The fight for survival has begun on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! as the cast settles into jungle life.
Monday night’s episode saw GK Barry become a fan favourite contestant when she successfully took on the “Vile Volcano” Bushtucker trial. Elswhere, Coleen Rooney dished out juicy gossip about her infamous “Wagatha Christie” trial, while the rest of the campmates started bonding.
During one emotional campsite chat, Barry McGuigan broke down in tears as he opened up about the loss of his daughter, Danika, while Rooney reflected on the death of her sister, who died when she was 14.
Among this year’s contestants are N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos, Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall and Strictly Come Dancing pro Oti Mabuse. Others include McFly singer Danny Jones, boxer McGuigan and Rooney, who is the show’s highest-paid star in its history.
Halsall will be facing the Bushtucker trial during Tuesday night’s episode following a public vote.
New episodes of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! air on ITV1 and ITVX every night at 9pm.
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22:34 , Ellie Muir
After an apocalyptic thunderstorm, Coronation Street star Alan Halsall has been chosen by the public to take on tomorrow’s challenge. See you back here.
22:24 , Ellie Muir
They’re eating crocodile… what?
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Oti and Melvin are taking their first challenge “Diner Down Under”, which involves the pair working against the clock to assemble four perfect orders to win dingo dollars.
They’ve got to locate all the right ingredients to make the meals, but are being covered by the upside down ingredients fixed to the ceiling!
22:11 , Ellie Muir
Coleen Rooney felt moved by Barry’s opening up about his daughter’s death, and reflected on losing her own sister, Rosie, who died when she was 14.
“Even when Rosie died, I kept it together for me mum and dad,” she said.
Coleen revealed that Rosie’s anniversary was coming up in January, and said: “She was 14 when she died, she’d be 26 now. It’s hard to lose a child, I’ve always said that… so we’re lucky to have what we’ve got.”
22:02 , Ellie Muir
Barry broke down in camp as he told campmates about the death of his daughter, Danika.
“She had leukaemia when I was making the boxing with Daniel Day Lewis, three weeks from the end I had to leave because she’d been diagnosed with leukaemia, they thought she wasn’t going to get better but she fought back and she won it. She had two years of chemo,” he explained.
Revealing his daughter had a second bout of cancer as an adult, Barry said his daughter had “pains in her tummy but she was making the movie, she put it off and went to the doctor, called us all in. Stage four bowel cancer… five weeks she died.”
The rest of the camp then consoled Barry.
22:00 , Ellie Muir
When Tulisa knocks over a pot of beans onto the jungle floor, there is havoc at camp.
Declaring the three-second rule, Jane came over to help pick them up, and said: “It’s just a bit of dirt, it’s fine” as they scoop up the fallen beans.
Coleen and Tulisa take the role of rinsing the remaining beans, picking out twigs and grass.
Tulisa said: “This is really ghetto living guys!”
21:49 , Ellie Muir
When asked whether she was scared to post her initial social media statement about her allegations against Rebekah Vardy, which spurred on the Wagatha Christie trial, Coleen answered: “No because I just didn’t think it would have the impact it did, because I was just that sick and tired of it, it was draining.”
She continued: “That was my worst nightmare to go to court. I felt like it was like putting on a show for the whole world.”
Colleen then admitted that she disliked how the trial “became a bit of a joke”.
“That’s really disappointing, it wasn’t a joke for me. No one knew the full story,” she said.
21:47 , Ellie Muir
Loose Woman star Jane Moore was speaking about her career highlights when she reflected on her time as a royal correspondent, following King Charles and the late Princess Diana around the world.
Jane explained how the photographers worked with Diana’s team to negotiate getting a glimpse at her, and recalled seeing Diana in a full-length leopard print swimsuit and matching sarong, playing in the sand with William and Harry.
Speaking about Diana, she added: “She was really good at having a relationship with the media… she played it very well”.
21:42 , Ellie Muir
When asked about her time in N-Dubz, Tulisa explained that aged 11, her uncle – Dappy’s dad – had said they should form a group together with Frazer, who was Dappy’s best friend at the time.
She explained: “My uncle offered me 20 quid and then I bartered him up to 50.”
Oti then asked what N-Dubz stands for, and Tulisa explained that the band is named after the postcode for North West London.
Tulisa explained that they formed the band when she was 11, but they were signed when she was 17 after years of graft in the studio.
21:41 , Ellie Muir
GK Barry screamed out to Ant and Dec when she thought there was a leech on her hand. False alarm. It was a leaf!
