Tulisa’s I’m a Celebrity disappearance thriller continues after she was lacking from greeting her evicted campmate Melvin Odoom
Mystery surrounding Tulisa Contostavlos is mounting after she was missing to greet her campmate Melvin Odoom when he returned to the hotel after becoming the fourth star voted off I’m A Celebrity.
It comes after the NDubz singer, 36, did not appear on the spin-off I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked for ‘personal reasons’ with the host Joel Dommett announcing: ‘Tulisa won’t be joining us on the sofa tonight.’
But a source has insisted to MailOnline there is ‘no bad blood’ between Tulisa and ITV, adding, ‘There is nothing sinister going on and the situation will become clear soon’.
It comes after the I Need You singer mysteriously deleted all of her Instagram posts about her time in the Jungle after she was visibly surprised to be the third star voted off the show.
Melvin Odoom, 44, was met by his former campmates Jane Moore, 62, and Dean McCullough, 32, who embraced him but Tulisa was noticeably absent after she opted take part in any further I’m A Celebrity commitments.
As part of the show, friends and family of the contestants, and any evicted campmates, wait at the Marriott Hotel each day to greet the celebrity when they leave the Jungle, with an ITV camera crew filming for the Coming Out show.
Mystery surrounding Tulisa Contostavlos is mounting as she is said to be refusing to take part in the show and has not appeared on the I’m A Celebrity … Unpacked sofa
Tulisa was missing to greet her campmate Melvin Odoom when he returned to the hotel after becoming the fourth star voted off I’m A Celebrity on Tuesday
But Tulisa and her friends Michelle and Daniel were not in the line-up and ITV crew have told MailOnline they don’t know what has happened to the singer.
It is unclear whether Tulisa and her friends have left Australia, but she was not seen at the Marriott Hotel all day where the stars’ friends and family usually hang around.
Concern for Tulsia was sparked on Wednesday when it emerged she was refusing to take part in the show and did not appear on the I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked sofa for ‘personal reasons’.
The news that the N-Dubz star had failed to appear on the spin-off show came hours after she deleted all of her Instagram posts about her time in the ITV jungle.
During Unpacked on Tuesday, Joel Dommett announced to viewers: ‘Tulisa won’t be joining us on the sofa tonight, but former Queen of the Jungle, Jill Scott is here instead to give us all her Jungle insights.’
It is custom for celebrities to appear on the after-show hosted by Joel Dommett, Sam Thompson and Kemi Rodgers the day after they leave the Jungle but Jill Scott came on earlier to cover for Tulisa.
Evicted celebrities are expected to stay in Australia at the Marriott Hotel until the show is over this Sunday but it is believed the N-Dubz star has walked away after she was voted off on Monday night.
She told hosts Ant and Dec it was ‘hard in there’ but she was excited to have some wine and eat some pizza – admitting she had packed her Playstation for the trip.
Tulisa also deleted all traces of her time on I’m A Celebrity from her social media account – just a day after being evicted from the Jungle
Melvin was greeted by evicted campmates Jane Moore and Dean McCullough back at the hotel but there was no sign of Tulisa
Radio 1 DJ Melvin was the fourth campmate to be evicted
Melvin was greeted by his sister Yonah as he arrived back at the hotel where evicted campmates are traditionally met by all their co-stars
She appeared on Lorraine on Tuesday morning and was in Australia, but members of the ITV crew have not seen her since.
Tulisa deleted all traces of her time on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! from her social media account – just a day after being voted out of the Jungle.
She was the third campmate to be evicted on Monday night’s show but hasn’t wasted time erasing the ITV series from her feeds after getting her phone back.
These now-vanished posts included her being announced for the show last month and the documenting of her time in Australia by who was controlling her account while she was gone.
Eagle-eyed fans also spotted that she doesn’t follow Barry McGuigan on Instagram – the only campmate she isn’t digital friends with.
It comes after on Lorraine on Tuesday morning she talked about how her co-stars played up to the cameras, as well as revealing who her favourite campmate was amid rumours of a romance between her and Coronation Street’s Alan Halsall.
Speaking on the show after her exit, Tulisa said that she wants former Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse to be the next Queen of the Jungle.
‘I don’t know who will win but I would love to see Oti win,’ she said, before gushing over her other friendships in the jungle. ‘Oti, Alan, Melvin, Maura – they were like my soul family in there.’
Eagle-eyed fans also spotted that she doesn’t follow Barry McGuigan on Instagram – the only campmate she isn’t digital friends with
Barry and Tulisa are seen on the show together
But while she said she had found ‘friendships for life’, Tulisa admitted the ‘real test starts when you’re out’.
She said: ‘You know, people for the cameras are all pally pally but it’s – will you send those text messages, will you do the four-hour drive – and so the test of the friendships begin now, or in a week’s time.’
Speaking about her love for dancer Oti, Tulisa added: ‘Oti is just the most beautiful human. Really hard to come across someone so genuine, so pure, I loved her.
‘She is just pure to the bone and people like her are really hard to come across. Really special.’
Tulisa branded Alan one of her closest pals in jungle – amid rumours of a romance between the pair.
Rumours began to swirl when Tulisa first entered the jungle, which saw her jump out of a helicopter and pick Alan to complete the first challenge of the series.
