ALISON Hammond is to present a reboot of ITV\u2019s Name That Tune \u2014 luring her away from potentially hosting Strictly Come Dancing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The musical gameshow, fronted by Tom O\u2019Connor then Lionel Blair from 1976 to 1987, is expected to air on Saturday nights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the TV newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Alison Hammond is set to host a reboot of classic ITV gameshow Name That Tune Credit: ITV<\/p>\n
The classic musical gameshow, once fronted by Tom O\u2019Connor and later Lionel Blair, is set for a Saturday night return Credit: Fremantle Media<\/p>\n
It might explain why This Morning star Alison, 51, claimed she would be too busy to front the BBC One dance contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A TV insider said: \u201cAlthough execs know she is free to take up offers from other channels, Alison is very much seen as an ITV face, and the channel are keen to maintain that link.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe already hosts This Morning and For the Love of Dogs for the channel, but this would arguably be her biggest gig to date with ITV. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt remains to be seen exactly when it would air, but after being touted as a host for Strictly this show might end up seeing her go head-to-head with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alison\u2019s new Name That Tune will be getting a very modern makeover with a big glitzy production and a dedicated band belting out the tracks Credit: Shutterstock Editorial<\/p>\n
Alison also presents The Great British Bake Off as well as Your Song on Channel 4, where people perform in public Credit: Shutterstock Editorial<\/p>\n
Name That Tune sees contestants try to guess songs from clues and notes. <\/p>\n
After its original run ended, a brief reboot saw it return for two series on Channel 5 from 1997 to 1998 with Jools Holland fronting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new Name That Tune will be getting a very modern makeover with a big glitzy production and a dedicated band belting out the tracks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alison also presents The Great British Bake Off as well as Your Song on Channel 4, where people perform in public.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cAs a massive music lover, my biggest challenge as a host will be trying not to grab the mic and start singing along when one of my all-time favourite tunes comes on!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd trust me\u2026 that will take serious self control!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI grew up absolutely loving the original show so being part of this now feels like a real full-circle moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is the latest vintage ITV show being brought back with new hosts, including Bullseye with Freddie Flintoff and Wheel of Fortune, presented by Graham Norton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other ITV shows have found new homes elsewhere, including a Gladiators reboot on BBC One and Blind Date on Disney+.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALISON Hammond is to present a reboot of ITV\u2019s Name That Tune \u2014 luring her away from potentially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[243,6491,1633,96,2609,1598,1471,56,192066,54,55],"class_list":["post-559422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bbc","tag-celebrities","tag-channel-4","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusives","tag-strictly-come-dancing","tag-this-morning","tag-uk","tag-uk-daytime-tv","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}