Coronation Street’s Sue Cleaver, reality TV star Olivia Attwood and radio DJ Chris Moyles have been pictured arriving in Australia as the countdown to the start of this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! begins.
The new series of the celebrity reality show is returning to its original jungle location after two years in Wales due to Covid.
Gwrych Castle in Abergele hosted the 2021 and 2020 campmates during the Covid-19 pandemic but this year's line-up, and presenters Ant and Dec, will be heading back to the jungle, where the show has been set since 2002, Wales Online reports.
While ITV are yet to announce the official 2022 I'm A Celebrity line-up, rumoured stars have been touching down in Australia ahead of the show's launch.
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Actress Sue Cleaver, best known for playing Coronation Street's Eileen Grimshaw, was pictured in Australia on early on Wednesday, October 26. The soap star wore a leopard print cap and matching top as she was snapped at the airport.
According to The Mirror, Sue said: "I love visiting Australia," before getting into a waiting car and declining to answer further questions about the show. A day earlier Olivia Attwood, who starred in the 2018 series of Love Island, landed in Brisbane.
Olivia spoke about her biggest fears when at the airport. She said: "I am scared of me, in terms of how long the other campmates can tolerate me. I will get myself in trouble somehow, the usual."
She added: "My friends and family have always wanted me to do this show so let's see how it goes. I love Ant and Dec, I have grown up watching them. They are British TV Icons."
The reality television star will be joining radio DJ Chris Moyles Down Under, who also spoke about his trip. Asked if he was looking forward to spending time in Australia, Chris said: "It should be nice, fingers crossed anyway," reports The Mirror.
Quizzed if he was scared of things in the jungle like snakes and spiders he joked: "There's lots of everything in this country, like sport and beer and I am not scared of sport or beer. So I think I will be alright."
Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner has been confirmed as the fourth star taking part in this year's I'm A Celebrity - and he's looking to find love while he's at it, The Mirror reports.
The 23-year-old soap star - who has played Romeo Nightingale on the Channel 4 soap since 2018 - landed in Brisbane Airport and seemed excited to be heading into the ITV show.
He said: "I'm scared of all sorts of things to be fair. Snakes aren't a bit of me, I don't know why I have come to Australia! Snakes and spiders everywhere here.
"I don't mind a bit of camping. When the weather is nice camping is great but when it is raining and cold it is not so cold."
TV has not yet confirmed any of the contestants in the new line-up, saying they will do so in due course, with the launch date of the series, November 6 at 9pm, confirmed by the broadcaster on social media on Wednesday afternoon.
On Monday, the Australian set for the show was closed for 24 hours following reports of severe flooding in the area.
A spokeswoman for ITV told the PA news agency: “We closed site for 24 hours as a precautionary measure due to the inclement weather.”
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are returning to host the popular show, with a recent trailer showing them jumping out of a helicopter back into the jungle.
The Geordie duo have hosted the reality programme since its launch in 2002, though McPartlin was temporarily replaced by Holly Willoughby in 2018.
The show’s 2021 series was won by Emmerdale actor Danny Miller.
It was confirmed in September there will be an all-star series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! hosted from South Africa next year.
McPartlin and Donnelly also confirmed that famous names from the last 20 years of the ITV show will return to compete.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will air on ITV from November.
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