Nigel Farage is ready to interrupt a report on I’m A Celeb… Get Me Out of Right here! and the present hasn’t even began filming but.
The previous UKIP chief has jetted off to Australia and might be becoming a member of the likes of This Morning’s Josie Gibson, Sam Thompson, and Jamie Lynn Spears as he takes on Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s bushtucker trials.
The official 2023 line-up was revealed simply yesterday, and lots of have been left lower than impressed with Farage’s inclusion within the actuality programme, which final yr noticed former well being secretary Matt Hancock end in third place.
They’ll be even much less delighted to listen to that Farage, 59, will reportedly be paid £1.5million for his jungle stint, making him the highest-paid campmate ever.
However who else ranks because the highest-paid I’m A Celeb stars?
Noel Edmonds
Ex Deal or No Deal host Noel Edmonds turned the highest-paid contestant throughout his stint within the jungle in 2018.
Whereas he lasted only a measly 9 days, arriving final and being booted out first, he made £600,000.
That meant he earned £66,667 a day.
Nonetheless, he left ‘disillusioned’, saying: ‘That is within the prime 10 life experiences for me. Please consider me, that is simply in regards to the most interesting manufacturing I’ve ever been concerned with… It’s unimaginable, I’m humbled and proud to have been part of it.’
Boy George
Whereas it was first reported that Boy George was being paid £800,000 for I’m A Celeb, it was later claimed to be £500,000.
The Karma Chameleon hitmaker promised forward of collaborating within the sequence that he would give bosses their cash’s value, saying: ‘I don’t ever stroll on stage and assume I’ll give a half stage efficiency.
‘I really feel like I’ve been paid properly for it so I’m going to be as Boy George as I can.’
Simply months earlier, he cheekily implied that his financial institution steadiness meant he didn’t need to trouble collaborating in actuality tv reveals for the pay cheque.
After some explosive moments final sequence, George turned the fourth contestant eradicated from the jungle.
Caitlyn Jenner
In response to studies, Caitlyn Jenner made £500,000 from her time on I’m A Celeb in 2019.
Hosts Ant and Dec even took a cheeky swipe on the price, saying that whereas most celebrities go into the jungle to lose kilos, the Protecting Up With the Kardashians star would actually be gaining ‘500,000 of them’.
The Olympic champion, 74, was the seventh contestant eradicated, with EastEnders actress Jacqueline Jossa occurring to win.
She had beforehand appeared on the US model of I’m A Celeb, in its first sequence again in 2003.
Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp appeared alongside Edmonds on I’m A Celeb in 2018, however he went on to win the present and was topped King of the Jungle.
The sporting legend was reportedly paid £500,000 for getting in, making him the very best paid contestant on the time within the present’s then-18-year historical past.
He later claimed ITV provided him twice as a lot cash because the BBC did for Strictly Come Dancing, revealing: ‘What occurred was I’m a Celeb got here and provided me twice as a lot cash so I went there as an alternative!’
Ian Wright
Footballing legend Ian Wright can be one in all I’m A Celeb’s highest-paid stars, and was the second highest contestant in 2019, behind Caitlyn.
The ex-Arsenal and England striker was stated to have scored £400,000 for his look on the present, the place he was eradicated fifth.
Nonetheless, forward of heading into the jungle, 2018 winner Harry dropped hints in regards to the wage and apparently let slip that Ian had been confirmed as a part of the present, regardless of the official line-up not being launched.
An viewers member stated: ‘He was requested why he went within the jungle and stated, “Effectively they paid me half one million quid, in order that helped. Ian Wright’s going on this yr and so they’re paying him one million”.’
Amir Khan
Amir Khan returned to I’m A Celeb’s All Stars spin-off in South Africa earlier this yr.
Fortunately, there was no repeat of strawberry-gate, after his 2017 jungle expertise.
The professional boxer reportedly earned round £400,000 for his time on sequence 17, during which he was the seventh contestant booted out of camp, with Georgia Toffolo occurring to win.
Katie Value
Regardless of not scoring the highest-earned report, Katie Value holds one other I’m A Celeb title: the one contestant to have been on the present twice.
The primary time, in 2004, Katie left with ex-husband Peter Andre, who she now shares two of her 5 youngsters with.
5 years later, the ex glamour mannequin walked out with a price between £350,000 and £400,000, it’s been claimed.
She was the fifth eradicated throughout her first stint, and was the second contestant to withdraw from the competitors in sequence 9.
Matt Hancock
Former MP Hancock was paid £320,000 for 30 days work within the jungle, after studies instructed the ultimate quantity might attain £400,000.
It was later confirmed to Metro.co.uk that Hancock donated £10,000 to charity, saying: ’In addition to elevating the profile of his dyslexia marketing campaign in entrance of 11-million viewers, Matt’s donated £10,000 to St Nicholas Hospice in Suffolk and the British Dyslexia Affiliation, off the again of his look on I’m A Celeb…Get Me Out of Right here.’
Nonetheless, the quantity he donated in comparison with how a lot he earned sparked intense backlash.
Hancock additionally raked in £45,000 to participate in Celeb SAS: Who Dares Wins, for which he spent 80 hours filming.
How a lot have politicians earned on I am A Celeb?
Whereas Farage tops all of them, a number of politicians have earned substantial charges from their time on the fact sequence.
- Former Tory MP Edwina Currie took half on I’m A Celeb in 2014, the place she completed in fourth place, the place she stated she ‘earned near £100,000’.
- Stanley Johnson was rumoured to have earned round £250,000 in 2017.
- Nadine Dorries was the primary sitting MP to star on the present in 2012, the place she was anticipated to earn round £40,000.
It’s believed Farage beforehand turned down a number of gives of lots of of hundreds of kilos from ITV to participate within the actuality present, nevertheless it seems like cash does certainly speak.
Sources near the politician declare he might be ‘value each penny’, with one telling MailOnline: ‘ITV wants him greater than he wants them.’
I’m A Celeb launches on Sunday, November 19, at 9pm on ITV.
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