I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! 2023 cast revealed
Sporting legends, reality stars, comedians, celebrity chefs and more have been unveiled for the latest season of I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! See who’s starring.
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With the full cast revealed in tonight’s season nine premiere of I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here, here is a full list of everyone competing on the show:
ADAM COONEY, 37, AFL STAR
Charity: The Cerebral Palsy Support Network
“The worst thing I’ve eaten is probably an oyster. That’s about the worst for me. My daughter Ash has cerebral palsy so I chose The Cerebral Palsy Alliance. They provide support for people with CP and for their families.”
AESHA SCOTT, 31, REALITY STAR – BELOW DECK
Charity: Cancer Council
I haven’t actually seen a full episode of the show as it doesn’t air in NZ or USA where I mainly am, so I am going in blind. I think it’s better to go in with no expectations. I did this for Below Deck and it worked great! Makes it more of an adventure.
PETER HELLIAR, 47, COMEDIAN
Charity: Legacy
“When I left The Project I was up for new challenges. This was the first challenge put to me and I thought if I say no to the first thing that is outside my comfort zone that doesn’t bode well for me taking on new endeavours.”
WOODY WHITELAW, 34, RADIO HOST
Charity: Dementia Australia
“I’m reluctantly a pretty competitive person so I reckon I’ll win. I want to teach my daughter that you should always do things that scare you. This show certainly scares me so I’m hoping that if Daddy is brave, she can be brave too. Also, free trip to South Africa – how good!”
ANNA POLYVIOU, 43, CELEBRITY CHEF
Charity: Dress For Success
“This is VERY out of my comfort zone, I dislike camping, bugs, snakes etc everything I hate is in the jungle and even being around people 24/7 is a lot for me as I like to a lot of the times spend time alone.”
DOMENICA CALARCO, 30, MAFS STAR
Charity: Leukaemia Foundation
“Having done MAFS already, I gathered how hard could living in the jungle with some strangers be … I’ve pretty much already done it! Feed me to the lions, Part 2!”
NATHAN HENRY, 31, REALITY STAR – GEORDIE SHORE
Charity: Australian Breast Cancer Research
“I’m used to being pampered and living in luxury and having all my home comforts. If I have to flirt with people, I’ll flirt with everyone in there!”
IAN ‘DICKO’ DICKSON, 59, TV HOST
Charity: Australian Children’s Music Foundation
I`m dreading being so hungry that even Ostrich arse tastes good.
HARRY GARSIDE, 25, OLYMPIC MEDALIST
Charity: Reach
“I boil chicken because I’m too scared I’ll get myself sick if I cook it any other way.”
BIANCA HUNT, 26, TV PRESENTER
Charity: Indigenous Literacy Foundation
“This show challenges me and scares me (in a good way). When I came into my career I decided to not do anything that didn’t make me scared. My charity is the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. In short they provide books to remote First Nations communities. My family have a history in education and supporting each other through that path. ILF have done an amazing job so far and I can’t wait to support them through this too.”
DEBRA LAWRENCE, 66, LOGIE-WINNING ACTOR
Charity: Ovarian Cancer Australia
“People might think I’m kind all the time which is not true. The challenge and the charity aspect are both important. I’m flying the flag for other women out there in their mid-sixties.”
LIZ ELLIS, 50, NETBALL LEGEND
Charity: Share The Dignity
“My skill as a leader was to always help people get the best out of themselves, and I plan to bring that same mindset to the jungle. I think Australians like to see people lift each other up and that’s what I like to do! I stopped drinking alcohol and coffee and cut sugar out of my diet. I wanted to eliminate the cravings before I got into the jungle.”
KERRI-ANNE KENNERLEY, 69, TELEVISION ROYALTY
Charity: Spinal Cure Australia
“The biggest misconception about me is that I am soft.”
WHY ‘UNCANCELLABLE’ DICKO IS INTENT ON BEING A ‘TOTAL PIG’
In the case of Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson, it seems the ninth time’s a charm.
The outspoken former record label executive and popular judge on Australian Idol has finally agreed to slog it out in the jungle as a contestant on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!
“They’ve asked me every year,” Dicko said. “I’ve said no every year. Not to sound too grubby, they’ve finally made an offer that was worthwhile. Plus, I’ll be honest, it has become a bit of a guilty pleasure this show. I tell myself how ridiculous it is but I always end up watching it and I’ve always enjoyed it. The other thing is I really don’t want to go on a TV show and pretend and I don’t need to pretend on this show.”
Dicko spoke to The Sunday Telegraph ahead of cameras rolling on the ninth season of Channel 10’s I’m A Celebrity, which after being grounded in Australia due to Covid, has returned this year to the South African jungle.
Having celebrated his 60th birthday during the week in lockdown pre-filming, the music artist manager is one of 13 celebrities that will be unveiled as the season premieres tonight.
“It wasn’t the birthday I imagined but it was certainly one to remember,” he said.
Dicko was a judge on Australian Idol from 2003 when he was plucked from relative anonymity as a label exec and elevated to national fame. He was also a judge on My Restaurant Rules and Australia’s Got Talent and was hugely popular for his blunt assessment of the realities of the music and entertainment business.
His brutal honesty has however at times landed him in trouble but Dicko has no fear of being cancelled from anything he says or does on I’m A Celebrity.
“I’d forgotten how fun it was sticking my snout in the TV network trough and behaving like a total pig,” he laughed.
“It is good fun. That is a good feeling. Am I worried about being cancelled? Cancelled from what? I don’t do social media. I don’t have a TV show. Cancel away guys. I am virtually uncancellable. You’ve got to have someone with a stake in life to cancel them, I am just doing my own thing.”
He continued: “People are shockingly offended and I don’t really understand it. People need to grow and apparently an apology is not enough anymore, you have to actually eradicate someone and I don’t understand that. If we are going to remove that process where someone can apologise, understand that the world may have changed and grow from it, then how is the world going to be better? If you just cancel them you are going to just make them someone else’s problem.”
Celebrities will over the coming weeks be put through their paces competing in various physical and mental challenges to secure food rations and make it to the next stage of the reality show with the ultimate aim of winning $100,000 prize money for their chosen charity. For Dicko, that is the Australian Children’s Music Foundation.
The expat Brit father of two has a fear of heights and “creepy-crawlies” but was surprisingly relaxed ahead of hitting the jungle camp.
“I am completely amazed at how happy and content I feel right now,” he said.
“And I think that is stupid because I know that right around the corner is hunger, boredom, social awkwardness, ritual humiliation, degradation and just blind terror. But I actually feel fine with it and I am about to find out if some of these fears I’ve got are real fears or phobias.”
He added: “I am hoping that in a few weeks time this grandad bod turns into a common garden variety dadbod, that would be a win.”
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