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I'm A Celebrity 2013 contestants: Joey Essex

Who has left luxury behind to face the bushtucker trials down-under?

Jess Denham
Tuesday 19 November 2013 16:12 GMT
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I'm a Celebrity 2013: TOWIE reality TV star Joey Essex
I'm a Celebrity 2013: TOWIE reality TV star Joey Essex (ITV)

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Joey Essex, 23, reality TV star

Who? Joey Essex is a key character in one of the UK’s most popular reality TV shows, The Only Way Is Essex. Sadly, he’ll be missing the Christmas special this year.

Click here to see who else is in the jungle

Why take part?: Joey is unashamedly hoping that a beautiful single female contestant shall be joining him on the show. “I will have my shirt off all the time.”

What he says: “Even if I touch a dog or a cat, I wash my hands. My reactions are going to be heightened in the jungle for sure!”

Most likely to humilate himself: Pestering his campmates to play hide and seek with him and competing with Steve for “joker of the camp”.

Phobias: Any creepy crawlies and general dirty things.

Ideal campsite comrade: “A bit of eye candy would be nice...please!”

Looking forward to: I'm not sure I can bring myself to write 'a beautiful girl' again.

Odds of a jungle romance?: As if the message has somehow failed to get across...“I’m single at the moment. If there was a nice girl in there and I got on really well with her, who knows what would happen?!”

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