Six names have been linked to the I’m a Celebrity 2026 jungle line-up. ITV has confirmed none of them. Here is every reported campmate, who reported them, and what is actually known about the start date.

ITV has not announced a single campmate for the 2026 series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

Six people have been linked to it in the press. Five of those reports trace back to one newspaper. The sixth comes from a bookmaker quoting its own odds.

That is the whole picture, and it is worth saying plainly, because the line-up lists circulating this month read a great deal more certain than the sourcing behind them.

The series is expected to launch on Monday 16 November, a fortnight after Celebrity Traitors finishes its run. That date is also unconfirmed.

Who is in the I’m a Celebrity 2026 line-up?

Nobody is confirmed. Six names have been reported: Ricky Wilson, AJ Odudu, Ade Adepitan, Nadiya Bychkova, Su-Elise Nash and Ben Stokes.

Every entry above is a press report or a betting market, not an ITV announcement. Nadiya Bychkova and Su-Elise Nash were described as being in talks rather than signed. The Ben Stokes link came from Ladbrokes head of PR Alex Apati citing the firm’s own odds, which is a bookmaker discussing its book rather than a casting report.

Two of the six are worth a second look for different reasons.

If Ade Adepitan takes part, he would be the first wheelchair user to enter the camp.

And Nadiya Bychkova is not among the fifteen couples on the current series of Strictly Come Dancing. A professional without a celebrity partner is free from mid-November in a way a partnered one is not, which makes her the most plausible name on the list rather than the most eye-catching.

Has ITV confirmed the 2026 line-up?

No. ITV has made no casting announcement for the 2026 series.

This is normal rather than unusual. ITV has historically held the full line-up until a few days before launch, often releasing it in the week the series starts, with the campmates photographed on arrival in Australia.

Reports in September indicated final decisions would be made closer to November, when the cast fly out.

So a confirmed list is likely in the second week of November, give or take a few days.

When does I’m a Celebrity 2026 start?

Reported as Monday 16 November 2026 at 9 pm on ITV. ITV has not confirmed it.

The launch has traditionally been a Sunday night. This year it has reportedly moved to the Monday, which would be the first time the series has not opened on a Sunday.

Why has the start date moved to a Monday?

Football. ITV holds the UEFA Nations League rights, and England play Spain on Sunday 15 November with an 8.45 pm kick-off.

That is fifteen minutes before the launch episode would have gone out. Rather than run its biggest autumn entertainment launch against its own live football, ITV has reportedly pushed it to the following night.

A source told The Sun: “I’m A Celeb has always benefited from the Sunday night prime-time slot, but this year it’s all change.”

Worth noting what that sentence is and is not. It is an anonymous source in a newspaper, not a broadcaster announcement, and ITV has issued no statement either way.

Who is hosting I’m a Celebrity 2026?

Ant and Dec are expected to return. They have hosted every series since the show began in 2002, and ITV has announced no change.

The pair have also fronted the announcement of the show’s new spin-off, so they remain closely involved with the format.

Where is I’m a Celebrity filmed?

Australia. Reports in September referred to the cast flying out in November, as in previous years.

The camp is in the hinterland of northern New South Wales. The 2025 series was based at Murwillumbah.

What is I’m a Celebrity… The Wild Frontier?

A new ITV spin-off, filmed in northern Canada, in which celebrities compete in pairs. It launches in 2027 and does not replace the Australian series.

This one is genuinely confirmed, unlike most of what is being written about 2026. ITV announced it in September, with Katie Rawcliffe, the broadcaster’s Director of Entertainment, Reality and Daytime, speaking about it publicly. Lifted Entertainment produces it.

The format changes the central mechanic. Pairs eat, compete and are eliminated together as a single unit, and the public votes out whole pairs rather than individuals. Each pair must contain at least one celebrity; the other can be a relative, a friend, a partner or a second celebrity.

Swapping Australian heat for the Canadian far north also changes the physical premise of the show, which has been built on humidity and insects for twenty-four years.

Is this the same as I’m a Celebrity All Stars?

No. All Stars is a separate pre-recorded series filmed in South Africa with returning campmates. The November series is the live Australian one.

The two are frequently confused in search results, partly because both carry 2026 in their titles. If you are looking for the nightly live show with the trials and the public vote, that is the Australian series starting in November.

When will we know the real line-up?

Expect ITV’s official announcement in the week before launch, so roughly the week commencing 9 November. It will appear on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity page and across the show’s social accounts.

Until then, treat every name as a report. Some of the six above will almost certainly be in the camp. Some will not, and a few campmates nobody has mentioned yet will walk in on the first night, which is how it goes most years.

This page is updated as names are confirmed.

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