The cast for the new celebrity series of The Crystal Maze has been announced

We can't wait to see this!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 11th Jun 2019
Last updated 11th Jun 2019

TOWIE legends Gemma Collins and James 'Arg' Argent have been confirmed to appear in the upcoming series of The Crystal Maze. The celebrity reboot of the show, which is hosted by The IT Crowd actor Richard Ayoade, has been incredibly popular since its return to the small screen in 2017, with various famous faces taking on the challenge.

But the newest series, which kicks off on Friday 21st June at 8pm, will be starring the GC and her on-off beau Arg, as confirmed by Channel 4 and Gemma herself.

Sharing a snap of Gemma and Arg along with team members Rick Edwards, Carol Vorderman and Ellie Taylor, they wrote, 'Society has deemed these people celebrities. We call them our first team to kick off this series of The #CrystalMaze. What could go wrong?! Find out Friday 21st June. 8pm.'

Gemma has also shared the snap on Instagram, sharing it with the hilarious caption, 'TEAM CAPTAIN GC and @carolvorders as my wing woman @thecrystalmazetv this is definitely one to watch .....

'@channel4 you defo got more then you bargained for ! Put this in your diary’s it’s going to be EPIC ✌🏻love GC as you know I don’t play games ... IM ALL GAMED OUT 😝 but being my childhood favourite show I gave it my all fantastic outcome and defo a few concerns when I said I was going to be team captain but I came and I CONQUERED to everyone’s surprise 😜😜😜😜

'The Chanel even called the next day to thank me 😝 I actually loved loved loved this game 👍🏻.' sic

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The cast for the new celebrity series of The Crystal Maze has been announced
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Fans were in stitches at the thought of Gemma taking on another gameshow, and took to the comments to share their jokes. One wrote, 'This is gonna be TV GOLD already, I can tell', as another added, 'Yass! She's going to be a riot', and one other wrote, 'Wooo can not wait for this!!!'

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