Inside Amanda Holden’s birthday party

Amanda Holden celebrated her birthday with an incredibly star-studded guest list on Saturday night while hosting a dinner party for her celebrity friends.

The 51-year-old TV and radio star, who turns 52 later this month, gathered her nearest and dearest for a raucous celebration and documented the party on Instagram.

Amanda was joined by the likes of her Britain’s Got Talent co-judge Alesha Dixon and her Heart FM alum Ashley Roberts as the three women gathered for a photo.

Amanda was also joined by her close friend, comedian Alan Carr, 46, after filming their road trip series The Italian Job together.

The funnyman gifted the mother-of-two a cake in the shape of a bidet, which is a running gag from the show, and posted a snap of the two biting into the ice cream.

Other star guests included BGT supremo Simon Cowell and his fiancée Lauren Silverman as the group gathered for a photo with Kelly Hoppen.

In one sweet moment, Amanda engulfed Kelly in a hug as they posed for a playful photo next to the restaurant’s bar.

Posting a video of the moment Alan took out his bidet cake, Amanda said: “I celebrated my birthday early last night with wonderful friends and family.”

‘@chattyman bought me a BIDET cake. If you’ve seen Amanda and Alan’s Italian work on @bbc and @bbciplayer you’ll know.

During the night, Amanda looked amazing in a strappy black dress with a daring thigh-high split down the leg, revealing her toned pins.

Showing off a golden tan, she opted for a full face of glamorous makeup and a loose, bouncy hairstyle.

Meanwhile, Alesha, 44, cut a graceful figure in a pale blue two-piece suit, while her hair was pulled back into a sleek and elegant bun.

Ashley put on a daring display in a black PVC mini dress with crisscross detailing at the midriff, teamed with a pair of opaque tights.

Some members of the group piled into the back of a vehicle in another photo, including their oldest daughter, Lexi, 17.

During her Heart FM breakfast show last week, Amanda admitted that she banned her 17-year-old daughter Lexi from appearing on Love Island.

The TV star stated that he does not want the model to be “around” the ITV2 dating show, which Jamie described as “manipulative”.

The host previously admitted that her teenage son is “obsessed” with the series, but it doesn’t look like Lexi is following in the footsteps of Michael Owen’s daughter Gemma, 19, anytime soon.

Ashley started the conversation, asking, “Would you ever let your kids go to Love Island?”

Amanda and Jamie quickly shot down the idea: ‘No! Absolutely not.’

Amanda continued: ‘No way, my daughter is turning 18 next year. She’s just another way to be famous, isn’t she? It’s not really about love. It’s all about looking sexy and just getting involved.

“It’s amazing TV, but it’s not really for love, so I don’t want my daughter anywhere near it.”

Jamie replied: ‘You don’t go on that show to find love. You know what I mean? He’s just manipulative.’

Ashley revealed that the couple are not the only celebrities who do not want their children to appear in the famous villa.

She said: ‘Gordon Ramsay feels the same as you. He doesn’t really see it because he has three daughters and he doesn’t even risk them ever appearing on the show.’

Last summer, when the series aired, Amanda said that her daughter Lexi is “obsessed” with the show and that she had to stomp on it by telling her “no.”

She said: “So this is becoming an obsession with my teenage daughter at home now.”

“She has never been interested in Love Island and now she is completely interested”, due to the explosive events.

Amanda continued: “Which worries me a little considering Michael Owen’s daughter is in it, and I’m like, ‘You’re never going to do it, Alexa!’

Co-host Jamie quipped, “Oh come on, he’d be perfect for this show,” as he suggested the model should be on it in the future.

Ashley yelled, ‘Mommy said no,’ while Amanda reiterated, ‘Mommy said no!’

‘Imagine Lexi up there! My God,” Ashley chimed in.

I can imagine it and she can’t! Mom said no! She loves me too much, she won’t,’ Amanda replied.

Amanda has previously revealed that Lexi will finish her education first before embarking on her blossoming modeling career.

In March 2022, Amanda announced that her eldest daughter has signed with the Storm modeling agency as she follows in her mother’s showbiz footsteps.

She said: ‘He approached Lexi last year and obviously we were waiting until she was 16 to sign anything. It’s something she really wants to do, so I’m taking the lead from her.

She is a very calm girl, but she knows what she thinks. She is very bright and wants to continue her studies.

There is no pressure and we’ll see what happens. But finishing her education is very much her plan, she will have our support in whatever she decides to do.’

Amanda and her husband, producer Chris Hughes, also have a youngest daughter, Hollie, 11.