Tom Williams is headed back to the small
screen. Picture: Richard Dobson Source: The Daily Telegraph
Ros Reines, The Daily Telegraph, reports
Expect to see a lot more of former chippie Tom
Williams on Seven's screens this year - he has just signed on to do a top
secret show. But which show?
The rumour mill has been going strong, suggesting Williams may be
co-hosting Seven's reality dive fest, Celebrity Splash.
Dancing With The Stars goes aquatic, the show follows the progress of
celebrities and their diving trainers who must compete each week to do the
perfect dive and then be critiqued.
Dancing's take-no-prisoners judge, Todd McKenny, has been mentioned as a
possibility to join the panel.
The ever versatile Rachael Finch may also be in the running to co-host
the splash-a-thon, with the Seven stablemate tipped to be tapped for a part in
the series.
Iy will be a nice career bump for Williams, who has been a little quiet
of late, relying mostly on radio and online gigs after winding up his
commitments on The Great Outdoors last year.
Most recently he's popped up on lifestyle website Live4 as well as a
roving reporter spell on Seven during the Australian Open.
Williams' laconic style would certainly be welcome in a hosting role on
a much-hyped show, which promises to be filled with chills and spills.
He is also no stranger to glitz, thanks to his marriage last year to red
carpet fashion designer, Rachel Gilbert.
So gruelling is this reality show, with its kitsch overtones of Who
Dares Wins, that Williams could provide a stabilising influence. Many
prospective celebrity contestants including Kerri-Anne Kennerley (who
reportedly wailed that she might die if she did the show), have already been
backing away from the sequined diving board, so the casting team has their work
cut out.
However a Seven spokesman was quick to play down Williams involvement in
the show.
"Tom is news to me on this gig," the spokesman said.
"We have quite a bit in development, so it could be any number of
shows."
Pity, the northern beaches bloke who likes nothing more than hitting the
surf with his mates, would also be the ideal, sporty person for the role.
We shall await further developments.
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