THE FORTUNE HOTEL RENEWED FOR SECOND SERIES ON ITV, APPLICATIONS OPEN

Reality series The Fortune Hotel will open its doors for a second series next year on ITV, with applications open now. For more details on how to apply, click here.

Set in a luxury Caribbean resort, the series is hosted by the incomparable Stephen Mangan and sees 10 pairs of contestants arrive at The Fortune Hotel, where they will be given an all-important briefcase.

Inside one case is the ultimate jackpot of £250,000 in cash, eight are empty, and one contains the dreaded Early Checkout Card – whichever pair is left holding that case at the end of each show will see their stay brought to a dramatic, premature end. 

Every day the contestants have the chance to try to uncover who has which case through playing compelling challenges, and as the “Whogotit” mystery ramps up for the hotel guests, viewers at home will remain deliciously in-the-know throughout, witness to all of their plans and strategies playing out.

The climax of each episode is the nerve-shredding case swap in the seductive Lady Luck bar where each pair must decide whether to keep or swap their case. Have the couple with the life-changing sum of cash managed to bluff and blag their way free of suspicion? Or will their case be ruthlessly taken off them? And who will be left holding the case containing the Early Checkout Card?

A source previously told The Sun: "Launching new formats is a gamble these days and an uncommonly large number have fallen by the wayside despite them showing some promise... “Despite a considerable spend, ITV is working on plans for round two."

The Fortune Hotel is available now on ITVX.