{"id":15039,"date":"2022-05-09T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1639771"},"modified":"2022-05-09T18:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:35:22","slug":"who-is-lucrezia-millarini-meet-the-games-2022-contestant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-lucrezia-millarini-meet-the-games-2022-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Lucrezia Millarini? Meet The Games 2022 contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 09 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A batch of celebrities are about to take on some of the hardest sporting challenges of their life, as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-games-2022-start-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Games<\/a> returns to TV following 16 years off air.<\/p>\n<p>Stepping up to the plate is journalist Lucrezia Millarini. Under the watchful eye of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-games-2022-hosts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Games hosts<\/a> Holly Willoughby, Freddie Flintoff, Chris Kamara and Alex Scott, Millarini will compete against the likes of Love Island\u2019s Wes Nelson, Strictly Come Dancing star Kevin Clifton and influencer Phoenix Brown \u2013 who is the daughter of popstar Mel B.<\/p>\n<p>So, who exactly is Lucrezia? And where might you have seen her name before?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Lucrezia Millarini, including the other reality TV shows she has taken part in.<\/p> <h2><strong>Who is Lucrezia Millarini?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-679817\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/11\/Lucrezia-85f5746.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Lucrezia Millarini<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Age: <\/strong>46<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram: <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/lucreziaitv\/?hl=en&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">@lucreziaitv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter: <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/lucrezianews&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">@lucrezianews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lucrezia Millarini is a journalist and television presenter, who currently works for ITV News.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2010, she joied ITV News London as the Entertainment Correspondent. Three years later, she was appointed a newsreader. Since 2015, she has presented the ITV Weekend News. She now regularly presents the main 6pm programme as well as the ITV Evening News and the ITV News at Ten.<\/p>\n<p>As well as this,\u00a0Millarini has also reported for ITV\u2019s flagship current affairs programme,\u00a0On Assignment.<sup id=\"&quot;cite_ref-6&quot;\" class=\"&quot;reference&quot;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Some of Millarini\u2019s well known presenting gigs include reporting on the births of two of the royal babies and the coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Lucrezia took part in the 12th season of Dancing on Ice. She was the second contestant to be eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>The same year, she won an episode of Celebrity Mastermind, which aired in December 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<h2><strong>When does The Games start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Games returns to ITV on Monday 9th May at 9pm. The series, which is recorded live, will air nightly across the week until Friday 13th May when one man and one woman will be crowned as this year\u2019s champions.<\/p>\n<p>The first episode kicks off with the hurdles, the hammer, the 400m race and the mixed synchronised diving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>The Games starts on Monday 9th May at 9pm on ITV. 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