I’m a Celebrity 2026 Find: Wayne Rooney Joins Full Lineup
ITV has revealed the cast for the 26th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, which is due to air this coming Monday. Wayne Rooney, Chloe Burrows, Ricky Wilson and Joanna Page are among the contestants heading to the Australian jungle for a three-week run hosted by Ant and Dec.
ITV has revealed the I'm a Celebrity 2026 find: the lineup for the show's 26th series, which is due to air this coming Monday. Wayne Rooney is among the contestants heading to the jungle.
The series is set in New South Wales, Australia, and will run for three weeks. Ant and Dec will host.
Rooney faces his jungle fears
Rooney, a former forward and midfielder for Everton and Manchester United, said he now has time to take part after retiring as a player in 2021 and moving into management. His wife, Coleen, appeared on the show in 2024 and gave him advice.
“I'm just looking forward to experiencing it in my own way, I think that's the most important thing,” Rooney said.
He named jumping from a helicopter and encountering snakes among his fears. “I will try everything if there is an eating trial. It's about embracing everything,” he said.
Four familiar faces join the cast
Chloe Burrows, a television personality and radio DJ, came to public attention on the seventh series of ITV2's Love Island in 2021, where she was a runner-up. She has also appeared on Scared of the Dark and Celebs Go Dating and hosts the podcast Chloe vs The World.
Burrows said she had watched every episode of I'm a Celebrity and called it “a British Christmas staple.” She said she was looking forward to taking part in a show centered on “coming together, getting through it and making loads of friends.”
Ricky Wilson, the singer for Kaiser Chiefs, later became a coach on The Voice UK. He said friends had urged him to join the show for years and that Tony Blackburn, whom he described as a good friend, had encouraged him too.
Wilson said he was drawn to the camp's slower pace and time away from the road. He called boredom “an absolute privilege.”
Joanna Page, known for playing Stacey Shipman in Gavin & Stacey, said she had watched I'm a Celebrity since it began. She described the experience as “a once in a lifetime experience” and said she hoped the time away would let her reconnect with herself beyond being a mother of four.
Page said she was scared of spiders and had been practising by watching them on television before flying to Australia. She also said she wanted to try physical challenges, despite being afraid of heights.
