A gay fashion designer, a former soap-star and Tony Blair’s sister
in-law will be roaring into the jungle for the latest series of ITV’s
reality show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here next week.
Gay
designer Scott Henshall, who has dressed stars such as Paris Hilton and
Kylie Minogue, says he aims to attract some male talent in the jungle,
where he will be joined by ex Neighbours heartthrob Jason Donovan, and
Lauren Booth, half-sister of the Prime Minister’s wife.
Henshall,
22, became the youngest designer to show at London Fashion Week this
year. He said: “Most people in fashion would be disgusted that I’m even
doing a reality TV show,” he confesses. “But as far as I’m concerned
it’s as good being in Heat magazine as it is being in Vogue.
“Most people in the industry I’m in are evil and
horrible and I don’t even mix with them. This is why I’m doing this
kind of show. Because you work in fashion, people sometimes think it’s
pretentious, it’s all glamour, and to an extent it is, but at the end
of the day I’m still a good Northern boy and I’m just doing fashion as
my job.”
He says he will be on the lookout for “cute straight boys.”
“I want really fit hot cute straight boys that I’m going to convert
from straight men to gay men, because I always prefer straight men to
gay men. I’m going to have my own little clique and get them all in
there and they’ll be my little posse.”
The other celebrity
contestants include Heart FM DJ and TV presenter Toby Anstis,
journalist, comedienne and impersonator Faith Brown, music mogul and
producer David Gest; musician and TV presenter Myleene Klass, ex
newsreader Jan Leeming, Footballers Wives and The Bill actress Phina
Oruche and solo singer, formerly with the band Busted, Matt Willis.
Plush pads are swapped for a jungle clearing in the Australian
wilderness, bed is a hammock under the stars, food will be basic
rations of rice and water and to earn a half decent evening meal they
will have to undergo some of the most terrifying Bushtucker Trials yet
seen.
Filmed 24 hours a day with a series of live shows beamed
direct to the UK, it will be the viewers at home that control the
fortunes of the celebrity campers, with the power to put a grin or
grimace on their well known faces!
Six series in, the
celebrities may think they know what to expect, but producers have more
than a few surprises up their sleeves:
Executive Producer
Richard Cowles said: “The celebrities have always felt that the one
thing they had on their side in camp was each other – but this year
there won’t necessarily be safety in numbers.
“There is one big, never before seen surprise for the celebrities and whether it’s a welcome one remains to be seen.
“With a few twists as well as some of the best Bushtucker trials seen
yet, the celebrities certainly have a challenge ahead. We are really
excited to see how things unfold!”
The celebrities confidently
claim that they can cope without the trappings of fame but this will
put them to the ultimate test. They will leave behind their luxury
homes, forgo slap up meals in the finest restaurants and forget about
the assistants who wait on them hand and foot to live in a place where
celebrity status counts for nothing.
And if they fall out with
each other they can take cold comfort in the fact that their new
neighbours will be some of the deadliest creatures on earth – including
scorpions, snakes and poisonous spiders.
It all starts on Monday November 13 2006 at 2100 GMT, presented by Ant and Dec.
Source: www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-2961.html
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