The Fortune Hotel has received some high praise from viewers after delighting fans with its second episode.
Kicking off on Wednesday night, viewers have been hooked to the second season of the game show that has hotel guests try and trick and deceive their way to a briefcase full of cash.
Presented by Stephen Mangan, the show sees twenty contestants work in ten pairs to win a whopping £250,000.
The second episode on Thursday night cemented the competition show as the best of the best as a twist saw two bumbling guests snatch the cash, while fan-favourites who had been performing well, were chucked out of the hotel.
Poor Jake and Mike were the third pair to be eliminated from the show after a bit of briefcase swapping saw them land with an early checkout.
Fans were devastated to see them go, and completely in awe of the game that saw Fred and Min somehow stay in the game and go to their room with £20,000 – despite struggling in all the tasks.
‘JAKE AND MIKE ROBBED #TheFortuneHotel,’ said fansvfavourites on X.
‘Fred and Min are so jammy #TheFortuneHotel,’ said dianerosewarn.
‘the best reality tv show on the tele btw #TheFortuneHotel,’ said fansvfavourites.
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The unexpected twist only made fans more excited for the next episode as they see who has worked out who has the cash.
‘Can’t wait for next week! What a fantastic episode. So good. #TheFortuneHotel,’ said ThomasR14336083.
‘Now who is going to rob Fred and Min of that case as some of the couples have suss it out??? #TheFortuneHotel,’ said claireh5611.
‘Love this show! There’s so much suspicion already. TheFortuneHotel,’ said ThomasR14336083.
This is what it’s like to actually play the game…
Metro columnist Adam Miller was fortunate enough to actually play The Fortune Hotel, but according to him he ‘didn’t know life could be that stressful’.
Adam said how ‘even without a life-changing amount of money at stake, stress levels were high’.
‘We were put into pairs, and one by one we picked our case, opening it in front of the rival teams and hoping not to give any signals that might reveal the contents inside’ he explained.
‘Ours had nothing – it was a case full of blank paper. Regardless, I was shaking like I’d just opened a chest of gold – or the card that would see me banished. Suspicions were on us’.
To find out more about how he got on, you can read his full experience here.
The beginning of the show revealed that Atholl and John were the second pair to be eliminated (after Chelsey and Briony, who left in the first episode).
The pair exited the show at the very beginning of the episode after opening a briefcase to find that fortune was not on their side.
Atholl took to X to reveal that he and John actually ran into Jake and Mike after they were axed, revealing to fans that they were not impressed with the way events unfolded.
‘We met the boys after they were eliminated as we were still in Grenada and they were liiivid! Rightfully so! #TheFortuneHotel,’ said AthollMills on X.
The first two episodes of The Fortune Hotel are available to stream on ITVX, with episodes releasing on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm on ITV1.
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