The upcoming series, which is a celebrity spin-off of ITV\u2019s Lingo, sees famous pairs go head-to-head as they try to fill in the blanks and find the missing words.<\/p>\n
With the likes of comedian Joel Dommett and his wife Hannah, soap stars Alan Halsall and Andy Whyment, and Good Morning Britain\u2019s Andi Peters and Laura Tobin taking on the first episode, it\u2019s set to be a tense word-play game on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
However, some fans of Lingo may be wondering why Adil Ray \u2013 who hosts the regular version of the show \u2013 isn\u2019t fronting this version. Here\u2019s everything we know so far.<\/p>
Why isn\u2019t Adil Ray hosting Celebrity Lingo?<\/strong><\/h2>\nFans of ITV\u2019s Lingo will know that comedian and broadcaster Adil Ray is the host of Lingo, which was revived last year and sees contestants try to guess words of different lengths for the chance to win money.<\/p>\n
However, ITV announced that it would be introducing brand new spin-off Celebrity Lingo<\/a> with a new presenter \u2013 Drag Race star RuPaul Charles.<\/p>\nWhile neither ITV nor Adil Ray have addressed why the Good Morning Britain presenter will not be fronting the celebrity edition, Ray said in a statement that he would be hosting new episodes of the regular show before adding: \u201cWelcome to the team RuPaul!\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, ITV Head of Entertainment Commissioning Katie Rawcliffe said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to welcome the phenomenal RuPaul to ITV as a host of a peak time celebrity version.\u201d<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a>has reached out to ITV and Adil Ray\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\nWho is Celebrity Lingo host RuPaul?<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> RuPaul on Celebrity Lingo.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nRuPaul Charles, who is known as RuPaul across the world, is a drag queen and host who is best known for presenting and producing RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race.<\/p>\n
The multiple Emmy winner has since developed spin-offs across different territories for the Drag Race franchise including RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race UK and Canada\u2019s Drag Race, as well as shows like RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul\u2019s Secret Celebrity Drag Race.<\/p>\n
RuPaul previously hosted his own talk show for VH1 called The RuPaul Show and has appeared in Someone Great, But I\u2019m a Cheerleader, The Brady Bunch Movie, Ant & Dec\u2019s Saturday Night Takeaway, Saturday Night Live, AJ and the Queen and Grace and Frankie.<\/p>\n
The 61-year-old American is also known for his numerous albums, including Supermodel of the World which featured the song Supermodel (You Better Work) as well as his singles Cover Girl, Champion, Peanut Butter and Kitty Girl.<\/p>\n
Celebrity Lingo airs at 6:30pm on Sunday 4th September on ITV. <\/strong>Check out more of our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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While neither ITV nor Adil Ray have addressed why the Good Morning Britain presenter will not be fronting the celebrity edition, Ray said in a statement that he would be hosting new episodes of the regular show before adding: \u201cWelcome to the team RuPaul!\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, ITV Head of Entertainment Commissioning Katie Rawcliffe said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to welcome the phenomenal RuPaul to ITV as a host of a peak time celebrity version.\u201d<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a>has reached out to ITV and Adil Ray\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n RuPaul Charles, who is known as RuPaul across the world, is a drag queen and host who is best known for presenting and producing RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race.<\/p>\n The multiple Emmy winner has since developed spin-offs across different territories for the Drag Race franchise including RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race UK and Canada\u2019s Drag Race, as well as shows like RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul\u2019s Secret Celebrity Drag Race.<\/p>\n RuPaul previously hosted his own talk show for VH1 called The RuPaul Show and has appeared in Someone Great, But I\u2019m a Cheerleader, The Brady Bunch Movie, Ant & Dec\u2019s Saturday Night Takeaway, Saturday Night Live, AJ and the Queen and Grace and Frankie.<\/p>\n The 61-year-old American is also known for his numerous albums, including Supermodel of the World which featured the song Supermodel (You Better Work) as well as his singles Cover Girl, Champion, Peanut Butter and Kitty Girl.<\/p>\n Celebrity Lingo airs at 6:30pm on Sunday 4th September on ITV. <\/strong>Check out more of our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 01 September 2022 at 12:00 am Celebrity Lingo makes its ITV premiere this weekend with Drag Race\u2018s RuPaul fronting the star-studded gameshow. The upcoming series, which is a celebrity spin-off of ITV\u2019s Lingo, sees famous pairs go head-to-head as they try to fill in the blanks and find the missing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":21239,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/why-isnt-adil-ray-hosting-celebrity-lingo.jpg",590,389,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/why-isnt-adil-ray-hosting-celebrity-lingo-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/why-isnt-adil-ray-hosting-celebrity-lingo-300x198.jpg",300,198,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/why-isnt-adil-ray-hosting-celebrity-lingo.jpg",590,389,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/why-isnt-adil-ray-hosting-celebrity-lingo.jpg",590,389,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/why-isnt-adil-ray-hosting-celebrity-lingo.jpg",590,389,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/09\/why-isnt-adil-ray-hosting-celebrity-lingo.jpg",590,389,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Thursday, 01 September 2022 at 12:00 am Celebrity Lingo makes its ITV premiere this weekend with Drag Race\u2018s RuPaul fronting the star-studded gameshow. The upcoming series, which is a celebrity spin-off of ITV\u2019s Lingo, sees famous pairs go head-to-head as they try to fill in the blanks and find the missing…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/21238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is Celebrity Lingo host RuPaul?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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