PAUL BURRELL, the Cheshire-based former royal butler, is among the 10 celebrities going into the jungle for the next instalment of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
The line-up includes Antonio Fargas (Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch), former East 17 bad boy Brian Harvey, and underwear model Nancy Sorrell.
Journalist Janet Street-Porter and ex-All Saint Natalie Appleton are also on board.
Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson, model and reformed drug addict Sophie Anderton, club owner and DJ Fran Cosgrove and comedian Joe Pasquale will also be going Down Under.
Bookmakers make former Gossard model Anderton, comic Vic Reeves's wife Sorrell and Appleton 5/1 joint favourites to win.
William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said: "It looks a far more open contest this time, you just cannot be sure how the celebs are going to react to the rigours of the jungle.
"But as soon as it was rumoured that Paul Burrell was one of the contestants, we started to get inquiries - love him or hate him he is bound to be one of the most controversial figures."
Antonio Fargas does not know what he's letting himself in for - he has never seen an episode of I'm a Celebrity ...
The actor hates camping and has phobias against heights and bugs.
Programme makers sent Fargas a recording of the show but the star, who played Huggy Bear in 1970s series Starsky and Hutch, has not watched it in case it changes his mind.
He said: "I haven't seen any of it ... I said I didn't want to be put off by anything that happened.
"At least then I'm not expecting anything and don't have any preconceived ideas."
He thinks his upbringing will stand him in good stead in the jungle.
"I think the city is sort of like a jungle - New York is anyway."
Series four of I'm A Celebrity ... begins next Monday evening on ITV1.
