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Your support makes all the difference.The 2024 cast of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! have not had an easy start, with tonight’s launch episode landing them right in the action.
Among this year’s contestants are N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos, Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall and Strictly Come Dancing pro Oti Mabuse. Others joining them are Coleen Rooney, McFly singer Danny Jones, and boxer Barry McGuigan.
The first episode of the season saw the cast take part in a series of challenges, with Tulisa and Halsall emerging victorious after a heated race involcing cockroaches, capsized canoes, and blended fish eye cocktails
Fans singled out Dean McCullough as an early favourite after the BBC Radio 1 presenter made a “hilarious” joke about fellow campmate Coleen Rooney’s “Wagatha Christie” trial.
In the first vote of the season, viewers have selected GK Barry to take part in the next episode’s Vile Volcano challenge.
New episodes of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! airs on ITV1 and ITVX every night, typically at 9pm.
Danny Jones weighs in on why he’s the favourite to win I’m a Celeb this year
Danny Jones has addressed the fact he’s the bookies’ favourite to be crowned King of the Jungle this year with odds 2-1.
When asked why he thinks he’s been dubbed the most likely to win I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! the singer told MailOnline: “Because McFly fans are awesome.”
Jones will follow in the footsteps of his bandmate Dougie Poynter who won the competition in 2011.
“I would definitely put all of your mortgage on me,” Jones joked. “I can only do my best for my son and my campmates, and of course, the fans.”
Coleen Rooney admits she ‘barely sees’ footballer husband Wayne
Coleen Rooney has said she rarely spends time with her husband Wayne ahead of entering the I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! jungle.
When asked about facing a month away from her husband and children while she films the ITV programme in Australia, Rooney said the family are already distanced.
“Wayne comes back once a week, sometimes twice, depending on the fixtures,” she said. “Usually, he has Sunday off so he might come home.
“Time together is limited, more so than ever now because of the travelling and stuff.”
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First look: I’m a Celeb cast of 2024 meet for the first time
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Pictured below are Strictly star Oti Mabuse, N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos, radio presenter Dean McCullough, McFly singer Danny Jones and Loose Woman star Jane Moore getting to know each other.
N-Dubz singer Tulisa admits she will ‘struggle’ in the jungle
N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos has admitted that she avoided joining the programme in the past because she was so terrified.
However, she has now said she’s ready to conquer her fears.
“I’m a big softie and I’m an emotional person,” she said. “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. I will probably be the most emotional when I first go in. It will take me a while to settle in, but I know I will get past that.”
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Loose Women’s Jane Moore says she’ll be a ‘shoulder to cry on’ in camp
Loose Women star and journalist Jane Moore is following in the footsteps of fellow panellists Janet Street-Porter, Frankie Bridge and Charlene White. Moore, who first appeared on the ITV panel show in 1999, said she thinks her role in camp will be a “shoulder to cry on”.
“I have been on this planet a long time and I will be the person who will try to help them out,” she admitted.
“My two daughters are really up for me doing it and my youngest one keeps telling me: ‘Mum, it is going to be amazing’. If there is someone young in there struggling, I know it will appeal to my maternal side.”
Ex-Strictly star Oti Mabuse defends leaving baby daughter to do I’m a Celeb
Oti Mabuse has defended her decision to join I’m a Celebrity one year after the birth of her daughter.
Mabuse said she would “never get another opportunity” to do the show as she wants to focus on other job opportunities and growing her family in the future.
Mabuse added she wanted her daughter to know that she is “fully committed and loves her so much” but also has career ambitions and will “do what she wants to do”.
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While some grisly bushtucker trials may be interesting to watch, others might have viewers stomachs turning. Ahead of the start of the new series, The Independent takes a trip down memory lane and looks back at the most wildest moments on the show... Read more below:
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