21:35 , Ellie Muir
When GK returned to camp and revealed her good news, her campmates started chanting “GK! GK! GK!”
21:35 , Ellie Muir
Danny Jones was in camp chatting about his band when he said McFly were “better” than their rivals Busted. He didn’t take it well when Dean told him that Busted was more popular with Radio 1 listeners.
21:32 , Ellie Muir
Completing the Bushtucker Trial, GK managed to collect an impressive 9 out of 10 stars for camp. What a performance.
21:29 , Ellie Muir
I repeat – there’s a spider on your head!
21:26 , Ellie Muir
Loving GK Barry’s attitude to this. She just told herself to “grow up” in between screams. She’s definitely going to be a favourite this year.
21:16 , Ellie Muir
Since she was voted by the public to take on today’s Bushtucker Trial, GK Barry is given a pep talk by her fellow campmates before heading down to see Ant and Dec.
Explaining the Bushtucker Trial, Ant and Dec reveal that deep inside the volcano are a series of caves and tunnels which she must search in to find hidden stars. She’ll have 10 minutes to find all 10 stars, and as this is a Bushtucker Trial, she will not be alone in there…
21:14 , Ellie Muir
GK Barry gets some motivation chats from Tulisa and co. Good luck GK!
21:12 , Ellie Muir
Dean got an awful fright while in the loo – when he realised he was sharing it with a huge spider.
He exclaimed: “It’s massive, oh my god it’s on the move! When people say I’m pooping my pants, I actually am!”
He then ran out of the loo with his trousers down, much to the amusement of Danny and Melvin, who were watching on.
21:10 , Ellie Muir
You may have heard of the trendy gym Barry’s Bootcamp, but in the jungle, it’s former boxer Barry McGuigan’s bootcamp.
Barry leads a bootcamp session at the Jungle Treehouse, with Melvin and Danny. As he puts them through their paces with a series of press ups, GK Barry watches on.
“That is the most masculine thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” she says.
Danny then practises his boxing with Barry, and is rather excited about it later, when he admits: “Boxing with Barry McGuigan and doing a workout, it’s like we’re in a movie, it’s like a film set! It’s like I’m Karate Kid and he’s my Mr Miyagi.”
21:09 , Ellie Muir
Mcfly’s Danny Jones also disrupted the tranquillity of camp with a fierce shriek as he attempted to take a cold temperature shower.
His scream is so loud that the others are wondering if they’ll be able to hack it.
Melvin admitted: “It’s making me quite nervous about mine later on.”
21:08 , Ellie Muir
It’s the first morning in camp. It’s to be expected that campmates would have heard the sounds of the jungle wildlife during the night, but what was louder turned out to be Melvin Odoom’s snoring, which woke up Oti Mabuse. Whoops!
21:07 , Ellie Muir
Ant and Dec have kicked off the show with a “Wagatha Christie” gag about Rooney’s famous “It’s…. Rebekah Vardy” line.
Welcome back!
20:30 , Ellie Muir
Ahead of tonight’s episode, refresh your who’s who of the 10 celebs living life inside the jungle…
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20:01 , Ellie Muir
Despite claims that Tulisa Contostavlos is using I’m a Celeb to revamp her career, the former X-Factor judge has said she hopes to be out of the entertainment industry entirely by the time she turns 40 in four years time.
“I just want to live as peaceful and happy a life as possible, surrounded by peaceful, happy people who I love and who love me. That’s all I ask,” she said.
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19:01 , Ellie Muir
Alan Halsall’s ex-wife has spoken out ahead of his I’m a Celeb stint.
Hours before the new series of I’m a Celebrity was set to begin, Lucy-Jo Hudson, who played Katy Harris in Coronation Street, shared an Instagram video denying any hostilities between herself and Halsall.
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18:54 , Ellie Muir
Ahead of tonight’s show, ITV have released footage of GK Barry in the “Vile Volcano”. It does indeed look vile.
18:01 , Ellie Muir
Loose Woman star Ruth Langsford has secured a role on I’m a Celebrity: Unpacked alongside hosts Joel Dommett, Kemi Rodgers and last year’s winner Sam Thompson.
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17:01 , Ellie Muir
Annabel Nugent argues that if anyone deserves a shot at rewriting their pop culture narrative, it is Tulisa.
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16:01 , Ellie Muir
Danny Jones’ wife has shared a sweet video the moment their son saw the McFly star doing a Bushtucker Trial in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here for the first time.
In the video, shared on Instagram, Jones’s son, Cooper, watches on as his father is forced to drink a gruesome milkshake. The singer was also forced to lie in a locked tomb with snakes crawling around him.
