I’m A Celebrity starts this Sunday, but some of the campmates have already shown signs of struggling Down Under – and they haven’t even got into the jungle yet!
The stars of this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get me Out of Here! have touched down in Australia.
But day one of filming didn’t exactly go to plan! For their first ‘task’, the celebs had to jump out of a plane with a parachute, landing on the beach at famous Aussie hotspot Byron Bay. But while some of the cast did it smoothly, others found it a bit of a struggle.
Journalist and Loose Women panellist Jane Moore battled strong winds during her descent, so much so that she was blown off course and landed amongst some tourists instead of her fellow campmates.
Loose Women star Jane Moore has blown off course as she parachuted to the beach (
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But she eventually found her way to the other celebs – and looked extremely relieved to have made it as she embraced Coleen Rooney – this year’s most high profile signing.
The 38-year-old WAG, who is married to Wayne Rooney, is thought to be receiving a cool £1.5 million to appear on the ITV show – the highest sum paid to any contestant ever.
Social media star and podcast GK Barry donned a white jumpsuit, reminiscent of something Kylie might wear.
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DJ and TV presenter Melvin Odoom was also waiting on the sand to greet Jane as she finally arrived.
Jane finally reaches her fellow campmates after landing amongst some tourists (
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Elsewhere Tulisa looked on fine form as she donned a Tomb Raider style outfit for her grand entrance.
The N-Dubz star and former X Factor judge came over all Lara Croft as she donned a white crop top which she teamed with on-trend matching cargo pants.
She was pictured running to get into a waiting helicopter at a luxury waterfront mansion. The campmates – who were split into two groups – then had to then skydive down to the beach.
Tulisa looked on fine form as she donned a Tomb Raider style outfit (
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Showing she might be a strong contender for the Bushtucker Trials, 36-year-old Tulisa seemed to take it all in her stride.
And she even managed to look cool as she touched down on the sand in her parachute.
One onlooker said: “Danny and Tulisa came down perfectly but then the wind got up and Jane was pushed off course. She didn’t seem to mind though and gave the thumbs up and held her arms aloft for the ITV cameras.”
Tulisa looks like an action star as she touches down on the sand (
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Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)McFly’s Danny Jones didn’t look like he had a head for heights after his jump.
Looking a bit green around the gills, The Voice UK judge might struggle if fans vote for him to do anything high up when it comes to his trials.
And former Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse, who was pictured running to do her skydive, has already revealed she is “terrified of snakes”.
McFly’s Danny Jones didn’t look like he had a head for heights after his jump (
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Former Strictly Star Oti Mabuse runs to do her sky dive (
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Other celebs appearing on this year’s series include Coronation Street star Alan Halsall, famous for playing lovable Tyrone Dobbs.
It will be interesting to see how he fares in the trials as the 42-year-old says he is fearless. He bragged: “I’m not scared of anything at home but if you were to put ten snakes on my head, I don’t know how I would feel about that as clearly I’ve never been in that situation before!”
Ex-champion boxer Barry McGuigan, who was known in the 80s as The Clones Cyclone, is also heading into the jungle and thinks he’ll do pretty well too. He said: “I don’t exactly enjoy hanging out with rats and snakes and spiders… but I don’t have a phobia of any of them.”
Dean McCullough looks like he can’t believe he just skydived as he touched down (
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Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough completes the line up so far. Though it’s rumoured there could be one of two secret campmates who haven’t been formerly announced yet.
Filming is expected to continue tomorrow before the 10 celebrities all head into camp at the weekend.
On Wednesday night the Mirror told how a pair of celebs will be joint leaders in the camp after winning an opening competition – dubbed Snakes And Leaders – which is a race to the finish line once the famous faces choose teams.
The pairs challenge is a huge makeover as the show normally starts with a Walk The Plank style opening on top of a building in the Gold Coast.
Executive producer Olly Nash said: “This year we’re going out for an ultra competitive series, you’ve got a really positive cast, everybody’s really happy and up for it. All the celebrities will be pairing up into pairs, and those five pairs will go head to head in a number of challenges.
“The winners will become the first leaders of camp, exempt from all chores, and live in the leaders Lodge, and they’ll be running camp, setting up the way they want and the way they like for the first few days.”
The camp has also had a revamp with the new Leader’s Lodge. It features comfy beds sheltered from the rain, nice plush pillows and big duvets.
*I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! starts on ITV on Sunday, November 17 at 9pm
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