{"id":15061,"date":"2022-05-09T20:15:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T18:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1640279"},"modified":"2022-05-09T20:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T18:39:09","slug":"who-is-chelcee-grimes-meet-the-games-2022-contestant","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-chelcee-grimes-meet-the-games-2022-contestant\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Chelcee Grimes? Meet The Games 2022 contestant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\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>ITV is bringing back <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> on <strong>Monday 9th May<\/strong>, with 12 celebrities competing in a range of sporting events for our entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>In the reboot of Channel 4\u2019s 2003 sporting reality show, ITV\u2019s The Games will see <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-games-2022-hosts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff host<\/a> live across the week as the contestants run, swim and cycle in the hopes of nabbing the top spot.<\/p>\n<p>Taking part this year is footballer and singer-songwriter Chelcee Grimes, fresh from her time on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/freeze-fear-wim-hof-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof<\/a> \u2013 but who is she?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Chelcee Grimes.<\/p> <h2>Who is Chelcee Grimes?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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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;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>ITV<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelcee Grimes is a football player and singer-songwriter who\u2019ll be competing in ITV\u2019s reboot of The Games.<\/p>\n<p>She started playing football at the age of 10 for Liverpool Ladies and has since played professionally for Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Tranmere Rovers, Fulham and Merseyrail Ladies, her current team.<\/p>\n<p>Grimes is also an established songwriter, having written music for Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Blackpink, Kesha, Olly Murs, Tom Walker and Louisa. Her most well-known songs to date are Dua Lipa\u2019s Love Again, Kiss and Make Up and Bad Together, as well as Jonas Blue\u2019s Wild and Kylie Minogue\u2019s Million Miles.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old also works in broadcasting, presenting the BBC\u2019s coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, Match of the Day spin-off MOTDx, the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/eurovision-2022-air-date-tv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> 2021 semi-final and her BBC Sounds podcast Building Queertopia.<\/p>\n<p>She recently appeared on Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof alongside Gabby Logan, Professor Green and Dianne Buswell, among others.<\/p>\n<h2>When does The Games start?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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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=\"\"\/> The Games hosts Freddie Flintoff, Holly Willoughby, Chris Kamara and Alex Scott<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The Games kicks off on ITV on <strong>Monday 9th May<\/strong> at 9pm and will be broadcast live.<\/p>\n<p>It will air across consecutive nights,\u00a0coming to a close on Friday 13th May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Games starts on Monday 9th May at 9pm on ITV. 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