First there was Alexander Armstrong. Then Bradley had a go.<\/p>\n
But this year the race for Christmas Number One is even hotter than before because, yes! Nick Knowles, host of Who Dares Wins<\/strong> and DIY SOS<\/em> is joining in with doing promo shots involving moody lighting and listlessly staring off into the middle distance by releasing an covers album of his own, Every Kind of People<\/em>, out November 3rd. From The Official Charts Company<\/a>:<\/p>\n “Music has always been a major part of my life since I picked up a guitar when I was 14 but it\u2019s always been a private thing”, explained Nick. “I\u2019ve turned up at gigs without anybody knowing and plugged in my guitar.<\/p>\n “Weirdly when I\u2019m away filming with the BBC, lots of the crew play guitars and we sing when we are in hotels rooms. I even found myself on the rooftop of a Soho hotel with Biffy Clyro after the NME Awards and ended up playing songs until 5 o\u2019clock in the morning.”<\/p>\n Nick is the latest TV star to swap small screen stardom for hopeful Official Chart success. The likes of impressionist\u00a0Alistair McGowan<\/a>, actor\u00a0Sheridan Smith<\/a>\u00a0and comedian\u00a0Jason Manford<\/a>\u00a0are releasing their debut albums later in 2017, while TV personalities Alexander Armstrong and Shane Richie will also release new material.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As far as we’re aware, Alexander Armstrong not only has Peter and The Wolf<\/em> coming out but an album of Christmas songs, In A Winter Light<\/em><\/a>, out November 24th. Bradley Walsh has a follow-up to last year’s biggest selling album of the year which Amazon have down as Album 2,<\/a> but it can’t be called that surely. Rose d’Or winning gameshow host Jason Manford, as alluded to, has A Different Stage<\/a> coming out October 6th.<\/p>\n I asked on Twitter:<\/p>\n Which gameshow host to release an album in 2018? Susan Calman probably.<\/p>\n \u2014 Brig Bother (@BothersBar) 25 September 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n