Celebrity Catchphrase

Stephen Mulhern (Host)

Born: April 04, 1977 in Minehead

Best Known For: Presenting various ITV shows.

Early-life: Stephen Daniel Mulhern was born in Minehead on April 4, 1977 to Maureen and Christopher. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. He started to learn about magic when he was 14 and his first break as an entertainer came when he performed his magic show at Butlins when he was 17. It led to him being offered a job as a Redcoat at Minehead. His first taste of TV began in 1998 as a CITV presenter. He went on to co-host Finger Tips with Fearne Cotton and Naomi Wilkinson, children's show Tricky TV and Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown with Holly Willoughby.

Career: Mulhern moved on to more adult fare in 2006 when he hosted ITV2 spin-off Dancing on Ice: Defrosted. Since then, he has been involved with ITV2 spin-off Britain's Got More Talent, game show Magic Numbers, The Big Quiz, Big Star's Little Star and Sunday Side Up. Since 2013, he has presented a revived version of ITV game show Catchphrase. He has also appeared in a number of pantomimes. In 2012, he began co-presenting a Sunday breakfast show on Heart radio alongside Emma Willis.

Quote: 'I wanted to be the new Paul Daniels,' he says. 'I wanted to have that show where the best and biggest acts from around the world would do a couple of tricks and I'd introduce them.'

Trivia: Mulhern has released a number of children's magic sets, toured the UK with Stephen's Mega Mad Magic Show and performed his magic act in front of the Queen at a Royal Variety Performance.

Chris Kamara (Contestant)

Born: December 25, 1957 in Middlesbrough

Best Known For: Being a footballer and a football pundit.

Early-life: Christopher Kamara was born in Middlesbrough on December 25, 1957 to Albert and Irene. His father was from Sierra Leone. Being one of the few black families in his neighbourhood, he suffered a lot of racist abuse. Chris joined the Royal Navy when he was 16 and he was spotted playing football for the Navy by Portsmouth manager Ian St John, who signed him in November 1974 after paying the Navy's £200 buy-out fee. Chris made his first team debut for Portsmouth in August 1975. He was sold to Swindon in 1977 and went on to make 147 appearances for the club.

Career: Kamara returned to Portsmouth in 1981 for a brief spell before moving on to Brentford in the same year. A second spell at Swindon between 1985 and 1988 was followed by stints at Stoke City, Leeds United and Luton. He joined Bradford City as a player-coach in 1994 and was appointed manager of the club in November 1995. He had a disastrous spell as manager of Stoke City in 1998. Since then he has been a football pundit for Sky Sports. In April 2015, he began co-presenting ITV game show Ninja Warrior UK alongside Ben Shephard and Rochelle Humes.

Quote: 'It's real end-to-end stuff, but unfortunately it's all up at Forest's end.'

Trivia: Kamara was inducted into the Show Racism the Red Card Hall of Fame in 2004.

Stacey Solomon (Contestant)

Born: October 04, 1989 in Dagenham

Best Known For: Being an X Factor finalist and a TV presenter.

Early-life: Stacey Chanelle Charlene Solomon was born in Dagenham on October 4, 1989 to David and Fiona. Her parents divorced when she was nine. Stacey came to prominence in 2009 when she auditioned for the sixth series of The X Factor. She made it into the live part of the competition and ended up finishing third, behind Olly Murs and Joe McElderry.

Career: Solomon released her debut single, Driving Home for Christmas, in 2011 and it reached number 27 in the charts. Away from singing, Solomon won the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, presented Sing If You Can on ITV and appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Mastermind, with The Inbetweeners as her chosen specialist subject. In early 2015, she participated in Channel 4 reality series The Jump.

Quote: 'You have to stay confident and remember nobody's perfect. It's about getting on with what life throws at you. It's certainly too short to waste it being miserable or taking yourself too seriously.'

Trivia: She turned down the chance to appear on The Only Way Is Essex.

Catherine Tyldesley (Contestant)

Born: September 17, 1983 in Salford

Best Known For: Playing Eva Price in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Born in Salford on September 17, 1983, Catherine studied acting at the Birmingham School of Acting. She made her TV debut in a 2006 episode of No Angels. A year later, she played the lead role in Liverpool-set BBC One drama Lilies.

Career: Other roles followed in The Street, Florence Nightingale, Doctors, Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983, Scallywagga, Shameless, The Royal, and Trollied. Between August and October 2010, she portrayed prison guard Abi Peterson in Emmerdale. Her first taste of life on Coronation Street came in 2006 when she played a midwife for one episode. Five years later she returned to the famous cobbles as recurring character Eva Price, a role she continues to play.

Quote: On working on Coronation Street: 'Every day I feel so grateful and so lucky. I'm a huge, huge fan of the show and always have been.'

Trivia: Tyldesley has modelled clothes for House of Fraser.

Geraldine Dowd (Director)

Aaron Morgan (Series producer)

Gary Chippington (Executive producer)

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Sunday, March 22 on Challenge (48)

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