Soap stars, reality stars and sporting heroes return to jungle for I’m A Celeb

By Laura Harding, Deputy Entertainment Editor

Football manager Harry Redknapp, reality star Gemma Collins and soap actress Beverley Callard will all return to the jungle for the new series of I’m A Celebrity…South Africa.

They will be joined by Olympian Mo Farah, former Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt, champion boxer David Haye and actor Adam Thomas, as well as former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, comedian Seann Walsh, pop star Sinitta, Red Dwarf star Craig Charles and ex-footballer Jimmy Bullard.

Moffatt was crowned Queen of the Jungle back in 2016, while Redknapp won the show in 2018. Haye made it to the final in 2012.

Bulllard has a less successful run in the camp in 2014 and he was the first campmate to be voted off.

The ITV series, which is returning for a second series, sees former campmates from the Australian version of the show take on even more challenges in another country.

The campmates have all already proved they can survive the gruelling bushtucker trials of the jungle, but in South Africa the trials are even tougher.

A new element for the second series of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa, which has been pre-recorded and hosted by Ant and Dec, will give the viewing public the power to decide who is crowned the “ultimate legend 2026”.

Fans in the UK will be able to have their say and cast their vote for the winner in a live grand final broadcast direct from London.

The first South Africa series aired in 2023 and was won by former Australian series runner-up Myleene Klass.

I’m A Celebrity…South Africa returns to ITV and Virgin Media TV in April.