Who's who in I'm A Celebrity 2010

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11 April 2012
The Weekender

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This year's line-up for

Name: Nigel Havers
Age: 59
Image: Smoothie TV actor
Best known for: Wooing all the older ladies of Coronation Street as gigolo Lewis
Career high: Nigel starred in 80s TV series The Charmer as a lothario conman
Love life: Nigel married his third wife Georgiana Bronfman in 2007
Jungle phobias: None, but he adds: "I'm sure I will find out if I do!"
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: His stepfather's 101st birthday
What he will miss the most: Not having fresh sheets
Words of wisdom: "My wife is furious I am doing it. She can't believe I am that stupid."

Name: Shaun Ryder
Age: 48
Image: Foul-mouthed hell-raising indie rocker
Best known for: Infamous drugs binges and being banned from appearing on Channel 4 live for life after repeatedly swearing before the watershed
Career high: Shaun was lead singer of indie band Happy Mondays
Love life: Shaun married his second wife Joanne in March this year
Jungle phobias: Compressed water and compressed air
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: Touring with Gorillaz
What he will miss the most: His family
Words of wisdom: "If I can get away with what George Hamilton did last year - which was nothing - I will be very happy."

Name: Aggro Santos
Age: 22
Image: Young aspiring rapper
Best known for: His debut single Candy featuring vocals from former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt got to number five in the UK charts and he is set to release a single with Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh
Career high: Getting on I'm A Celebrity should boost Aggro's profile
Love life: Single, but says he hopes there will be "interesting girls" in the jungle
Jungle phobias: Insects and jumping out of planes
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: Half of the tour he was due to go on with dance group Diversity
What he will miss the most: Hanging out with his friends
Words of wisdom: "I love an argument when I know I am right. But I do have a high threshold in terms of people who get on my nerves."

Name: Linford Christie
Age: 50
Image: Tight shorts-wearing sprinter
Best known for: Being banned for allegedly taking performance enhancing drugs, which he denies
Career high: Winning the gold Olympic medal for the 100 metres at the 1992 Barcelona games
Love life: In a long-term relationship
Jungle phobias: He says: "I am about to find out!"
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: No
What he will miss the most: His children
Words of wisdom: "I am a guy. I don't eat testicles. But you do have to pull your weight and if it means you won't eat, you will have to do things you don't want to do."

Name: Lembit Opik
Age: 45
Image: Laughing stock former Liberal Democrat MP
Best known for: Dating a Cheeky Girl
Career high: It's all lows for Lembit who has made an unsuccessful attempt at stand-up comedy since losing his seat in Parliament at the last election
Love life: Before his Cheeky fling Lembit was engaged to weather girl Sian Lloyd who went into the jungle in 2003. Says he is now dating
Jungle phobias: Having a tarantula sit on his face
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: Lembit has been forced to postpone a cruise with his mother to celebrate her 70th birthday
What he will miss the most: His kitchen
Words of wisdom: "The best preparation I have had for this has been the House of Commons - which is a jungle without the trees!"

Name: Britt Ekland
Age: 68
Image: Sex symbol actress
Best known for: Being a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun and releasing fitness DVDs
Career high: Britt showed off all of her fabulous figure in British cult horror film The Wicker Man
Love life: Britt was married to comedian Peter Sellers and dated Rod Stewart
Jungle phobias: None. She says: "Once you have children, whatever your fears are, they have to go."
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: Spending Thanksgiving with her family
What she will miss the most: Sleeping in her four-poster bed
Words of wisdom: "Stripping down is not a problem for me. Sleep deprivation is also fine. I am an actress. I am used to deprivation."

Name: Gillian McKeith
Age: 51
Image: Raw vegetable-munching nutritionist
Best known for: Being forced to drop her doctor title when it was revealed her PhD was from a college not accredited by "any recognised educational authority"
Career high: Investigating people's poo and making them drop junk for raw food in You Are What You Eat
Love life: Gillian is married to American lawyer Howard Magaziner, with whom she has two daughters
Jungle phobias: Anything that moves, water and heights
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: No
What she will miss the most: Her children
Words of wisdom: "I have had nightmares about all of this. I've woken up with ants crawling all over me."

Name: Stacey Solomon
Age: 21
Image: Dippy but loveable Essex girl
Best known for: Appearing on the X Factor
Career high: Coming third in the X factor 2009
Love life: Stacey is a single mum to son Zachary but X Factor's Olly Murs, Jeff Brazier and Peter Andre have all been suggested as possible suitors. She says she is currently dating.
Jungle phobias: Bugs and claustrophobia
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: No
What she will miss the most: Her son
Words of wisdom: "I might have to do some ridiculous things like eat camel toes but I think it's going to be hilarious."

Name: Sheryl Gascoigne
Age: 45
Image: Former WAG
Best known for: Being married to footballer Paul Gascoigne
Career high: Writing a tell-all book about her disastrous marriage to Gazza
Love life: Single
Jungle phobias: Crabs
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: No but her youngest son Regan has pulled out of a starring role in a school play so he can fly to Australia with her
What she will miss the most: Being apart from her children
Words of wisdom: "The difference for me is I don't have a career and I have no need to get something out of it. In fact I will be going back to my nice quiet life when it finishes!"

Name: Kayla Collins
Age: 23
Image: Glamorous pin-up
Best known for: Modelling for Playboy in the US
:Career high: Being Playmate of the month for the magazine in August 2008
Love life: Single
Jungle phobias: Eating weird things, spiders and "creepy crawlies"
Missing any special occasion in the jungle?: Had to cancel a holiday to Belize to celebrate her friend's birthday
What she will miss the most: Her phone and computer
Words of wisdom: "Would I fall in love in the jungle? Yes I would, if someone was of interest."

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