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Jacob Stolworthy
Monday 18 November 2024 04:30 EST
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The 2024 cast of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! have not had an easy start, with the launch episode landing them right in the action.

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 Barry McGuigan and Coleen Rooney, who is the show’s highest-paid star in its history.

The first episode of the new series saw the cast take part in a series of challenges, with Contostavlos and Halsall emerging victorious after a heated race involcing cockroaches, capsized canoes, and blended fish eye cocktails

Fans singled out Dean McCullough as an early favourite after the BBC Radio 1 presenter made a “hilarious” joke about fellow campmate Rooney’s “Wagatha Christie” trial the moment he met her.

In the first vote of the series, viewers have selected GK Barry to take part in the next episode’s Bushtucker Trial, which is called Vile Volcano.

New episodes of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! airs on ITV1 and ITVX every night at 9pm.

Not everyone looks too pleased to be jumping out of the chopper...

I’m looking at you Jane and Dean!

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 21:13

Choppers incoming...

That can only mean one thing: skydive?!

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 21:11

Jane Moore spills her first confession of the season

The Loose Women pannelist was candid about her fears: “I do like a midnight wee-wee break – what if there is something hiding in the dunny?”

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 21:09

It’s all smiles!

First star Oti Mabuse is shortly joined by the second campmate, N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos who exclaims: “Fancy seeing you here! You look gorgeous!” Before adding: “It feels like we’re in a bit of a dream.”

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 21:07

First obvious Wagatha Christie punchline of the night

Ant and Dec didn’t take long before they made their first Wagatha Christie gag: “Nice for Colleen to face a trial that doesn’t involve Rebekah Vardy.”

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 21:06

Who else has missed that intro music?

Nothing quite gets us in the mood for I’m a Celeb like this jaunty tune.

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Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 21:03

And we’re off...

What better way to start the season than with a dramatic montage? We’d expect nothing less.

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 21:02

How long is tonight’s episode of I’m a Celeb?

Tonight’s episode of I’m a Celeb begins on ITV1 at 9pm and runs for 90 minutes, concluding at 10.30pm.

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 20:59

5 minutes...

The countdown is officially on before 2024 I’m a Celeb begins!

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Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 20:57

Not too shabby...

Here’s a look at the new camp digs... we’ve seen worse!

Annabel Nugent17 November 2024 20:54

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