A shocked Cooper screams: “Oh my god, he didn’t do anything like this.”
15:01 , Ellie Muir
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14:00 , Ellie Muir
Coleen Rooney – the public figure who is married to footballer Wayne Rooney – has reportedly bagged the biggest fee, with reports claiming she will take home more than £1.5m for her appearance.
This is believed to surpass last year’s record-breaking sum that was paid to Reform MP Nigel Farage for what was one of the show’s most controversial appointments. He was paid a fixed fee of £1.5m.
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11:35 , Jacob Stolworthy
ITV announced on Monday (18 November) that the first episode of I’m a Celebrity 2024 was watched by a peak of eight million, and an average of seven million.
This is on a par with last year’s launch, but both respective episodes were down from the nine million viewers amassed in 2022.
However, this is the biggest ITV overnight audience of the year outside of sporting events.
11:22 , Jacob Stolworthy
Comedian Peter Kay made an unexpected appearance during the debut episode of the new series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here on Sunday (17 November) to make an announcement about his record-breaking tour.
During the first advertisement break in the hit ITV show, which saw celebrities such as Coleen Rooney, Alan Halsall and Tulisa Contostavlos enter the jungle, a humourous commercial for Kay was aired.
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Peter Kay makes surprise announcement during I’m a Celebrity advert break
10:15 , Jacob Stolworthy
A surprise star has been tapped into a key I’m a Celebrity 2024 role at the last moment.
The British TV personality was hired after what has been a “tough year” following a high-profile divorce.
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09:41 , Jacob Stolworthy
TV presenter Rylan has shut down criticism of Tulisa Contostavlos during I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’s 2024 launch episode.
The N-Dubz singer was a judge on The X Factor in 2012 when Rylan competed and finished fourth, and her appearance on the ITV reality show arrives after what has been a tough decade for the star.
Rylan shuts down criticism of Tulisa during I’m a Celebrity launch
09:00 , Annabel Nugent
N-Dubz star and former X Factor judge Tulisa has emerged as an early leader and fan favourite in the camp – here’s a look at her past career and why she is entering the jungle already a survivor…
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08:30 , Annabel Nugent
Coleen Rooney gave her campmates an insight into her relationship with Wayne Rooney, who she has lived with since she was 16 years old.
“Was it love at first sight?” asked Oti Mabuse. “It was for him. Not for me.”
08:00 , Annabel Nugent
This year, ITV bosses reportedly shelled out a record-breaking £1.5m for this particular star – but is it worth the money?
How much are I’m a Celebrity 2024 contestants being paid
07:00 , Annabel Nugent
Fans bemoaned the absence of the celebrities’ phone numbers on their T-shirts, which had typically been printed on their clothes to help remind viewers at home of their respective numbers when calling to vote.
On X/Twitter, one fan wrote: “Hate that they have their full name on the back of their shirts and no number to call it looks stupid #imaceleb.”
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The Independent’s Katie Rosseinsky did not find herself at all entertained by this year’s first episode.
“If anything, the celebrities seem, whisper it, too nice – which is great for their enjoyment levels, but, let’s be honest, not so good for us viewers at home,” she writes.
I’m a Celeb is a bore – you’re better off re-reading Coleen’s Wagatha Christie tweets
02:00 , Annabel Nugent
Tulisa has emerged as one of this season’s early frontrunners, taking home gold in the race alongside Alan and also taking charge of cooking duties on the first night.
Why did the former X Factor star leave the spotlight?
Why I’m a Celebrity 2024 contestant Tulisa left the spotlight after The X Factor
01:00 , Annabel Nugent
This year, the series is reportedly welcoming its highest-paid star yet…
How much are I’m a Celebrity 2024 contestants being paid
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Sunday 17 November 2024 23:49 , Annabel Nugent
TV critic Katie Rosseinsky wasn’t overly enthused by this season’s opening episode…
I’m a Celeb is a bore – you’re better off re-reading Coleen’s Wagatha Christie tweets
Sunday 17 November 2024 23:30 , Annabel Nugent
Fans don’t have to wait long, with the next episode of the reality series airing on Monday (18 November) at 9pm on ITV.
Sunday 17 November 2024 22:53 , Annabel Nugent
Here’s Danny Jones screaming in terror as two snakes slither up his shorts – while Ant and Dec laugh along in hysterics.
Sunday 17 November 2024 22:44 , Annabel Nugent
What did you think of this year’s I’m a Celeb launch show?
