Rumours suggest that ITV may have landed a Jackson sibling for this year’s I’m A Celebrity series.

Sources claim that I’m A Celebrity chiefs have secretly approached all of Jacko’s siblings as well as his three nephews, Taj, 36, Taryll, 34, and TJ Jackson, 31,

A close family friend told The Daily Star: “The producers of the UK’s I’m A Celebrity show have reached out to us. Their suggestions are seriously being considered right now and we’ll come to a decision soon.

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Joe Swash will co-host this year’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Now on ITV2.

The Sun, reports that the former King Of The Jungle will present the show alongside Caroline Flack.

“Joe will be running around doing things like trying out the Bushtucker Trials ahead of the stars,” said a source. “The idea is to use his enthusiasm to give the show some extra energy.”

I’m A Celebrity… returns to ITV1 in November.

Caroline Flack will present ITV2’s I’m A Celebrity’s coverage, it has been reported.

Caroline will replace former show winner Matt Willis and his wife Emma Griffiths on ITV2’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Now when it returns in November.

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Proving that he truly is a glutton for punishment, Peter Andre is said to be in negotiations about returning to the I’m A Celebrity jungle later this year.

The Daily Star reports that talks are at an ‘advanced stage’ and that Pete is seriously considering returning to the spot where he met, now estranged wife, Katie Price.

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Snooker star Jimmy White is rumoured to have signed up for for this year’s I’m A Celebrity.

“Jimmy is a proper character who has been around the block a few times,” a source told The Sun. “He will be great value in the jungle as he tells it like it is and isn’t afraid to wind people up.”

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Proving that the stock of celebrities willing to appear on reality TV shows is running low, conman Peter Foster says that he has been asked to appear on this year’s I’m A Celebrity series.

Foster was involved in a scandal involving Cherie Blair and the purchase of two flats whilst Tony Blair was still PM. He says that ITV want him to spill the beans on the former leader whilst in the jungle.

Foster told The Sun:

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The artist formerly known as Christopher Biggins will now be referred to as simply ‘Biggins.’

Biggins will reprise his Widow Twankey role in Aladdin this Christmas – and posters at promoting the show at Plymouth’s Theatre Royal are being printed with his new name.

Biggins told The Times: “I love being like Marilyn or Sabrina or Madonna — and my breasts are bigger.”

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This year sees Ant & Dec marking a whopping 20 years of comedic togetherness and to celebrate, they’re launching their own autobiography which is entitled, ‘Ooh! What A Lovely Pair! Our Story’.

The book, due for its official launch on September 17th reveals how the duo began their telly lives as PJ and Duncan in smash hit kids’ show Byker Grove and will chart their meteoric rise to TV fame.. Read more & comment »

Myleene Klass has revealed that since her recent move to LA, her one year old daughter Ava has gathered quite the celebrity following.

“Matt Damon, Ben Stiller, Leona Lewis and Angelina Jolie all love her and even Simon Cowell loves her enough to let her run around in his white-walled mansion in LA,” she told The Mirror.

“She’s been on P. Diddy’s yacht and I’ve got a picture of her boarding a private jet and walking up the steps.

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Big Brother has revealed this week’s shopping task, and it’s all about the Tudors…

Siavash ran to the diary room to collect the task instructions, therefore automatically putting himself in the role of Henry VIII. He must now choose six of the housemates to be his wives and two more to be courtiers.

All nine of them will live a life of luxury in King Henry’s Court and the remaining housemates will be cooks with the exception of one who must take on a ‘special role’. However, none of the housemates yet know that this ’special role’ is the role of Village Idiot! Read more & comment »

ITV are on the lookout for new hosts for their I’m A Celebrity spin off show this year.

The Sun reports that regular presenters of ITV2’s ‘Get Me Out of Here Now!’, Matt Willis and Emma Griffiths, have stepped down from the show as they are expecting their first baby and don’t want to spend so much time in Australia. Mark Durden Smith has been sacked.

A Get Me Out Of Here Now! spokesman said: “Matt and Emma will be new parents and won’t be going so viewers can expect some exciting new changes.” The show’s UK-based host Mark Durden-Smith, 40, is out of a job as part of the overhaul.

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Janice Dickinson was mid-way through her second I’m A Celebrity stint, when she was rushed out of camp for medical attention.

The ex-model complained of feeling weak from hunger and bronchitis at the weekend.

A source on the ITV2 show said: “She was taken by ambulance from camp to an on-site medical facility for treatment.”

Eastenders actress Kara Tointon is said to be considering making an appearance on this years I’m A Celebrity.

The actress plays Dawn Swann on the BBC soap opera but has been axed and will appear on our screens for the last time this summer. Kara’s boyfriend Joe Swash won last year’s series of the show.

A show insider told the Daily Star: “She’s already got a huge fanbase who will love to be able to watch her out of character and being herself in the jungle camp.

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ITV bosses have vowed to keep hold of telly duo Ant and Dec despite the current credit crunch.

Ant and Dec currently present Britain’s Got Talent, Saturday Night Takeaway and I’m A Celebrity for the channel and ITV are keen to keep them on board.

An ITV source told The Sun: “Watching the boys on form on Britain’s Got Talent is something to behold.

“It clearly shows that we have to do everything we can to make sure we keep them exclusive.”

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A group of pampered celebrities have left their lives of luxury behind and are leaping straight into the heart of the Costa Rican jungle in the US version of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!

Celebrities taking part in the jungle adventure are: actor Stephen Baldwin; model Janice Dickinson; retired basketball player, actor and talkshow host John Salley; actor and director Lou Diamond Phillips; American Idol finalist Sanjaya Malakar; Star of MTV’s The Hills Spencer Pratt; model and retired American professional wrestler Torrie Wilson; American reality TV personality Heidi Montag who is married to fellow contestant Spencer Pratt; Patti Blagojevich who is the wife of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich; and Los Angeles comedy due Frangela aka Frances Callier; and Angela V. Shelton.

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