Bookies Betting on Who Will Be Welcomed to the Celeb Jungle
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here will return to the Australian jungle this November. ITV’s smash-hit TV show has been filmed in Gwrych Castle, North Wales, for the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Retired Premier League referee Mike Dean is odds-on to take part in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2022. © GettyImages.
This year’s series will be the 22nd edition of the quirky celebrity game show. It first aired in 2002, but two series were filmed in 2004. The 2018 show attracted the highest ever viewing figures. Over 22 episodes, an average of 12.14 million viewers watched football manager Harry Redknapp prevail ahead of Emily Atack and John Barrowman.
Stalwarts Ant and Dec have already been confirmed as 2024 I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here presenters. The list of celebrities that will be parachuted into the Australian jungle, exiled from friends, family, the outside world, and potentially feast on lama brains and goat testicles is yet to be announced.
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Nevertheless, the leading novelty betting sites are keen to trade markets on the autumn TV show. Despite clashing with the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2024, the best betting sites in the UK know there will still be substantial betting interest in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
Consequently, the speculation currently revolves around who will take part in the forthcoming series. The BetVictor online sportsbook has conveniently opened a book on which personalities will star in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2024.
It has four celebrities quoted at odds-on to be part of a cast that usually consists of 12 individuals. They are 2019 Apprentice and 2020 MasterChef star Thomas Skinner; LadBaby Mark Ian Hoyle; former Premier League football referee Mike Dean and football pundit Chris Kamara.
BetVictor’s list of potential I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestants features many footballers. Neil Warnock (4/1), Peter Crouch (9/2), Adebayo Akinfenwa (5/1), Paul Merson (11/2) and Michael Owen (6/1) are all listed.
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Saffron Barker – the 22-year-old YouTuber who took part in Strictly Come Dancing 2019 – sits fifth in the BetVictor betting. She is 2/1. Another former Strictly contestant, Laila Rousas, follows on 11/4. Recently split with boyfriend Ronnie O’Sullivan, Rousas finished fourth in 2009s Strictly Come Dancing. She is best known for playing Sahira Shah in Holby City.
Departing BBC Radio 1 DJs Scott Mills and Chris Stark are in the mix. They are 3/1 and 5/1 respectively. Alan Fletcher, a 28-year veteran of Neighbours – playing Karl Kennedy – is also 5/1 to take part in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2024.
Amongst the longer shots, boxers Tyson and his half-brother Tommy Fury, are available at 12/1. Interestingly, Tommy’s girlfriend, Molly-Mae Hague, is another that can be backed at 12/1. She is one of three Love Island 2019 contestants that get a name check in BetVictor’s book. Winner, Amber Gill is 14/1. Fourth-placed Maura Higgins is 16/1.
In 2021 the first I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestant was named on September 30th. Traditionally the full line-up is made public on a single date between November 8th and 12th.