Sunday 17 November 2024 22:42 , Annabel Nugent
All that screaming did her no good! The public want to see GK Barry take on the Vile Volcano and she doesn’t look too pleased…
Sunday 17 November 2024 22:39 , Annabel Nugent
“Are you not entertained?” Tulisa jokes, giving her campmates what they want after they ask to see her famous “Female Boss” tattoo.
Forget politicians, Tulisa is the I’m a Celeb contestant who deserves redemption most
Sunday 17 November 2024 20:35 , Annabel Nugent
Barry McGuigan has already had talks with ITV producers to avoid being “cancelled” during his I’m a Celeb stint.
The Irish boxer, 63, admitted he’s concerned he’ll offend one of his fellow campmates by saying sometimes that isn’t “politically correct” while the series is filming in Australia.
“It’s simply impossible to be in a sort of pressurised environment like that for three weeks,’ he toldThe Mirror. “With all the politics that are involved in everyday life, it’s virtually impossible not to be occasionally politically incorrect.”
He added: “It’s just trying to not hurt people’s feelings. I don’t want to do that.”
Sunday 17 November 2024 19:30 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! 2024will feature the ITV show’s highest-paid star yet.
The reality TV juggernaut has been a fixture on screens since 2002 and, over the years, the amount of money paid to the participating contestants has exponentially increased.
This gap has widened even more in the last four years alone, with Noel Edmonds, the one-time highest-paid star, receiving £600,000 for what ended up being just one week in the jungle in 2019.
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Sunday 17 November 2024 18:30 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
Coleen Rooney has a plan to secretly communicate with her sons while she’s in the I’m a Celeb jungle.
The TV personality shares her four children; Kai, 13, Klay, 10, Kit, seven, and Cass, five, with her husband and former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
Speaking to The Sun, an insider said Rooney would touch her personalised necklace with her four children’s names on them to let the boys know she’s thinking about them.
“The hardest thing for Coleen will be being away from her sons so she wants them to know they are on her mind,” they said. “It’s the first time she has left them for any period of time.”
Sunday 17 November 2024 17:30 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
I’m a Celeb contestant Tulisa Contostavlos enjoyed a successful music career as part of the hip hop trio N-Dubz, who are known for their hits including “I Need You” and “Ouch”.
After the group’s third platinum album was released in 2010, the singer secured a coveted seat on the judging panel of ITV’s The X Factor alongside Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, and Kelly Rowland. She won her first season with the girl group Little Mix and the public attention on her intensified.
After the talent show series, Contostavlos slowed her showbiz career and retreated from the public eye following a string of scandals, which ended in a court case against her.
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Sunday 17 November 2024 16:30 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
Ruth Langsford has secured a role on the new series ofI’m a Celebrity, months after separating from Eamonn Holmes.
The Loose Women and former This Morning presenter has endured a “tough year” but is set to shake that off after securing a key role in the ITV reality series.
Langsford will be in Australia to support her Loose Women co-star, who is entering the jungle, on ITV2 spin-off show I’m a Celebrity: Unpacked alongside hosts Joel Dommett, Kemi Rodgers and last year’s winner Sam Thompson.
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Sunday 17 November 2024 13:30 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
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.”
Saturday 16 November 2024 21:00 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
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.”
Saturday 16 November 2024 16:00 , Lydia Spencer-Elliott
Coleen Rooney’s friend-turned-nemesis Rebekah Vardy has said she hopes the TV personality will be forced to eat “bull’s penis, ostrich bum and humble pie,” on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
The pair have been in dispute since Rooney accused Vardy of leaking information about her to the press in a now famous “Wagatha Christie” Instagram post.
Writing in her column for The Sun, Vardy said: “Everyone seems to think I have this massive problem with Coleen going into the jungle.
“But do you know what? If you want to fan the fire, the flames are going to get higher. I wasn’t going to carry on talking about this, I had no intention of talking about it, but she clearly can’t let it go.
“I think she always wanted my life, she’s following in my footsteps,” Vardy, who entered the jungle in 2017 added.
Friday 15 November 2024 13:15 , Ellie Muir
After the cast announcement, Sean O’Grady has argued that this year’s offering is seriously lacking due to the absence of a despised political figure,
He writes: “The lineup for this year’s contest on ITV looks to be far too nice and is, for that reason, a regrettable downgrade from more recent years, when at least one despised figure from public life would gamely take part in the jungle challenges.”
“Usually, though not exclusively, this wretch was a politician in urgent need of money, rehabilitation or just missing the attention, and the producers were more than happy to oblige them.”
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