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Karen Antcliff

ITV's I'm a Celebrity 2022: Ladbaby tipped for a stint in the jungle

Nottingham's sausage roll loving Youtuber has been tipped to appear on the latest series of ITV hit show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.. LadBaby, whose real name is Mark Hoyle, has previously filmed himself, alongside with his wife Roxanne in mock bushtucker trials.

The new series of the show, which is hosted by fan favourites Ant and Dec, is rumoured to be back in the Australian jungle for 2022, although so far ITV is staying tight lipped about the location and who will appear in this year's show. However, when the presenting duo spoke on Heart Radio recently, they said: "The plan is, we're going back to Australia, we don't want to go elsewhere. It's got to go back to it. Back to its spiritual home, back to where it all started.”

Bookmakers have now begun to speculate on who will be poised to take up the bushtucker trials. Top of William Hill's list is Mike Dean and in at number four is Mark Hoyle aka LadBaby, who they say is "even money" to appear on this year’s show.

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Mark holds the record for becoming the first act to clinch four consecutive Christmas UK Number 1 records, beating The Beatles and The Spice Girls. The latest festive hit, a sausage roll themed remix, was a collaboration with Ed Sheeran and Elton John and raised funds for The Trussell Trust.

Tony Kenny, head of sponsorship PR at William Hill, sad: “Mark Hoyle aka LadBaby has won the nation’s heart over the past few years with his sausage roll-fuelled fun. There’s no doubt that he would be a character in the camp and during the challenges. It would be great to see someone so dedicated to raising funds for good causes, just by being silly, enter the Jungle this year. And he could be out just in time to cinch a fifth Christmas No.1!”

Rumours circled Ladbaby's appearance on I'm a Celeb back in 2020 when the show headed to North Wales and to Gwrych Castle - the location change forced by the pandemic. At the time, the graphic designer by trade, shut the rumours down, claiming: “No one’s phoned me. Clearly I’m not in Wales! So it’s not happening, I’m not doing it.”

Top 5 favourites to enter the Jungle

  1. Mike Dean (1-2)

  2. Kell Brook (4-6)

  3. Chris Kamara (EVS)

  4. Mark Hoyle (EVS)

  5. Neil Warnock (2-1)

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