ITV bosses are reportedly frustrated the BBC has poached Amanda Holden and Alison Hammond for new singing show I Can See Your Voice, according to reports.
Officials from the channel are annoyed that the Beeb has again poached its stars to front the new show, which will be hosted by Paddy McGuinness.
It comes a year after This Morning’s Holly Willoughby and The Chase host Bradley Walsh did BBC Christmas special Take Off, which later became a series.
And following that BGT’s Alesha Dixon and Dancing on Ice ’s Ashley Banjo fronted BBC show The Greatest Dancer.
It is claimed one senior ITV source said it was “extremely annoyed” Amanda and Alison had joined the Beeb show, the Daily Mirror reports.
It is claimed one senior ITV source said it was ‘extremely annoying’ Amanda and Alison had joined the Beeb show (Image: ITV)
Insiders reckon Amanda, 49, may have taken the job amid fears coronavirus will make BGT auditions impossible next year.
The show will be hosted by Paddy McGuinness. If the players pick a good singer then they will take a cash prize – but the imposter will pocket the cash if they choose a bad singer.
Amanda said: “The masqueraders will have to up their game to fool me.”
Alison, 45, added: “I reckon I’ll be able to spot who can sing or not straight away.”
ITV bosses are frustrated the BBC has poached Amanda Holden and Alison Hammond for new singing show I Can See Your Voice, according to reports (Image: ITV)
The series is based on a South Korean format from CJ ENM, debuting on Mnet in February 2015.
I Can See Your Voice sees contestants guessing who can and cannot sing from a group of strangers and is due to air next year.
This week Amanda told how she believes the reaction of Britain’s Got Talent fans to her low-cut dresses has been “ridiculous”.
And she jokes that “the girls” – as she refers to her boobs – even have their own management.
Amanda singing on BGT (Image: ITV)
Amanda’s decision to sport daring dresses sparked complaints to watchdog Ofcom in this year’s BGT.
But she takes the scandal “with a pinch of salt.”
Amanda reflected on her breasts becoming a talking point in a chat with Rylan Clark-Neal for BBC Radio 2.
She said: “The girls have got their own management now. Isn’t it ridiculous?
“They’re going to be 50 next year. They’re celebrating separately from me.
“They have got a set of six friends that they want to see. So they’re going off, they’re doing their own thing to celebrate.”
Amanda added: “I think there’s a biography in the making for them. And I think they’re also going to do An Evening With. I am separate from them now.”
And she insisted that the furore with Ofcom is not an issue. “You’ve got to take it with a pinch of salt”, she said.
Daily Star Online has contacted ITV for comment.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
