I'm A Celebrity contestants are announced for this year's trip to the jungle
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Nov 2018, 12:26 BST
Updated 13th Nov 2018, 13:29 BST
I'm a Celebrity contestants 2018
Harry Redknapp will head into the jungle for the new series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! despite never having seen the programme before.
The football manager, 71, is among the 10 stars confirmed for the ITV series, which will this year be hosted by Declan Donnelly and Holly Willoughby. Here's how they line up:
Former Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham manager Redknapp thinks the jungle will be far easier than being the boss of a losing football team - although he admits he has never actually watched the programme.
"You haven't got many friends when it's not going well as a football manager. So no, I don't think doing this will be tougher," said the 71-year-old.
Redknapp said he will not mind missing meals but will struggle to be without his wife.
He said: "That's the biggest problem I have got. We do everything together. I have been with Sandra for 54 years and I hate being away from her."
The actress has played Coronation Street's Alya Nazir for nearly five years and said it would be strange just being herself in the camp.
"The weirdest thing for me is going in as myself," said the 30-year-old, who is in a relationship.
"My character is so different to me. She is serious, stern and she can be uptight.
"I am the opposite. I am such a goof, I am always laughing, being cheeky and I don't take myself too seriously. I guess people haven't seen me and I want them to like me."
The DIY SOS presenter believes he will fare well on the programme, as he does not have any phobias and says he is up to the physical challenges of camp life.
Knowles, 56, is single but has ruled out finding love in the jungle.
"I don't think a romance that starts in the cauldron of an experience like that is going to last outside, so I am not (looking for romance)," he said.
East is a singer who found fame when she was runner-up on The X Factor in 2014.
The 31-year-old, who has a long-term partner, said she is looking forward to showing people who she is when she is not performing.
However, she confessed to being terrified of the challenges she might face.
"I am scared of everything you have in there and I am scared of all the trials," she said.
"Any trial you face there you haven't faced in real life. I can't imagine what it will be like. "
