Ant and Dec, or else the sober gravitas of a Chris Tarrant. Tarrant, who hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire between 1998 and 2014, boasted a demeanour perfectly suited to asking contestants questions whose answers were worth up to one million pounds. By comparison, Jeremy Clarkson, his replacement, always looks like he’d rather be in Diddly Squat.
It’s early days yet. After Robbie Williams left Take That in 1996, and before he found his own voice, he convinced himself that the only way he could announce his independence was by singing someone else’s song (George Michael’s “Freedom!”). That was a misstep. Lineker’s forthcoming stint on The Box might well prove a misstep, too.
Yes, but confidence is so often built on a pillar of sand, so let’s reconvene after it’s gone out, shall we? Because, right now, it feels that Lineker needs to re-enter the transfer market, and quick.
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