I'm A Celebrity Starts With A 1000 Feet Bungee Jump

So I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here has kicked off and the television programme starts tonight on ITV1 at 9 pm.

The contestants have alreadsy made camp via kayak and 1000 feet bungee jumps out of a helicopter.

Anna Ryder-Richardson had to pluck up a lot of courage to follow Cerys Matthews and leap out of the helicopter. Understandably petrified tears were streaming down her face before she jumped.

Once Anna was lowered to the ground she said, "That was horrible, it was so horrible. I can't stand my legs are like jelly." She went on to say that it was worse than childbirth!


Cerys Matthews and Anna Ryder-Richardson preparing to bungee jump

And to think Malcolm McLaren is now saying the programme is fixed. He also said, "The trials are tricks to fool the public about a danger that isn't there." Wonder if he's ever jumped 1000 feet out of a helicopter. The man is moaning because he chickened out.

Of course, the bushtucker trials are well planned and tested to ensure no one is dangerously hurt - but they still have to be done. McLaren won't be missed he's a bit too full of himself. He reckoned that I'm A celeb were paying him £350,000 so that 'they had at least one famous face.' There's not much to add to that is there? Him, a famous face?

The bookies early favourites to win are Gemma (9-2), Marc (11-2), Jason (11-2) and Cerys (7-1).

Time will tell.

Malcolm McLaren Drops Out & Gemma Atkinson Makes A Splash

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It appears that Malcolm McLaren has pulled out of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! He made Australia but seems to have bottled out following a Health and Safety briefing. He didn't like the sound of those snakes - he supposedly as a fear of them, oh, and he doesn't like heights.

We are not really surprised about this as our post Malcolm McLaren Is Getting Jungle Cold Feet from October 22nd mentioned how he had doubts about the show. We quoted an I'm A Celeb person, who then said, "We are doing all we can to keep him. It's touch and go as to whether he'll be in the final line up now." Looks like they didn't do enough!

Christopher Biggins may be the replacement.

In the meantime, as can be seen from the photo, Gemma Atkinson has been on the beach showing off her bikini in the Aussie sunshine. She made quite a splash!

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I'm A Celebrity Count Down - 2 Days To Go

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So at last we have the official 10 contestants for I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

They are pretty much as thought, though a few names are missing. Of course though, there could be a few surprises thrown in during the series and some names may be held in reserve.

The Daily Mail today writes about Koo Stark not being included in the final 10. There headline asks: Was Koo too posh for the jungle grub-grabbers? They say she had 'been dumped' because she wouldn't really fit in with the others - but isn't that a lot of the fun? The programme bosses say that Koo would be considered for 2008!

The I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Official Line Up:

Gemma Atkinson
Aged 22, an actress come glamour model.

Malcolm McLaren
Age 61, a musician known for his connections with the Sex Pistols.

Anna Ryder Richardson
Age 43, a television presenter and interior designer.

Jason 'J' Brown
Age 31, singer with 5ive.

Cerys Matthews
Age 36, singer and songwriter,

Marc Bannerman
Age 34, actor, ex-Eastenders.

Janice Dickinson
Age 52, previous supermodel.

John Burton Race
Age 50, cook.

Lynne Franks
Age 59, PR guru

Rodney Marsh
Age 63, ex footballer, now pundit.
It's interesting that the batch of celebs they have finally settled on have an average of 45, with Gemma the youngest at 22 and Rodney the daddy at 63. You can see groups forming already.

The executive producer, Beth Hart says, "There will be no rules in camp this year. We will leave it to the celebrities to decide who sleeps where. We will be throwing surprises at them right from the word go."

I'm A Celebrity Countdown - 3 Days To Go

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We should know the full, official I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! some time to today. In the meantime contestants have been arriving in Brisbane, Australia. Some late negotiations are still taking place.

Gemma Atkinson arrived saying, "I'm looking forward to meeting some jungle hunks." She was followed by Jason "J" Brown who reckoned, "Gemma's got some great assets – I'm definitely going to throw myself at anything in there." He also went on to say, "As for Bushtucker Trials, I'm up for anything. I'll give it all a go. I'll have a nibble on a crocodile's nadger – just as long as it's not an elephant's!"

Others already in Brisbane include: Marc Bannerman and John Burton Race.

Anna Ryder Richardson and Katie Hopkins have left the UK and should therefore touch down in Aussie today.

Malcolm McLaren, Janice Dickinson, Cerys Matthews expected in I'm A Celeb

I'm A Celebrity Countdown - 4 Days To Go

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The grape vine is going mad guessing the I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here line up.

Yesterday we mentioned that Lisa Robertson was an I'm A Celeb possible contestant. The story now is that she has been axed, supposedly because of protests from local Australians. It also seems the bosses think that an ex vice girl could give the programme (and the area) a bad reputation, or something like that. You can read more about Lisa here

The producers supposedly still haven't finalised the line up and a few newer names have been thrown into the melting pot.

