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A host of stars will brave the cold and rain while I’m a celebrity… Get me out of here! It will be filmed for the first time in the UK.
The new series, which will take place at Gwrych Castle in Wales rather than the usual Australian jungle location due to coronavirus restrictions, will begin on November 15.
Here’s a look at all the stars who have signed up for this year’s series:
– Sir Mo Farah, 37
The long-distance runner is the most successful British track athlete in the history of the modern Olympic Games.
He played a starring role in the 2012 London Olympics and won the gold medal in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
He was knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2017.
When asked if he will feel under enormous pressure to do well in testing, he said: “I think there will be a lot of pressure, but I hope it will be good.
“I know feeding tests involve gross things, but you just have to hang on
your nose and crack. “
– Jordan North, 30
The BBC Radio 1 DJ first appeared on the station in 2014 and was one of the people who replaced Matt Edmondson during September 2017.
He was announced as the new host of the Greatest Hits show on Sunday mornings in 2018 and recently took over the weekend schedule from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
He is also a co-host of the advice podcast Help I Sexted My Boss along with etiquette expert William Hanson.
He said, “I have so many phobias and fears. I’m worried about disappointing people, but I also want to do my best in testing.
“I hope Radio 1 listeners support me.”
– Victoria Derbyshire, age 52
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The BBC announcer ran her self-titled current affairs show on BBC Two until earlier this year.
After it was leaked that the show would be canceled, the journalist said she was “absolutely devastated.”
She has also hosted Newsnight and BBC Panorama and is the regular host of BBC News in Nine on BBC One and the standard edition of BBC World News.
In August 2015, Derbyshire announced on Twitter that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was undergoing a mastectomy.
He recorded video diaries about his cancer treatment that went viral and were viewed millions of times.
She said: “It will be difficult for me not to know what is happening on the news, but there is nothing I can do about it.
“But it will be absolutely surreal. I keep up with the news minute by minute every day and suddenly there will be a void, but that is also quite exciting because we will have to fill it by getting to know each other and working as a team. It will be a digital detox. “
– Vernon Kay, age 46
The television host and former BBC Radio 1 DJ first made his name as a host for the Channel 4 T4 weekend magazine show.
Since then, Kay, who is married to Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly, has hosted shows including All Star Family Fortunes, Beat The Star and Splash !, The Whole 19 Yards, Home For The Holidays, Let’s Get Gold and 1000. Heartbeats.
He also hosted his own BBC Radio 1 show between 2004 and 2012.
He said, “I mainly do it for my daughters Phoebe and Amber.
“It is a program that they watch regularly and support the people of the camp. I think the fact that you participate in it will make it even more fun for them.
“And now it’s coming up, they’re so excited. Every time I talk about it, I get excited and are delighted to participate. “
– Giovanna Fletcher, 35 years old
The author and podcast host is best known for her parenting content, Happy Mum, Happy Baby, which is a bestselling nonfiction book and podcast, in which she interviews famous mothers, including the Duchess of Cambridge.
He has also written the novels Billy and Me, You’re the One That I Want, Dream a Little Dream, and Always with Love.
Her brother is The Only Way Is Essex star Mario Falcone, and she is married to McFly star Tom Fletcher, with whom she has children Buzz, Buddy and Max.
She said: “Years ago we started doing a runner bean challenge that is based on I’m a celebrity.
“This is where we pretend that we are doing a feeding test, but actually we are eating our vegetables very fast. Challenges like this find a way to become part of the family dynamic and I can’t wait to do it. “
– Beverley Callard, age 63
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The soap opera star has played Coronation Street’s Liz McDonald on and off since 1989.
A fixture behind the bar at Rovers Return, Liz has been at the center of a number of dramatic stories, including abuse, infidelity and kidnapping.
Before that, she had made a brief appearance on Cobblestones in 1984 as June Dewhurst, the friend of Gail and Brian Tilsley.
Callard also appeared in Emmerdale and played Flo Henshaw in Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps.
He said he had been asked many times to appear on I’m A Celebrity, but decided to take the plunge after making the decision to leave the soap opera earlier this year.
She added: “I felt like after 31 years Liz had run her course. And normally, I would have said ‘thanks but no thanks’. But this year, I decided to do it. Doing I’m A Celebrity is an adventure and it’s definitely out of my comfort zone. “
– AJ Pritchard, age 26
Former Strictly Come Dancing star, brother of Love Island star Curtis Pritchard, joined the BBC’s flagship entertainment show in 2016, when he was paired with Olympic gymnast Claudia Fragapane.
Prior to that, she auditioned for the seventh season of Britain’s Got Talent in 2013, along with her partner Chloe Hewitt, and reached the semi-finals.
His subsequent Strictly partners were with The Saturdays singer Mollie King, British Paralympian Lauren Steadman and YouTube star Saffron Barker.
He had been confirmed to star in the 2020 professional lineup, but announced earlier this year that he would be leaving the show to pursue a career as a presenter.
He said: “I am incredibly competitive and whatever the challenge, I will try. I’ll give everything 110%.
“I really appreciate life and never take anything for granted. I will be
trying to go back with all the stars every time and if I don’t, I think I will be disappointed. “
– Hollie Arnold, age 26
The F46 Paralympic gold medalist and javelin thrower was the youngest member of the Great Britain track team at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, when she was 14 years old.
Arnold, who has a congenital limb deficiency, began playing the sport at age 11 at the Cleethorpes Athletics Club in Grimsby.
He won his gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with a world throwing record of 43.01 meters.
She said, “I don’t want it to be about my disability. Yes, I am missing an arm and I am in the Paralympic Games, but I want to show people that nothing is stopping me and neither should anyone else.
“I hope that by participating in the program, it inspires people. I want people to look and see that I’m scared, but I’m trying. “
– Jessica Plummer, 28
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The singer-turned-actress joined EastEnders in March 2019 as Chantelle Atkins and made headlines as her character was subjected to long-term mental and physical abuse at the hands of her husband, Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith).
The story finally ended in tragedy when Chantelle died at the hands of her husband.
Before joining the soap opera, Plummer was a member of the British girl group Neon Jungle.
She said, “I have all the phobias. When my friends see me too, they’ll say ‘what the heck? This makes no sense “.
“But I still have to tell myself that it’s good to face your fears.”
– Shane Richie, age 56
The singer, host, and comedian is best known for his portrayal of Alfie Moon on EastEnders.
He joined the soap opera in 2002 and has appeared intermittently in Albert Square in 2019.
He also starred in the spin-off Redwater, about Alfie and his wife Kat Slater, played by Jessie Wallace.
He has also hosted game shows like Reflex, Win Your Wish List, and Decimate and appeared in musicals like Grease and Scrooge: The Musical.
He said, “Six hundred calories a day is like a slice of cake on Sunday. But I have to go straight back to the West End to play a drag queen in a dress, so I’ll look great.
“Making the children proud would be great. They were too young for Alfie Moon’s height and they’ve only seen Daddy dressed as a drag queen. “
I’m a celebrity… Get me out of here! starts at ITV on November 15th.
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