Maura Higgins tonight enters the jungle as she makes her long awaited debut on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!
The 33-year-old reality star arrived in Australia after an all-expense trip to Las Vegas with beauty brand Space NK and will appear on the show alongside another late addition Reverend Richard Coles.
The pair presumed they would join the rest of the cast in the main camp, but a shock twist sees them initially separated and placed in squalor as they are dumped in the Jungle Junkyard.
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Dean says he ‘is ready’ for today’s Bushtucker Trial as he joins Ant and Dec
He admitted ‘I am aiming for one star today’ after previously screaming I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! and getting zero stars in yesterdays trial along with TikTok star GK Barry.
Dean is caught with contraband!
Dean is up to no good in camp as he slyly takes a tea bag from his hidden contraband supply and drops it into that morning’s hot water.
He quicky tells Coleen who gave him a high five and beamed with joy.
When the ‘hot water’ was served, the dark colour in the mugs confused the campmates as Melvin and Barry questioned: ‘Why is it that dark?’
Alan joked: ‘We got a bit of mud in the kettle but if you try it, it’s not too bad.’
Barry believed the camp were ‘winding him up’ before he took a sip and said: ‘Fantastic!’
Carol Vorderman, 63, sends VERY cheeky message to I’m A Celebrity’s Melvin Odoom, 44
Radio host Melvin, 44, revealed his rprising celebrity crush to his fellow campmates on Tuesday’s episode after they received their luxury items and doubling down the following night he role played asking the Countdown star out for a dinner date.
Carol, who has been keeping up with the show, was quick to respond and sent him a message by calling into spin off show I’m a Celebrity… Unpacked on Wednesday night.
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Dean McCullough is set for ANOTHER Bushtucker Trial tonight after getting ZERO stars yesterday with GK Barry
GK Barry and Dean McCullough were left ‘mortified’ as they took zero stars back to camp after failing the latest Bushtucker Trial during Wednesday night’s episode.
The duo were voted by the public to take on the Down In The Drumps trial on Tuesday, in order to earn meals for the group.
The podcast star, 25, and radio presenter, 32, were forced to face their fears, with GK, real name Grace Keeling, getting submerged in a large tank.
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30 minutes to go until we meet Ant and Dec on the I’m A Celebrity bridge!
Ant McPartlin enjoys quality time with his wife Anne-Marie Corbett and son Wilder, 7 months, between shows
New parents Ant McPartlin and Anne Marie Corbett have been seen for the first time together on a coffee date in Australia with their seven-month-old son, Wilder.
The longtime host of I’m A Celebrity, 49, was showing his wife of three years and their newborn the town of Cabarita, where he has stayed for the past decade while filming the ITV show.
Considered a VIP among the local Aussies, Ant was accompanied by his bodyguard as they took a 20-minute stroll down the high street.
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Rev Richard Coles is ‘worried’ he won’t recognise his I’m A Celeb campmates
Reverend Richard Coles admitted he’s worried he won’t recognise some of his celeb campmates, as he prepares to join them in the jungle as a late arrival.
The former Communards musician, who now practices as a Church of England priest, admitted: ‘It’s a tougher gig being the late entrant as you already have some groups forming. And I am nervous of getting in there and not recognising people.
‘You could be talking to the most famous influencer in the world and not know who it is. So that will be tricky.’
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Rev Richard Coles ‘signs huge deal with ITV rival’
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! star Reverend Richard Coles looks set to add to his surprise fortune with a big-money deal with one of ITV’s biggest rivals.
The former musician-turned-vicar, 62, already boasts an unlikely fortune that rivals campmate Coleen Rooney, thanks to his TV work, collection of crime novels and career as part of 80s group The Communards.
As viewers prepare to Richard to make his debut in the I’m A Celebrity jungle, it’s emerged that his book series is set to adapted into a Channel 5 murder mystery drama.
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Maura insists she’s single after Pete Wicks romance
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline ahead of her jungle stint, Maura insisted that she is ‘single’ despite dating TOWIE star Pete Wicks for the past few months.
She claimed that Pete, who is currently competing in Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional partner Jowita Przystał, will not be flying to Australia to meet her across the famous I’m A Celeb bridge when her time on the show comes to an end.
Pete is committed to Strictly after managing to avoid the dance-off despite receiving the lowest marks in the cast and being bottom of the leaderboard.
But his departure from the show could see him surprise Maura and best friend Sam Thompson, who is also Down Under co-presenting the new spin-off show Unpacked.
When asked if she is in a relationship with Pete, Maura said: ‘I’m not. I’ve been on dates with many people. I mean, I date, but I’m very much single. Everyone goes on dates.’
Indeed, the pair enjoyed a final evening together watching pianist Ludovico Einaudi at the London Palladium, where Maura said she was overcome with emotion watching the composer’s performance, before separating due to their work commitments.
Maura jets in to jungle from Vegas
Maura flew from Vegas to Australia after being ‘spoilt’ on an A-list influencer trip where she was treated to front row seats watching Adele perform at The Colosseum.
She was joined by TV personality Stacey Solomon, make-up artist Jacinta Spencer and influencer Luke Hamnett on the glamorous getaway before being stripped of her designer clothes and made to wear her jungle uniform.
After posting a flurry of Instagram photos where she dressed elegantly in a red silk suit, Maura told her 3.8million followers she felt ‘hungover’ and like she had been ‘ruined’ by Sin City.
And she had no time to recover, flying to Brisbane, Australia ready for her I’m A Celeb debut, which will see her stuck in the Jungle Junkyard for the foreseeable.
‘Maura and Richard are in for the shock of their lives’
MailOnline has spoken to a source who said the pair are in for quite a surprise when they make their debuts.
A show source said: ‘Maura and Richard Coles are in for the shock of their lives when they enter the Australian jungle as they will be sleeping in a horrible junkyard.
‘Maura has gone from the bright lights of Sin City to being dumped into the basic camp, with no luxuries whatsoever.
‘But in true I’m A Celeb fashion all is not what it seems, and viewers will soon discover the jungle has many secrets.
‘Bosses have a few surprises up their sleeve for the upcoming series… and the Jungle Junkyard might be hiding the biggest one of all.’
Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles to be dumped in Jungle Junkyard
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’s glamorous signing Maura Higgins will be dumped in the Jungle Junkyard when she makes her show debut on Wednesday night.
MailOnline can reveal the Irish model, 33, and fellow latecomer Reverend Richard Coles, 62, presumed they would join the rest of the cast in the main camp, but a shock twist sees the unlikely duo initially separated and placed in squalor.
The Jungle Junkyard contains overgrown greenery, rusty corrugated metal and zero luxury, a far cry from the sun-drenched Love Island villa where Maura made her name.
A TV insider revealed that the reality star will receive the ‘shock of her life’ after jetting from Las Vegas where she enjoyed an all-expense influencer trip with beauty brand Space NK, to landing in rainy Australia and being stripped of her luxuries.
And lack of amenities isn’t the only frightening factor of the Jungle Junkyard, with I’m A Celeb bosses teasing that the show’s latecomers will be put through their paces and the basic camp hides one big secret.
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Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles to be dumped in Jungle Junkyard
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