Campmates will compete to become the first camp leader in Sunday's launch show
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ITV I'm A Celebrity's first brutal trials announced as stars battle it out to become first 'camp leader'

by · Manchester Evening News

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! returns to ITV this weekend with a brand new batch of 10 celebrities entering camp in a bid to become the next King or Queen of the Jungle.

The first episode, which will air on Sunday at 9pm, will see the campmates pair up as they compete to become the first camp leader of the new series.

The opening show will see Strictly dancer Oti Mabuse, N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos, podcaster GK Barry, Radio 1 DJ Melvin Odoom, WAG Coleen Rooney, former Irish boxing champion Barry McGuigan, McFly’s Danny Jones, radio presenter Dean McCullough, Loose Women panellist Jane Moore and Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall make their jungle entrances.

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Oti will be first to arrive during Sunday’s launch episode as she meets Tulisa, Dean, Jane and Danny at a poolside villa. After presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly arrive at the villa in a helicopter, they tell the contestants they are competing to become the first leaders of the camp – which will exempt them from the first bushtucker trial.

The five celebs are then told to drink cocktails of blended bull penis and fish eyes, with a garnish made from vomit fruit, to determine the order in which they will skydive from helicopters. First to finish his drink is Danny, with Tulisa second, Jane third, Dean fourth and Oti in fifth.

After their skydive, they meet the other five campmates, who arrived separately on a Gold Coast beach, where they must form teams of two.

Barry pairs up with Danny, while Alan and Tulisa team up together and Jane pairs up with GK. The remaining pairs are Dean and Coleen and Melvin and Oti.

The new duos all travel to a river where they must find the keys to unlock their boats by putting their hands into “hell holes” which are likely to contain insects, snakes or other animals. The winning pair will earn the right to sleep in the comfort of the leaders’ lodge in their jungle camp.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! returns on Sunday at 9pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX.