I’m A Celebrity LIVE: Latest updates as thriller visitor makes shock arrival in camp as stars share emotional reunion with household and mates earlier than Sunday’s ultimate

It’s time to switch on ITV for Friday’s installment down under with votes still open for tonight’s double elimination!

Melvin Odoom has revealed none other than Carol Vorderman slid into his DMs while he was in the I’m A Celebrity.. Get Me Out Of Here jungle.

The radio DJ, 44,admitted he had a crush on the former Countdown host during his time on the ITV show and it appears Carol, 63, was quite flattered when she found out.

Sharing a video on his X/Twitter account relaxing in the hotel after being eliminated, Melvin told how Carol DM’d his account during his time in the jungle.

He said: ‘I’m just about to check the DMs and I’ve noticed there’s a message from Vorders herself. Let’s have a look see.

‘Someone’s looking after my page and she goes, “Please give him my best, he’s done so well, heart emoji.”‘

Melvin surprised his jungle campmates when he chose to have a pillow with Carol’s face on it as his luxury item.

• Read Sean O’Grady’s story here

Danny Jones’ wife has revealed the heartbreaking reason he has grown so close with his fellow I’m A Celebrity camp mate Barry McGuigan.

The McFly singer, 38, and the former boxer, 63, have formed an incredible bond throughout their time in the jungle, so much so that the pair plan to remain close after the show finishes.

And on Lorraine on Friday, the musician’s wife Georgia Horsley revealed the real reason the pair have made such a strong connection.

The model explained that Danny has found a father figure in Barry because it’s something he lacked growing up.

She told host Christine Lampard: ‘He gravitates to father figures, to older men, because he didn’t have that growing up.’

• Watch the interview below and read Poppy Atkinson Gibson’s story here

Tulisa Contostavlos will appear in I’m A Celebrity’s spin-off show Coming Out – despite flying out of Australia hours after her eviction.

After the N-Dubz singer, 36, was the third star to be voted out of camp on Monday, she deleted all traces of her appearance on the ITV show from her Instagram and snubbed an interview on I’m A Celebrity Unpacked.

Reports surfaced Tulisa had a bust-up in the hotel after she was evicted from the show with her best friends, Michelle McKenna and her boyfriend, Daniel Johnson – something which her representatives have denied.

Despite Tulisa flying back to Manchester, the singer will appear on the spin-off show according to The Mirror.

In the Coming Out show, the celebrities are followed with cameras from the moment they leave camp and so it is likely producers have enough footage of her departure that they can use, before she decided to fly home.

• Read the full story by Dolly Busby and Connie Rusk here

Good Morning Britain viewers accused hosts Kate Garraway and Rob Rinder of ‘setting a trap’ for I’m A Celeb’s Barry McGuigan after asking ‘unfair’ questions on Friday’s instalment.

The former boxer, 63, looked visibly emotional while opening up about his late daughter Danika in his first interview after being eliminated from the jungle on Thursday.

Host Rob, 46, chatted to Barry – who appeared directly from Australia’s Gold Coast – and admitted: ‘My mum is a huge fan of yours. It is because of how kind you are.’

The presenter continued praising Barry’s ‘courage to speak on challenging topics’ and added: ‘A lot of people were really touched by the power of you talking about your grief,’ before asking: ‘Why should we talk about it?’

The Irish star looked visibly emotional attempting to answer the questions as he fought back tears.

‘It’s the most devastating thing that has ever happened to me,’ he admitted.

• Watch the moment below and read the full story by Carolina Piras here

Maura Higgins made a bold public declaration about her feelings for Pete Wicks on This Morning on Friday – and even joked about marrying him.

The Love Island star, 34, shared her excitement to see the former TOWIE star, 36, during a post I’m A Celebrity interview with Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.

The brunette bombshell discussed her time on the show, including overcoming her fear of spiders, bonding with Rev Richard Coles and missing her current flame Pete.

During her time on the show the reality star revealed that she had been dating Pete before entering the jungle, but admitted she wasn’t sure if they were in a relationship.

But now, having been eliminated from the show on Thursday night, Maura revealed she is excited to reunite with him.

• Watch below and read the full story by Poppy Atkinson Gibson here

I’m A Celebrity stars Barry McGuigan and Maura Higgins were given quite the warm welcome on Thursday as they arrived back at the hotel in Surfers Paradise, Australia following their double elimination.

Boxer Barry, 63, had to act fast as his delighted former campmate, radio star Melvin Odoom, 44, leapt into his arms as he made his way into the hotel lobby.

Meanwhile, Love Island favourite Maura, 34, was offered a more graceful greeting as she shared a sweet embraced with Loose Women’s Jane Moore, 62.

Jane and Melvin were joined by fellow evicted campmate Dean McCullough, 32, in the lobby of the hotel, where they had waited alongside the celebrity’s friends and family to greet the evictees.

One notable absence was that of Tulisa Contostavlos, who snubbed the I’m A Celebrity final and has arrived back home in the UK a week early after becoming the third campmate to be voted off the show on Monday.

• Read the full story by Niomi Harris here

Coleen Rooney recoils in horror as she’s forced to drink a revolting cocktail in a first look at the next BushTucker Trial.

On Friday night, Coleen, 38, and Rev Richard Coles, 62, take on the Dreaded Dreggs drinking challenge to win stars for the camp.

As the pair are presented with a huge sharing glass of grey sludge which they must finish, host Ant McPartlin reveals the ingredients.

‘This is a fish bowl, well it’s more of a sick bowl actually.

‘It contains blended giant meal worms, surströmming, crocodile anus and vomit fruit, all blended together. Its like the worst of the worst.’

Coleen visibly recoiled at the sight of the disgusting drink, prompting Ant to ask: ‘You don’t like the look of it?’

• Read the full story by Freya Barnes here

The friends and family of the remaining I’m A Celebrity campmates surprised their loved ones in the Jungle in scenes set to air on Friday for the Family Reunion episode.

Coleen Rooney, 38, got emotional as her youngest sons, Kit, eight, and Cass, five, who she shares with husband Wayne, arrived and were joined by her mum Colette.

Danny Jones’s mother entered the Jungle, and his wife, the former Miss Britain winner Georgia Horsley, and their six-year-old son, Cooper, arrived in Australia today – too late to visit the McFly frontman.

Down Under for the former Strictly Come Dancing professional, Oti Mabuse, is her husband Maruis with their 13-month-old daughter and her mother, Dudu.

Meanwhile GK Barry, 25, was visited by her mother and also got an unexpected visit from her girlfriend, Ella Rutherford, who has flown out to the Gold Coast to surprise the TikTok star when she comes out of the Jungle across the bridge.

Reverend Richard Coles, 62, is visited by his brother, Andy, who he described as the ‘kindest person in the world’.

• Read Dolly Busby’s exclusive story here