Amanda Holden has signed a lucrative deal with Netflix to front a new dating show, MailOnline can exclusively reveal.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 53, is the latest big-name celebrity to land a series with the streaming giant after it was confirmed that former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby, 43, would host the new show Bear Hunt and Emma and Matt Willis are preparing to launch the first UK season of Love Is Blind.
She will begin filming the new show titled Cheaters: Unfinished Business, which is about love and relationships, this summer in Spain, describing the business as her “dream job.”
It comes 31 years after Amanda first appeared on television as a contestant on Cilla Black’s Blind Date, making the signing even more significant as she celebrates a coming full circle moment in her enduring career.
After forging an acting career in the 90s starring in TV shows such as The Bill, Jonathan Creek and Wild at Heart, Amanda has now expanded her repertoire to front Sky documentary Sex: A Bonkers History, the Sky travel show BBC Amanda and Alan’s Italian Job and now, her own Netflix series.
Amanda Holden has signed a lucrative deal with Netflix to host a new dating show, MailOnline can exclusively reveal.
He will begin filming the new show, which is about love and relationships, this summer in Spain, and describes the company as his “dream job.”
The Britain’s Got Talent judge is the latest big name to land a series with the streaming giant after Holly Willoughby was confirmed to host new show Bear Hunt.
Amanda told MailOnline: “It’s my dream job, if I could have manifested a job… it would have been this.”
‘It’s the job I’ve wanted all my life and it’s finally happening. I’m going to film the show over the summer. “It’s something of mine and it’s its genre, it’s what I’ve always wanted.”
The Heart Breakfast host recently expressed her ambitions to host her own dating show, saying she would even allow her daughters Alexa, 28, and Hollie, 12, to appear as contestants.
She said: ‘The dream for me is to have a dating show. I wouldn’t let my daughters go on Love Island, but if they wanted to go on a dating show I’d let them.
The star was just 19 when she went on Blind Date and told viewers her ideal man would be movie star Jack Nicholson.
She did not find the man of her dreams on that occasion, but Amanda had to wait 17 years before marrying her second husband, music executive Chris Hughes, father of her two children, in 2008.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge, who was previously married to comedian Les Dennis, says the secret to their long-lasting relationship is laughing together.
She told The Mirror: ‘The main secret behind a successful marriage is having a great sense of humour. Also, I really like Chris.
Amanda has previously said that the success of her long-term marriage to husband Chris Hughes is “having a really good sense of humor” (pictured in 2014).
The Heart Breakfast host recently expressed her ambitions to host her own dating show, saying she would even allow her daughters Alexa and Hollie to appear as contestants.
The star was just 19 when she took part in Cilla Black’s Blind Date and told viewers her ideal man would be film star Jack Nicholson.
Amanda told MailOnline that she often cries when judging Britain Got Talent acts because she remembers being in the same position and auditioning early in her career.
Looking back on her career, Amanda said: ‘I remember those days and the nerves and the hope you had in your heart. As romantic as it may seem, I will never forget it.
“We’ll have dinner at a restaurant, he’ll go to the bathroom, then I’ll look up and catch a glimpse of a man and think he’s fit.” Then I’ll realize, ‘God, that’s my husband.’
Amanda recently told MailOnline that she often cries when judging Britain Got Talent acts because she remembers being in the same position and auditioning early in her career.
She said: “I’m always on the verge of crying, I don’t know what it is.” I think I remember how I started, standing on stage, auditioning.
‘I remember those days and the nerves and the hope you had in your heart. As romantic as it may seem, I will never forget it.
“I’m an actress even though I’ve covered every other genre in this industry, I’m an actress first and foremost, so that’s the most important thing to remember when I’m in the judging position.”