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The Fortune Hotel has been shelved by ITV with no current plans for a third series, after a string of brutal blows to host Stephen Mangan.
Last year, it was revealed that the series was facing axe because it is too expensive to make - with another series being ruled out as 'highly unlikely to happen'.
The series, which is hosted by comedian Stephen, 57, sees contestants travel to Grenada in the Caribbean to swap briefcases in hopes of winning a £250,000.
It finished airing its second series back in August 2025, and at the time, insiders revealed ITV were struggling to 'justify shelling out' money to make it given the 'jackpot alone was eye-watering'.
Now, it's been confirm that the series has been put on the shelf - with 'talks underway' as to whether or not it will ever make a return.
Insiders told The Sun: 'The Fortune Hotel hasn't been confirmed for another series at this stage, and talks are still underway regarding the show's future.'
The Fortune Hotel has been shelved by ITV with no current plans for a third series, after a string of brutal blows to host Stephen Mangan.
It finished airing its second series back in August 2025, and at the time, insiders revealed ITV were struggling to 'justify shelling out' money to make it given the 'jackpot alone was eye-watering'.
'Both previous series are available on ITVX, where the show regularly ranked amongst the top ten shows, and this summer the second series received 4.4 million streams as part of ITV's biggest ever August.'
The Fortune Hotel - which first aired in 2024 - whisks ten couples away to the fancy hotel to give them the chance to win £250,000.
Eight of the briefcases were empty, one contained an early check-out card - which causes the pair holding it to be eliminated from the competition - and the other contained the whopping £250,000.
The players battled it out in various tasks to guess where the jackpot prize was by switching the briefcases around.
Fans failed to get behind the series in a brutal blow to host Stephen, with viewers 'switch offing' as they branded the show 'boring' after being slammed as a 'carbon copy' of BBC's hit The Traitors.
Jo-Anne and Will won the first series of The Fortune Hotel, and Neil and Tope claimed victory in the second series - which was released in August.
In July, Stephen teased that a third series of The Fortune Hotel would have been filmed in a new country.
Appearing on an episode of the Table Manners podcast at the time, he told hosts Lennie Ware, 74, and 40 year old Jessie Ware: 'We film the first series in Granada, and then we film the second series in exactly the same place.'
Fans failed to get behind the series in a brutal blow to host Stephen, with viewers 'switch offing' as they branded the show 'boring' after being slammed as a 'carbon copy' of BBC's hit The Traitors.
The Fortune Hotel - which first aired in 2024 - whisks ten couples away to the fancy hotel to give them the chance to win £250,000.
'But I think if it goes again, we'll go to other parts of the world.'
News of the The Fortune Hotel's axing comes after the first duo to secretly receive the £250,000 on the last series of The Fortune Hotel said that they had no regrets - despite losing the money.
In series two of the ITV show, fronted by Stephen Mangan, a brutal twist meant that Mike, 33, and Jake, 29, were dealt the early checkout card and sent packing.
On night one, the duo received the fortune case but got cold feet and gave it away after suspecting their moves might have led another couple to find out they had the money.
The energy surveyor and construction worker swapped the eye-watering amount of cash with retired couple Fred and Min’s case, which they knew was empty as they were fortune holders.
The next night, James and Yasmin sealed Jake and Mike’s fate when they swapped their case with theirs and the brothers were sent home with the early checkout card.
But the brothers don't regret their game play and being sent home so soon, especially thanks to being treated to four days at an all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean before having to head home.
Speaking to Yahoo UK, Mike admitted: 'We don't regret it... in hindsight, we'd have probably played it a little different.'
Jake added: 'It felt right at the time; I didn’t want to upset anybody [by giving the checkout card], so we thought we’d just be fair and put it to the back of the line.'
News of the The Fortune Hotel's axing comes after the first duo to secretly receive the £250,000 on the last series of The Fortune Hotel said that they had no regrets - despite losing the money.
On night one, the duo received the fortune case but got cold feet and gave it away after suspecting their moves might have led another couple to find out they had the money.
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Jake shared that they felt they had no choice but to give away the case because the early checkout card could have come their way.
In a clip of the first episode, the players were given some very shocking news from presenter Stephen, 57.
After stepping out of a fancy car, Stephen walked towards the pairs in a light blue suit as they all gave him a big cheer.
He told them: ‘Welcome to Grenada airport. How are you all doing? I expect you are all wondering what is going on?
‘Well, we’re here to play a game and it will result in one pair heading home with a life changing amount of money.
‘Your first challenge is to find a room key and take it to the hotel. But there are 11 pairs here - and there are only 10 rooms available at the Fortune Hotel.’
The Fortune Hotel premiered in 2024 on ITV, and the synopsis teased: 'You can't trust anyone at The Fortune Hotel. Join Stephen Mangan at a luxury resort filled with glamour and deception as pairs of contestants compete for £250K.'
The programme's podcast, Late Check Out, was hosted by funny woman Ellie Taylor.
The Fortune Hotel is available to stream on ITVX.