The likes of Strictly star Oti Mabuse and WAG Coleen Rooney are part of the brave celebs heading into the jungle for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! this year
This year’s official I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! cast has been unveiled.
The hit ITV jungle show will launch on Sunday (November 17) at 9pm on ITV and ITVX. Hosts Ant and Dec will once again watch a new batch of celebs thrown into the jungle and forced to deal with creepy-crawlies, campfire rows and lots of rice and beans.
For three weeks they’ll be sleeping under the stars in Australia and made to take on Bushtucker Trials to earn their meals before we find out who will be crowned this year’s King or Queen of the Jungle.
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Love Island star Maura Higgins and broadcaster Reverend Richard Coles haven’t featured in this line-up but are expected to go onto the show as late entries. This year’s series will start off a little differently, because the famous Walk the Plank opening trial has been axed.
ITV bosses will also film some of the opening scenes at a ten-bedroom Diamond Head estate worth £21 million to kick off the series in style. Last year, Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson was crowned King of the Jungle and he’ll be the co-host the I’m A Celeb spin off show on ITV2.
Oti Mabuse
Age: 34
Famous for: winning Strictly Come Dancing two years in a row
Phobias: I am terrified of snakes.
Quote: “Now I have had my baby daughter, I want to get back to the adventurous and fun Oti. I feel ready for a change and doing something completely different. I will have no make-up, concealer, lashes – it’s going to be nice to be laid back.”
She added: “Of course not seeing my daughter is going to be hard. She is going to be one of my biggest motivators.”
Best & worst attributes: “I think I have a good listening ear. My worst? I can be quite loud – but unintentionally. And if I get bored, I am even more energetic.”
Alan Halsall
Age: 42
Famous for: Coronation Street star
Phobias: “I’m not scared of anything at home but if you were to put ten snakes on my head, I don’t know how I would feel about that as clearly I’ve never been in that situation before!”
Quote: “This is something I have always shied away from in the past. You are never going to get me on the ice, dancing isn’t my thing and this will be much harder than filming a scene in Corrie. There I am pretending to be someone else and delivering lines that are written for me. This is a very different thing. I will miss work too. It’s such a huge part of my life and I have been there for such a long time. I work with my best friends.”
Best & worst attributes: “My sense of humour and I hope to have a laugh in camp. Worst? Sleeping is going to be interesting. I have problems sleeping and it has to be pitch black and deadly quiet – now that is not going to happen!”
Jane Moore
Age: 62
Famous for: Loose Women star and journalist
Phobias: I’m not sure how I will feel when faced with Australian creepy crawlies, as they are so much bigger and I’m not fond of cold water either – so any of the water Trials I would not really want to do.
Quote: “I’m apprehensive about being away from home, being isolated and away from my phone and laptop – but actually, this is also the very thing I am looking forward to. I have never done a reality show before and I’ve always said when we talk about these things on Loose Women that this programme would be the one. I like an adventure and it appeals to me.”
Best & worst attributes: “I am very organised and so if anything needs organising, I’m your girl. I will also try to fill the long hours with lots of conversation. My worst? I get up at least twice in the night to go to the toilet, as I am a woman of a certain age. I will try to be quiet!”
Tulisa Contostavlos
Age: 36
Famed for: N-Dubz Singer and former X factor judge
Phobias: “I am not going to give too much away by telling people what to vote for, but I will be scared of a lot of stuff!”
Quote: “I will probably struggle in the first few days as doing something like this is a big deal for me. I haven’t been thrust this much into the spotlight in a while and I have avoided it out of irrational fear.”
She added: “My friends who I have told are really excited. They feel it will be good for people to see the person I am – and not the perception. They are two very different people and they are excited. I just want to be in a place now where I live authentically.”
Best & worst attributes: “I am a good communicator and I’m aware of other people’s emotions. Worst? My eating habits. I am really OCD with my food so if something comes on a bone, I have to pick it all off first before I eat it. They will be waiting for me to finish so whoever wants to do the dishes, I will still be sitting there two hours later with the same little bowl!”
