Boyzone star to front new show

London - Boyzone star Keith Duffy has been signed up to present a TV round-the-world challenge, it was announced yesterday.

London - Boyzone star Keith Duffy has been signed up to present a TV round-the-world challenge, it was announced yesterday.

The star - who took part in Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year - will front The Race, in which four teams vie to be the first to go around the globe. More than 30,000 people have applied to take part in the show, which will air later this year on digital channel ITV2.

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