viewers were all left saying the same thing just minutes into the Christmas celebrity special of .
On Monday (December 30), Denise Nurse returned to the helm for a festive edition which saw some familiar faces step into the world of real estate.
Tonight, former Steps star H – who’s real name is Ian Watkins – was joined by his loving husband Craig Ryder as they embarked on a quest to find their forever home.
It didn’t take long before fans started to swoon over the singer’s rarely seen partner, as they flooded to X – formerly known as Twitter – to comment on the star’s dashing good looks.
One user gushed: “H’s husband is fit [two fire emojis]. Lucky ba**ard” as another agreed: “Just switched on Escape to the Country. H from Stephs is on. Thought his husband was his son [heart-eyes emoji] #escapetothecountry.”
Escape to the Country fans swooned over H’s husband Craig (Image: BBC)
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The show was hosted by Denise Nurse (Image: BBC)
But fans attention was quickly turned towards the show being “a waste of time” as celebrities rarely make an offer on the homes.
“Here we go more time wasting. H will be on any tv show that will have him. It’s a safe bet that he ain’t gonna buy anything. Just window shopping.”
Another echoed: “H and his partner are never going to buy any property on #escapetothecountry his agent could only find this show for H to get him on screen.”
Another echoed: “First time I’ve watched #escapetothecountry in ages and guess what they don’t put an offer in any of them! Another hour I won’t get back.”
More believed the celeb just appear for the fee and havo no intention of buying a house.
“Caught a bit of the celeb #escapetothecountry just now; all guests are doing it for the appearance fee. If they wanted to splash a million on a house they’d do it away from the telly cameras,” and “Great…great….great…..let’s buy it…. “Well what do you think?”…Mmm….maybe none of them???….or am I mistaken….”
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Fans blasted the show as a “waste of time” (Image: BBC)
In another recent star-studded feature, Olympian Linford Christie and his daughter Briannah joined host Alistair Appleton as they searched for their dream property in the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire countryside.
Their goal being a home that can accomodate their whole family paired with the sports stars wealth meant the budget was sky-high.
The duo wanted to find a property within the £2million mark, which viewers found ‘obscene’ as they argued there ‘doesn’t need to be a celebrity version’ of the programme.
Other celebs set to grace the second season of the show include musical legend Alfie Boe, Countryfile’s Anita Rani, pop sensation H from Steps, Loose Women’s Kaye Adams, and The Apprentice winner Tim Campbell.
Rushing to X to express their outrage, fans wrote: ‘£2 million budget. P*** off , the regular rich t***s with £750K+ are bad enough! #escapetothecountry #celebrityescapetothecountry.’