Stacey Solomon has announced that she and her family will be the stars of a forthcoming Kardashian-style reality show on the BBC.
Solomon rose to fame after appearing on the 2009 edition of The X Factor and went on to establish a successful career as a TV host, appearing on Loose Women, Bake Off: The Professionals and more recently fronting home improvement shows Stacey Solomon’s Renovation Rescue, Stacey Solomon’s Crafty Christmas and Sort Your Life Out.
On Thursday (2 January), Solomon announced a pivot into reality TV, after she and her husband Joe Swash opened up their home in Essex to camera crews in 2024 to film their forthcoming series titled Stacey & Joe.
The presenter promised a glimpse into their family’s life, work and “everything in between”, featuring her children: Rex, Rose and Belle, as well as Zach (Solomon’s first son with ex-boyfriend Dean Cox) and Leighton (Solomon’s son with ex-fiance Aaron Barnham).
“It was a huge leap into the unknown and it’s been an absolute whirlwind making it,” she announced in an Instagram post. “But last year as a family we decided to say yes to more and do things we’d never done. We have spoken about making a documentary for a long time, lots of you have asked too. So here we go.”
“Through the laughter, the tears and the craziness… We hope it makes you smile, feel good and hopefully enjoy getting to know us all a little more.”
Filmed during the summer and autumn of 2024, the programme – airing this spring – shows the couple as they celebrate their second wedding anniversary, and the backstory of how they met while appearing on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
It also documents 16-year-old Zach as he waits for his GCSE results and Solomon winning at the National Television Awards for her show Sort Your Life Out.
In the trailer for the new programme, Swash and Solomon are seen playing in the garden with their children, as audiences are also introduced to their pets, two dogs named Teddy and Peanuts, and two ducks named Daisy and Delilah.
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Over the years, Solomon has been sharing aspects of her lifestyle and idyllic home, called Pickle Cottage, and has launched a homewares line with ASDA.
The news comes after it was revealed that Solomon had left her Channel 4 show, Stacey Solomon’s Renovation, and was replaced by model Vogue Williams and former Love Island star Luke Mabbot instead.
The show launched in 2024 and saw Solomon step in to help people who had run out of money while renovating their homes.
Speaking about taking over from Solomon, Williams said: “I’ve done a lot of exciting projects in my career, but I am so delighted to be given the opportunity to roll up my sleeves and get stuck into the second series of this truly brilliant show.”
“Home renovation is a huge passion of mine, and I am excited to put my degrees in Construction and Quantity Surveying to the test!”
She added: “I’m very happy to be joining forces with Luke – we get on like a house on fire and I think I’m gonna learn a lot of DIY skills from him.”