The wait is finally over as I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! returns to ITV for its landmark 25th series, with an exciting lineup of twelve famous faces preparing to face their fears in the Australian jungle.
Meet the 2025 Jungle Contestants
This year's diverse cast includes three soap opera actors, a former England football player, an Eighties pop icon, and several reality television veterans. The launch show on 16 November 2025 introduced ten initial campmates, with two additional latecomers joining days later to complete the roster.
Among the contestants are former Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp, broadcaster Ruby Wax, and Emmerdale actor Lisa Riley. They're joined by Shona McGarty, who played Whitney Dean in EastEnders for sixteen years, and model and radio DJ Kelly Brook, fresh from her appearance on Celebrity Race Across the World.
The lineup also features reality TV veteran Jack Osbourne, former Lioness Alex Scott, Brit Award-winning rapper Aitch, and football content creator Angry Ginge (Morgan Burtwistle), who boasts three million social media followers. Comedian Eddie Kadi, who recently made history as the first Black-British comedian to headline London's O2 Arena, completes the main group.
Latecomer Additions to Camp
The show introduced two late arrivals who entered the jungle after the initial launch. Tom Read Wilson, best known as the receptionist on Celebs Go Dating and a former finalist on The Voice UK, admitted that "abject terror" motivated him to accept the challenge.
"I have got a very strict rule in life," Wilson explained. "If the only reason that you don't want to do it is fear, you must do it whatever it is. My mantra is you must do it in spite of."
Irish model and TV personality Vogue Williams, who hosts popular podcasts My Therapist Ghosted Me and Never Live It Down, joins as the second latecomer. Married to former Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, Williams revealed that being separated from her three children would be her biggest struggle.
"I am scared of everything, but I think what I am going to struggle with the most is missing my children," Williams said. "I'm very worried about missing the kids, as I have never been away this long before and I spend such a huge amount of time with them."
Celebrity Motivations and Fears
Each contestant brings unique motivations and apprehensions to the jungle experience. Broadcaster Ruby Wax, enjoying a decades-spanning career, confessed that "it hasn't actually sunk in" that she's signed up for the show.
"I was offered the chance to take part a long time ago and I thought, 'No, I could never do that' but now it's the right time," Wax revealed. While claiming to have no specific fears, the star expressed concern about trials involving confined spaces, joking: "Do they have elevators in the jungle?!"
Martin Kemp follows in his son Roman's footsteps by entering the jungle, after the Capital Breakfast presenter finished third in the 2019 series. "He told me to go in and enjoy it all," Kemp shared. "He said it's the most fun he has ever had and he said, 'I am really jealous; I know how much fun you are going to have.'"
Model Kelly Brook, a self-confessed fan of the show, admitted she previously declared she would "never" do I'm A Celebrity. "I didn't think it was ever in me to do the challenges and Bushtucker Trials," she explained, noting that recent accomplishments including running the London Marathon gave her the confidence to accept the challenge.
Rapper Aitch (Harrison Armstrong) hopes his jungle stint will help dispel myths about rappers and raise awareness of Down's Syndrome, as his sister Gracie has the genetic disorder. "If a rapper who goes on a side quest by going in the jungle and goes and wins it, well that will show you can do anything in life," he stated.
Former football star Alex Scott acknowledged that her girlfriend, pop star Jess Glynne, thinks she's "absolutely mental" for signing up. The player-turned-pundit, who has previously appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, identified speaking out around "big personalities" as her primary challenge.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! airs nightly at 9pm on ITV, offering viewers the chance to watch these twelve celebrities navigate jungle life, face terrifying Bushtucker Trials, and ultimately compete to be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle in this special 25th anniversary series.
