Holly Willoughby has jetted off on a girls’ holiday with her celebrity pals just hours before  her You Bet! debut.

The former This Morning star, 43, opted to skip the show’s screening in favour for a sun-soaked holiday in Mauritius.  

Taking to her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Holly kept her followers updated with her tropical island vacation. 

She was joined by several friends, including PR agent Kate Lawton, as they relaxed at the Beachcomber H๏τels and explored the beautiful Trou aux Biches resort. 

Holly also enjoyed a luxury speedboat ride with her gal pals before celebrating Nicole Appleton’s 50th birthday in the evening.

The former All Saints star was seen blowing out candles on a chocolate and ice cream dessert. 

Holly Willoughby has jetted off on holiday with her celebrity pals just hours before her You Bet debut

The former This Morning star, 43, opted to skip the show’s screening in favour for a sun-soaked holiday in Mauritius

It comes after Stephen Mulhern shared his ‘complete and utter joy’ at getting to work with Holly again on their new show.

The presenter, 47, has joined forces with his Dancing On Ice co-host to front the epic revamped game show, which premieres on ITV on Saturday night.

You Bet! was a popular quiz show originally hosted by Bruce Forsyth and then Matthew Kelly for 10 series in the 1980s and1990s.

Stephen – who is recovering after collapsing in Pizza Express earlier this month – said it’s a ‘treat’ to reunite with Holly, who he has been presenting alongside for almost two decades after they started out in children’s TV together.

‘Having Holly by my side is just a complete and utter joy because obviously we’ve worked together on so many shows over the years,’ he told The Sun’s TV Mag.

‘We’re such good friends, and similarly to Dancing on Ice, which we both love, we react to each other, we support each other, and more importantly, we support the contestants.’

‘I think we just know each other inside out. We enjoy each other’s company and I just love her to bits.’

You Bet! is billed as the new Saturday night entertainment show in which a group of ordinary people take on jaw-dropping challenges.

She was joined by several friends, including PR agent Kate Lawton, as they relaxed at the Beachcomber H๏τels 

The group explored the beautiful Trou aux Biches resort

Holly also enjoyed a luxury speedboat ride with her gal pals before celebrating Nicole Appleton ‘s 50th birthday in the evening

The former All Saints star was seen blowing out candles on a chocolate and ice cream dessert.

Featuring a star-studded panel including comedian Rob Beckett, Alison Hammond and Olly Murs, for each challenge the celebrities and studio audience must bet if the challengers can do it.

And the stakes couldn’t be higher because the audience’s favourite challenger of the night will win a mᴀssive £10,000 – whilst the losing celebrity must take part in the dreaded forfeit finale.

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The jam-packed trailer for the show was filled with climbing, cycling, fire, diggers, licking cactus’s and even a goat.

One contestant bet that he could use his digger to set off three fireworks whilst doing a wheelie as he confessed being on the show felt like being ‘on the set of a major movie in Hollywood’.

Another claimed he could deliver four takeaway food packages on his bike faster than a delivery drone, while a couple bet they could name any of their goats, just by looking at a part of their body.

Discussing his excitement about the show, Stephen previously said: ‘Every time I’ve ever been asked if there was a show that I could ever bring back, I’ve always said You Bet!’

He went on: ‘So now is the chance for younger viewers who have never seen the show before to enjoy it and the older audience to reminisce and also see the show being brought up to date.’

Speaking about being a part of the show, Holly previously gushed: ‘I remember watching You Bet! as a kid, and I loved it. For me, it felt like true Saturday night telly.

It comes after Stephen Mulhern shared his ‘complete and utter joy’ at getting to work with Holly again on their new show

‘I remember being glued to the TV whilst watching a digger pick up 6 delicate eggs in its giant jaws and placing them on egg cups, all in a minute.

‘I remember looking at my Dad who was equally as enthralled as I was. I think the show works for all ages and is real family viewing.’

Asked what her most memorable moment of filming was, she joked: ‘The one that stands out to me the most was a lovely couple whose unique challenge was that they could identify different types of cactuses – whilst blindfolded – by licking them! 

‘Yep…only using their tongues, they had to identify many different types of cacti in order to pᴀss the challenge. It’s a real treat in every way.’