ITV confirmed the line-up for the 2026 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on Monday. The celebrities fly to the Australian jungle ahead of a launch scheduled for Monday 16 November. The broadcaster revealed the names through its own channels and on Good Morning Britain, ending weeks of tabloid speculation about who had signed up.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly return to present the programme, which has aired on ITV since 2002. ITV said the series would again be filmed at the camp near Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. That site has hosted the show for most of its run.

The group follows the broadcaster's usual formula of soap actors, sports stars, reality television personalities and musicians. ITV said further late arrivals would enter the camp during the first week, a tactic used in recent series to lift viewing figures after launch night. The campmates will spend several days in hotel quarantine in Queensland before filming begins.

The announcement opens a crowded three-week stretch for ITV's autumn schedule. The jungle series runs against the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing on weekend evenings.

Both broadcasters have relied on the two formats to anchor their pre-Christmas ratings. ITV said last year's launch episode drew one of its largest entertainment audiences of the year across television and its ITVX streaming service.

Bookmakers including William Hill and Paddy Power opened betting on the eventual King or Queen of the Jungle within hours of the announcement. Public voting decides which celebrities face the Bushtucker Trials during the opening days. ITV said the final was expected in early December.