George TakeiThe line-up for this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! has been confirmed and is, as usual, quite a mixed selection.

From the celebrity world, WAG Carly Zucker, glamour model Nicola McLean join TV presenters Esther Rantzen and Dani Behr. Star Trek: TOS star George Takei, one-time Blue singer Simon Webbe and former Eastenders star Joe Swash, who played Mickey Miller on the soap, are also set to appear in the jungle-based reality show.

More unusual contentants include chatshow host turned MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk, former tennis star Martina Navratilova and the former Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Metropolitan Police, Brian Paddick.

Executive producer Richard Cowles called this year’s crop a “magnificent cast of celebrities” but warned that the show won’t be easy for them: “Their trip to the jungle promises to be anything but a walk in the park.

“Each year, in a bid to test the celebrities, we develop new ways of pushing the boundaries and this series will push them further than ever before.

“We have bundles of surprises up our sleeves and some of the most gruelling bushtucker trials ever seen.”

The show starts this weekend on ITV1.