The general feeling is that the following may now well be in the line up: Marc Bannerman (ex Eastenders Gianni Di Marco), Janice Dickinson (ex super model), Rodney Marsh (ex England footballer and now football pundit), Anna Ryder Richardson (designer), Jason 'J' Brown (from the band 5ive) plus ones we have previously mentioned: Gemma Atkinson, Katie Hopkins, Malcolm McLaren, Fred (and now perhaps Richard as well) Fairbrass and Koo Stark.

The spies in Australia reckon that Marc Bannerman, Anna Ryder Richardson and Katie Hopkins are already in the country.

The photo below is of Janice Dickinson in her prime. Janice is known as the first supermodel and is now 52 (born February 15, 1955). She claims to have had over 1000 lovers including many celebs such as Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger, Bruce Willis, Jack Nicholson and so on and on.



Posters. Full range of posters: celebs, sports, paintings etc. UK website.

I'm A Celebrity Countdown - 5 Days To Go

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I'm A Celebrity get Me Out Of Here are reported to be hoping to sign up Lisa Robertson for the series starting on Monday. Lisa is said to already be in Australia.

"But who is Lisa Robertson?" you may ask.

She's the Qantas air hostess who was fired after having a liaison with Ralph Fiennes in the aircraft toilet - and this is what makes her a supposed celebrity. It's also alleged that she's been a £1000 a night hooker.

A spokesperson for Lisa said, "Lisa is the first to admit she has made mistakes but she feels this could be a good opportunity." She didn't say a good opportunity for what!

Despite all of the names mentioned as the possible line up, see our back posts, the celebs mentioned most are: Gemma Atkinson, Katie Hopkins, Malcolm McLaren and Ingrid Tarrant.

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I'm A Celebrity Countdown - 6 Days To Go

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The Koorana Crocodile Farm in Coowonga have told of their connection with I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

The farm boss, Lilian Lever, said, "We do supply bits of the crocs for the television show but I can't say more than this."

By bits they mean ... well the rumour is that they have supplied 12 crocodile penises to be 'enjoyed' by the contestants! Could be interesting!

It's now said that Ingrid Tarrant is amongst those heading for the jungle. The hope is that she'll dish the dirt on her separation from Chris.

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It's All Steam Ahead At Dungay Creek

We wrote about how there were possible problems at the I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! camp. We are pleased now to report that, as expected, Dungay Creek, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia is now okay.

It seems that the pollution, caused by mosquito sprays, has now been sorted so the likes of Gemma Atkinson can swim, shower and generally get other contestants steamed up.

The Daily Star today reckons that one of the trials will be a 'jungle sewer' and as the unlucky contestant searches for stars they will have to unblock pipes. And inside the pipes? Yes, it's spiders, toads, snakes, flies and so on. It'll be interesting to see which contestant the public hates enough to want him or her to endure this. It seems Katie Hopkins isn't too popular with the general public at the moment, but things can change rapidly once everyone is settled in the camp.

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I'm A Celeb Line Up Get Ready For Crocodiles

Their are promises of new trials for the contestants of the next I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

An I'm A Celeb source said, "We are into our seventh series and so we need to keep the contestants and the viewers on their toes. We have come up with new and exciting trials. We've also planned some psychological games. We are confident that this is going to be the best ever jungle show. We've got a real mixed bag of oddballs."

Not long to go now, everything blasts off on November 12th. Officially the line up for the show will be revealed next week. In the meantime we can speculate.

You can find the names mentioned for the I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! line up so far, on this blog, just look through the posts.

As for the trials, we are being promised one where a contestant will be dropped into a tank containing crocodiles, snakes and eels. As usual, who ever it is, will have to find stars for food before their air runs out.

Who do you fancy doing this one? Gemma Atkinson, Katie Hopkins, Malcolm McLaren, Cerys Matthews, Koo Stark, Kelly Osbourne, Richard Fairbrass, Jimmy White, Claire Richards, Chantelle Houghton, Gene Simmons or Paris Hilton. Of course, that's if any of the rumours and gossip are right about who have been asked to join this year's I'm A Celeb.

Whatever, it's going to be interesting!

Ant And Dec Winners With Gemma Atkinson

Though this blog is about the 2007 I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! it was good to see Ant and Dec winning last night at the National Television Awards. They were winners as Entertainment Presenters and also for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! won the Reality Show category so that should be a good boost for the forthcoming series which starts on November 12th.

The girl getting the most advance publicity for the next I'm A Celeb series is Gemma Atkinson. Can't thin why!

Is this a possible winner before the series even starts?

Gemma reckons that following her stint in the jungle she will be off to Nashville to record her very first album. She got the recording deal following her appearance on Soapstar Superstar.

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