I’m a Celebrity 2019 launch – as it happened: Caitlyn Jenner, Nadine Coyle, Ian Wright and co enter the jungle

TV and radio stars will face a number of challenges in the Australian bush and compete to be crowned king or queen of the jungle

I'm A Celebrity: meet the 2019 celebrity campmates

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! has returned for a brand new series on ITV, hosted by presenting duo Ant and Dec.

This year's clutch of celebrities includes Caitlyn Jenner, Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway, Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle and retired footballer Ian Wright.

The show's new cast additionally includes retired rugby player James Haskell, ex-EastEnders actor Jacqueline Jossa, who played Lauren Branning until 2018, and comedian Andrew Maxwell, best known for providing voiceover for the MTV reality show Ex on the Beach.

DJs Adele Roberts (Radio 1), Roman Kemp (Capital FM), and Myles Stephenson, who won The X Factor in 2017 with his band Rak-Su, have also joined the show.

The launch saw the contestants face a number of challenges just to get to the campsites, from skydiving (Coyle and Jenner) to balancing precariously from the top of a building (Garraway, Wright, Maxwell, Jossa, Kemp and Stephenson).

Contestants have been split into two teams, with each at a different campsite.

Jenner has already emerged as a clear favourite, with fans on social media praising her for her level-headed and apparently fearless approach to each task.

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See the full list of celebrity contestants here, and read our columnist Fiona Sturges's thoughts on the show here.

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here continues Monday 18 November at 9pm on ITV

Key Points

• 10 contestants are competing to be crowned king or queen of the jungle
• Comment: Why does I'm a Celebrity keep trying to drum up controversy?
• ITV scraps bushtucker trials where contestants have to eat live

[17 November 2019 20:33 · roisin.oconnor]

[17 November 2019 20:43 · roisin.oconnor]

My greatest fear is that Nadine will learn how to pronounce "flour" (as in, not "flooooyerrrr") on the show 

[17 November 2019 20:44 · roisin.oconnor]

Is everyone sitting comfortably?

[17 November 2019 21:00 · roisin.oconnor]

OK, here we go! "The wait is finally over."

[17 November 2019 21:01 · roisin.oconnor]

Oh god they're going for "dramatic" with the tone rather than fun.

[17 November 2019 21:02 · roisin.oconnor]

Right so Dec's already fluffed his opening lines, we're off to a good start.

[17 November 2019 21:03 · roisin.oconnor]

Oh we have a Prince Andrew joke!! (Dec, "not everybody can sweat, apparently")

[17 November 2019 21:10 · roisin.oconnor]

I reckon Kate Garraway will be interesting on this. The guy from Rak-Su is trying to take on the role of "troublemaker" but will clearly just sit on the sidelines and get voted off when people eventually notice he's still there.

[17 November 2019 21:13 · roisin.oconnor]

So what ITV has done here is start filming the show in exactly the same way as Love Island, including the wannabe "epic" pop music, the drama that isn't really drama, and lots of slow motion.

[17 November 2019 21:17 · roisin.oconnor]

Oh look it's Caitlyn Jenner. I feel like she has potential to be insufferable, especially if she spends the entire show talking about her family.