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Cian O'Broin

New I'm A Celebrity series start date just weeks away as Ant and Dec confirm line-up

The South Africa-based I'm A Celebrity's special is due to hit TV screens across the world in a matter of weeks.

The jungle special, which was pre-recorded, will be live from Monday April 24, for a period of three weeks. It's expected to air on Virgin Media Ireland.

It is all previous contestants who have chosen to return to the show for a second time, trading the Aussie outback for the South African jungle.

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Celebs will be tested like never before in a different climate, OK! revealed. Presenters Ant and Dec revealed the nine stars who will be joining the show on last week’s Saturday Night Takeaway.

These are: Countdown legend Carol Vorderman, US model Janice Dickinson, cricketer Phil Tufnell, boxer Amir Khan, Diversity's Jordan Banjo, athlete Fatima Whitbread, royal butler Paul Burrell, Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan, and The Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder.

Viewers of the show highlighted the absence of Lady Colin Campbell from the all stars line up, whose action-packed time crowned her as an I’m a Celebrity icon.

It has been detailed that the nine stars revealed so far are only some of the contestants.

With no public input through voting, the stars will be competing against each other to become the very first "I'm A Celebrity Legend".

The nine person I'm a Celebrity line-up as announced by Ant and Dec for South Africa (ITV)

“It's a completely different landscape and they're competing to become the first ever I'm A Celebrity Legend of the Savannah,” Dec told Lorraine Kelly earlier this year.

Ant added: "It's good, and it's slightly different to the show we do in Australia because they go head to head in trials and whoever loses leaves, so it's quite brutal. That's how we decide the winner. We had a lot of fun."

Carol Vorderman said: "Doing I'm A Celebrity changed me a lot and I can't wait to take part in this new series.

"I loved everything about I'm A Celebrity (the first time round)."

She added: "We've still got a WhatsApp group (from 2016)."

In November, former England footballer Jill Scott was made the winner of last year’s I’m a Celebrity winning against finalists, disgraced Tory MP Matt Hancock and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner.

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