Mark Wright returns to TV screens for new Channel 5 challenge series filmed in Argentina

Mark Wright is set to return to TV screens as he landed a presenting gig on Thursday, for a new Channel 5 series.  

The former TOWIE star, 35, jetted off to Argentina last month along with several famous faces to film the show which is similar to the US series The Challenge. 

The radio DJ will also be reunited with his former reality star pal Joey Essex as the celebrities take on a number of grueling challenges. 

Congrats! Mark Wright has landed his first big TV presenting gig on Thursday, since returning to the UK, on a new Channel 5 series (pictured in 2018)

A source revealed to The Sun: ‘Mark really impressed the producers on The Challenge and they signed him up immediately. It is a big deal as it is the first time the show is being made with UK stars.

‘Mark filmed the series at the end of last month in Argentina and he’ll be seen on screen as the celebrities take on a series of tough challenges.

‘It is a role that was made for Mark because he loves fitness and is competitive. He got really stuck in during filming and if a second series is commissioned, the production wants Mark on board again.’

Exciting: The former TOWIE star, 35, jetted off to Argentina last month along with several famous faces to film the show which is similar to the US series The Challenge (pictured in 2020)

Reunited: The radio DJ (right) will also be reunited with his former reality star pal Joey Essex (left) as the celebrities take on a number of grueling challenges (pictured in 2011)

It was revealed that three former Love Island stars, Marcel Somerville, Arabella Chi and Kaz Kamwi, signed up to the new series last month and Geordie Shore’s Nathan Henry will also make an appearance. 

Mark first shot to fame as an original cast member of The Only Way Is Essex and parted ways with the reality show after just three series. 

He later became runner on the hit ITV show I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2011 and made it to the Strictly Come Dancing final in 2012. 

Amazing: A source revealed that ‘Mark really impressed the producers’ while filming and if a second series is commissioned, ‘the production wants Mark on board again’ (pictured in 2012)

Throwback! Mark first shot to fame as an original cast member of The Only Way is Essex and parted ways with the reality show after just three series (pictured with Lydia Rose Bright, Lucy Mecklenburgh, Billie Faiers, Mark, Lauren Goodger, Sam Faiers and Jessica Wright in 2011)

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Mark had his own ITV2 shows, Mark Wright’s Hollywood Night and Party Wright Around The World in 2012 and 2014 but neither were commissioned for a second series.  

He finally made his big presenting break in 2017 and jetted off to live in Los Angeles to host Extra TV by Warner Bros. 

However, his wife actress Michelle Keegan, who he married in 2015, was based in the UK and Mark decided to return home after two years leaving the hosting job behind to be with his wife. 

Achievements: He later became runner on the hit ITV show I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2011 (pictured) and made it to the Strictly Come Dancing final in 2012

Big break: He finally made his big presenting break in 2017 and jetted off to live in Los Angeles to host Extra TV by Warner Bros (pictured in 2018)

Mark and Michelle, who are estimated to have a net worth of £12million, have been documenting the construction process of their Essex mansion on Instagram after purchasing the original property for £1.3million in October 2019. 

Construction experts have estimated the demolition and rebuild of the home will cost around £3.5million. 

Over the years Mark has taken over Heart FM on a Friday and Saturday evening bringing listeners ‘Club Classics’ and now hosts during the week. 

Family: However, his wife actress Michelle Keegan, who he married in 2015, was based in the UK and Mark decided to return home after two years leaving the hosting job behind to be with his wife (pictured in 2019)

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Hosting: Over the years Mark has taken over Heart FM on a Friday and Saturday evening bringing listeners ‘Club Classics’ and now hosts during the week