Michael McIntyre on two huge changes to The Wheel in major shake-up

The quiz show, presented by Michael McIntyre, is backmost connected Saturday nights with a caller bid and a fewer surprises up its sleeve

Comedian and big Michael McIntyre was near gobsmacked during the caller play of The Wheel erstwhile popular fable Robbie Williams unexpectedly crashed the show, taking connected the relation of a contestant. In a twist that near everyone including Michael stunned, Robbie's woman Ayda Field was primitively booked to look with Robbie arsenic her country of expertise. "I’d met Ayda earlier and she’s tremendous fun," Michael recalled. "So, Ayda came on, the amusement had started, and we were each enjoying ourselves – but what I didn’t cognize was that Robbie had travel with her and amazed maine and everyone by coming up connected The Wheel archetypal arsenic a contestant! It was a full daze for maine – and not to beryllium missed."

The fashionable quiz amusement features personage “experts” to assistance the contestants, and Michael reveals that This Morning host Dermot O’Leary is truthful bully astatine the crippled helium is returning arsenic an adept for the 5th time, and this clip astir helium has gained an other peculiar accolade to reward him for his superlative knowledge.

Michael quipped, "Dermot, arsenic helium loves to beryllium reminded, is the champion performing personage successful the past of The Wheel arsenic helium has travel apical of the person committee 3 times. Nipping astatine his heels are Jonathan Ross and Clare Balding with 2 apical spot finishes each. So, we decided from this bid on, that immoderate adept finishing apical 3 times would beryllium inducted into the Wheel Hall of Fame, meaning that if a contestant lands connected them they volition everlastingly beryllium lit successful metallic and worthy treble money. “Dermot was flooded with emotion erstwhile helium learned of this accolade," Michael adds.

The Hall of Fame isn't the lone caller diagnostic connected the show. "We are introducing the treble chair," Michael reveals. "I thought it would beryllium entertaining to invitation celebrities who are a couple, related, oregon known for collaborating. So, our archetypal dual spinners for this bid volition beryllium Danny Dyer and his girl Dani connected The East End, Torvill and Dean connected Ice Skating, newlyweds Jamie and Sophie Laing connected Weddings and Chris and Rosie Ramsey connected Super Mario."

"Michael points retired that being a duo doesn't needfully springiness them an vantage successful the game. "For those who deliberation contestants mightiness payment from having an other idiosyncratic connected the Wheel, this has not truthful acold proven to beryllium the lawsuit owed to contiguous squabbling betwixt the pairings."