The Fortune Resort is reportedly set to be axed as a result of it’s costly to make.
The ITV gameshow – which is hosted by 57-year-old comic Stephen Mangan – noticed 10 pairs of contestants journey to Grenada within the Caribbean, the place they swapped briefcases to win the £250,000 prize – had simply completed airing its second collection.
A TV insider informed The Solar newspaper’s TVBiz column: “The massive sum of cash concerned in making the problem present implies that until execs can discover some ingenious approach to fund collection three, it’s extremely unlikely to occur.
“Once you’re paying tens of millions to launch a programme, it actually must get the viewing figures to get any sort of return on the funding.
“Although it bought a good following, they simply couldn’t justify shelling out a lot transferring ahead. The jackpot alone was eye-watering.”
Nonetheless, an ITV spokeswoman mentioned conversations are ongoing concerning the programme’s future.
They mentioned: “One other collection hasn’t been confirmed at this stage, and talks are nonetheless underway concerning the present’s future.
“Each earlier collection are on ITVX, the place the present frequently ranked among the many high ten exhibits.
“This summer time, the second collection obtained 4.4 million streams as a part of ITV’s largest ever August.”
The Fortune Resort – which first aired in 2024 – noticed 10 pairs of contestants keep at a lavish resort, and every of them was given a briefcase.
Eight of them have been empty, one contained an early check-out card – which causes the pair holding it to be eradicated from the competitors – and the opposite contained the whopping £250,000.
The gamers battled it out in varied duties to guess the place the jackpot prize was by switching the briefcases round.
Jo-Anne and Will gained the primary collection of The Fortune Resort, and Neil and Tope claimed victory within the second collection – which was launched in August.
In July, Stephen teased {that a} third collection of The Fortune Resort would have been filmed in a brand new nation.
Showing on an episode of the Desk Manners podcast on the time, he informed hosts Lennie Ware, 74, and 40 12 months previous Jessie Ware: “We movie the primary collection in Granada, after which we movie the second collection in precisely the identical place.
“However I feel if it goes once more, we’ll go to different elements of the world.”
