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I'm A Celebrity: Boy George arrives in Australia to complete star-studded line-up

Boy George has touched down in Australia for this year's I'm A Celebrity, becoming the highest-paid star ever to appear on the show.

The music icon, 61, completed the star-studded line-up as he was pictured at Brisbane Airport on Saturday morning as he gets ready to battle his greatest fears in the jungle.

The former Culture Club singer arrived at the airport wearing a lion mask, joking: "I'm here to a version of The Lion queen, I don't know what you are talking about darling!"

He was then asked if the hot looking costume would be worn for the duration of his time in the jungle, to which he replied: "Lets hope so."

As he left the airport, he was asked what particular requests he had made, as he now has to isolate for a week.

Boy George arrived at Brisbane Airport wearing a lion mask (Tim Merry / Daily Star)

He said: "Lots of green juices", but declined to comment on his veganism and what that might mean for trials.

He replied with: "I am a lion queen."

The star-studded line-up features Loose Women's Charlene White, A Place In The Sun's Scarlette Douglas, Lioness Jill Scott, Corrie's Sue Cleaver, Radio X DJ Chris Moyles, Love Island star Olivia Attwood, Hollyoaks' Owen Warner and comedian Babatunde Aleshe.

Seann Walsh is also rumoured to be also starring in this year's series and could arrive as a late edition to the show.

One of the biggest shock names from this year's line-up, however, is Mike Tindall, who is making history as the ITV show's very first Royal Family member.

The Culture Club singer said he was hoping to keep his costume on for the duration of his time in the jungle (Tim Merry / Daily Star)
But what will his veganism mean for the show's trials? (Tim Merry / Daily Star)

Mike, 44, landed Down Under in the early hours of Friday morning and seemed excited for swapping royal life in favour of slumming it in the jungle as he told reporters: "It should be good fun, why not? It is always worth a go isn't it."

The rugby pundit, who is married to Princess Anne's daughter Zara Tindall, was told it was the first big reality series a royal had done since It's A Knockout, prompting him to add: "No one said that when I did Bear Grylls and The Jump and I just do things I think will be fun."

Mike Tindall is the first royal to appear on I'm A Celeb (Tim Merry / Daily Star)
Olivia Attwood is also the show's first Islander (Mirror Star Express)

While Love Island star Olivia is also making history as the first ever Islander on the show.

Speaking as she arrived in Australia, Olivia admitted she will missed her footballer fiancé Bradley Dack during her time in the jungle, and confessed she's worried about how her other campmates will tolerate her.

"I am scared of me, in terms of how long the other campmates can tolerate me. I will get myself in trouble somehow, the usual," the star confessed at the airport.

Asked what she will miss she referred to her boyfriend, saying: "It is day one at the minute so I'm not missing much. But in three or four days the dogs and my fiancé probably.

"I mean four weeks and no sh*gging what can you do?"

Meanwhile Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner said that he was hoping to find love on the show.

The 23-year-old soap star - who has played Romeo Nightingale on the Channel 4 soap since 2018 - said: "My mum is the one who is going to be the one missing me. I am single and ready for the jungle. I am always looking for romance but I am not going in especially for that."

*I'm A Celebrity returns November 6 on ITV

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