Air Atack as terrified Emily leads celebrities dropping into jungle down under
Star parachutes into a perfect Aussie storm
actress Emily Atack made a high-flying, terrifying arrival into the I’m a Celebrity jungle yesterday. The Inbetweeners star, 28, looked shaken by her parachute jump into the ITV camp as she landed at Lennox Head, near Byron Bay, Australia.
She joined other celebs on the Yellow Team – singer Fleur East, The Vamps guitarist James Mcvey, The Chase’s Anne Hegerty and Eastenders actress Rita Simons – as the celebrities assembled before the first show is screened tonight.
The reality series, the first without the Ant and Dec double act, kicks off amidst torrential rain and thunderstorms.
The 10 celebrities, including Scot John Barrowman, are swapping creature comforts for creepy crawly critters over the next three weeks.
But they had only just reached the two jungle camps, Croc Creek and Snake Rock, when the storms, which led to Queensland emergency services issue warnings not to shelter under trees, hit hard.
Before heading into the jungle, actress Emily said she would not be averse to finding romance in the camp. She said: “I’m young and single so I’m open to love wherever it might be.”
But the mood in camp was less than romantic as rain soaked the sleeping areas and all the utensils, making for a soggy first night for the campmates. New co-presenter Holly Willoughby, standing in for Ant Mcpartlin who is continuing his recovery after his drink-drive shame, had earlier joined Dec Donnelly in welcoming this year’s nervous newbies.
They met Glasgowborn Barrowman, Corrie’s Sair Khan, fellow soap star Rita Simons, formerly with Eastenders, and The Vamps singer James Mcvey on a boat on the glamorous Gold Coast to reveal they’d be split into two teams right from the start.
They face a series of challenges before reaching camp, trying to build a team along the way. The winner of each challenge gets their pick of celebrity. The teams then faced a final head to head race with the