{"id":43363,"date":"2025-04-23T08:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43363\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:31:10","slug":"birmingham-nhs-doctor-turned-social-media-dj-sensation-to-star-in-new-itv-show-hosted-by-david-tennant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43363\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham NHS doctor turned social media DJ sensation to star in new ITV show hosted by David Tennant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Kishan Bodalia will soon take on the ultimate battle of brains and strategy in ITV\u2019s brand new primetime reality series, Genius Game.<\/p>\n<p>The new game show, which will be hosted by BAFTA and Emmy award-winning actor David Tennant, aims to bring together some of the UK\u2019s sharpest minds in a high-stakes contest of wit, social strategy, and psychological gameplay.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0d3533b9-ebaa-4dde-8ef5-0156d4f80b63.JPG\"   alt=\"Dr Kishan Bodalia is a NHS doctor in Birmingham by day\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Dr Kishan Bodalia is a NHS doctor in Birmingham by day<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the show, Bodalia said: \u201cAs someone who\u2019s always been fascinated by people, psychology, and a bit of healthy competition, Genius Gamefelt like the perfect challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a wild mix of brains, bluffing, and building alliances \u2014 and being part of the first-ever UK series is an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/61d23417-43ec-4175-a132-2789c1ff8078.jpg\"   alt=\"David Tennant attending the EE Bafta Film Awards 2025 at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>David Tennant attending the EE Bafta Film Awards 2025 at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London (James Manning\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Bodalia, who grew up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands<\/a> and studied medicine at the University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/birmingham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, captured the nation\u2019s attention with his unique blend of talent, dedication, and charisma. His uplifting \u201cNHSessions\u201d DJ sets became a symbol of resilience, positivity, and creative expression during lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has gone on to perform around the world \u2014 joining Fatboy Slim as a \u201cSpecial Guest\u201d on his UK arena tour, playing in Ibiza, supporting chart-toppers like Rudimental and Example, and opening the Camp Bestival\u00a0main\u00a0stage for Becky Hill. He even performed to over 500,000 spectators at London\u2019s iconic New Year\u2019s Day Parade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/51faeba1-c8fe-4587-86ac-8148f0c4eb15.jpg\"   alt=\"But travels the world with his uplifting DJ skills\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>But travels the world with his uplifting DJ skills<\/p>\n<p>Off the stage, Dr Bodalia continues to champion young people\u2019s health as the face of NHS campaigns tackling youth vaping and mental health awareness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/presscentre\/media-packs\/genius-game-starting-april-2025-date-and-time-tbc-itv1-itvx-stv-stv-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Genius Game<\/a> is based on the South Korean hit format and is available on ITV and ITVX.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Kishan Bodalia will soon take on the ultimate battle of brains and strategy in ITV\u2019s brand new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,20875,748,393,77,4884,379,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-43363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-entertainment","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-local-hubs","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114386349964180434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}