Melvin Odoom
Age: 44
Famed for: TV presenter and radio DJ
Phobias: “I really hate insects and creepy crawlies”.
Quote: “I can become a different person if I haven’t eaten enough – I am Moody Melvin! It’s very rare (this happens), but I will try my best to do all the Trials.”
Best & worst attributes: “I’m a very positive guy in every situation. My worst? I snore loudly and I’ve been trying to train myself not to do it before I go into the camp.”
Coleen Rooney
Age: 38
Famed for: Wagatha Christie court case and wife of Wayne
Phobias: “I don’t think I have got any phobias. Then again, I could say, ‘Oh I’m not scared of heights and then get up on a high building and the panic sets in!”
Quote: “Of course it would be lovely to win. But if I don’t, then I will get to see the kids! Whatever I do in life, I like to put my all into it and so if I am going in there, it would be nice to stay until the end. Why would I go in there and then want to come out after week one? I want to go as far as I can but perhaps more importantly I have spoken with others who have taken part and they have all said that it was an experience that was a once in a lifetime opportunity and will probably never come again so wanted to get the most out of it, so I am excited to be a part of it”
She added: “I am really looking forward to I’m A Celebrity now and I hope I can make my family proud – no pressure!”
Best & worst attributes: “I am quite a focused person and so I hope I will be someone who says, ‘Come on, let’s battle through this’. My worst? I didn’t think I snored, but Wayne says I snore – not continuously though – just every now and again!
Barry McGuigan
Age: 63
Famed for: Former boxing champion
Phobias: “I don’t exactly enjoy hanging out with rats and snakes and spiders… but I don’t have a phobia of any of them”.
Quote: “Once you’ve made the decision to get into I’m A Celebrity, you have to be willing to do everything. It might be disgusting and you might be tired, but being a fighter and being dedicated and committed to training and getting ready for fights… you have to go through hell, physically as well as psychologically. So, I know what I’m letting myself in for.”
Best & worst attributes: I’m determined. But maybe as I’m getting older I’m getting more irritable. It’s just a natural thing, an age thing. I’m more irritable than I was 30 / 40 years ago, put it that way.
GK Barry
Age: 25
Famous for: Podcaster and content creator
Phobias: I am terrified of everything!
Quote: “I did once sleep in a tent in the garden, but I went in after a few hours as it wasn’t very fun.
“I am imagining this as a retreat. I can’t wait to not have to be on social media and I think the small food portions in camp will be fine too.”
Best & worst attributes: “Making light of a negative situation. I am a good person if you are upset. My worst? I snore and to be honest, I can be lazy at times. But yes, I do know I am going to have to do some chores!”
Danny Jones
Age: 38
Famous for: McFly star and won The Masked Singer
Phobias: “I’ve tried to forget all of my phobias. I’ve never been put in a situation like this before. I’m hoping that I don’t come home with new phobias…
Quote: “I’m looking forward to the evening when someone’s come back with all of the stars – or I’ve come back with all of the stars – and everyone’s championing you saying, ‘Yes, come on’. The sun has set, the fire’s on, you’ve eaten and you’ve got that little high from your food. I’m looking forward to those evenings.”
Best & worst attributes: “I can kind of cook. So I’ll bring a bit of that. Apart from that I’ll just be the silly billy in the corner having a good time.”
Dean McCullough
Age: 38
Famous for: Radio 1 DJ
Phobias: I am terrified of everything – snakes, green flies, being suspended off a cliff – it’s all torturous. Don’t tell Ant & Dec but I don’t like being confined in tight spaces either!
Quote: “I am a Cancerian and I don’t shy away from emotion,” explains Dean. “I am happy to have some deep and meaningfuls and share parts of my life I haven’t shared before – how I got to Radio 1, my coming out experience and things people don’t know about me. If the time is right and it feels correct, I am more than happy to share.”
Best & worst attributes: “I’d like to think I will bring lots of good vibes. Worst? I am known to wake up in the middle of the night.”
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