After his numerous years in the public eye and incredibly successful career, the household name should prove popular with ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here viewers.
A huge TV and pop icon from the 1980s is currently in “advanced talks” to appear on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here this year!
Martin Kemp is poised to become the first star to join I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here as the second member of a family to have the jungle experience. The Spandau Ballet star is in “advanced talks” to join the hit ITV show when it launches next month.
And he’ll be following in the footsteps of his radio presenter son, Roman, who took part back in 2019. One insider said: “Martin is a household name having been top of the hit parade with Spandau Ballet in the 80s and then in EastEnders in the early 2000s – he’s a great signing and everyone is very excited at the prospect of getting him Down Under.”
One person who’ll be particularly thrilled is Roman himself, 32, who told the Mirror a couple of years ago that he’d be “very up” for his famous dad to take part.
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When Roman did it, he lasted the full 22 days and finished in third place, behind Corrie star Andy Whyment and winner Jacqueline Jossa.
But as he did it, he faced some challenging Bushtucker Trials, for which his father was at least partially held accountable after he exhorted the public to nominate his son.
Roman told the Mirror in 2022, “Listen, I would do anything to have my dad eat llama anus.” He recalled that the first time he was nominated was during the eating trial, so I’ll explain why. When you’re there, you become so enthralled about why people are supporting you because they think, “Am I coming across as a d*** and people want to see me suffer”?
Turns out, the only reason I was chosen to participate in the trial at the beginning was the tweet from my father, “Let’s get my son to eat kangaroo anus.” I’m very interested in him entering, my God.
Once Martin arrives in the jungle, there will be a Kemp TV takeover in Britain with him on ITV alongside hosts Ant and Dec and his kids Roman and elder sister Harley Moon competing on BBC1’s Race Across the World from next week.
Additionally, Martin, who regularly appears on Celebrity Gogglebox with Roman, will be following his ex-bandmate Tony Hadley, who won sixth place on the show in 2015.
The singer of hits including True, Gold and To Cut a Long Story Short, afterwards described his jungle experience as “one of the best things I’ve ever done” despite his endless conflict with fellow contestant Lady Colin Campbell, who took an instant dislike to him.
Martin, 64, married to former Wham backing singer Shirley Holliman, is unlikely to ask Hadley for tips, after the rest of the Spandau members fell out with the lead singer when he quit the band in 2017.
Hadley and Gary, the band’s songwriter, were unlikely to collaborate again, he claimed earlier this year in the Mirror. He and I have not spoken in ten years. He claimed that I had no connection to the Spandau incident at all.
This was made after Gary claimed that he and Tony had never been friends “northern,” even in a high school, in 2021. However, Martin has always expressed optimism regarding a reunion, saying, “I would love to do it and I know Gary would love to do it. It’s very challenging to get five adults to say “yes” simultaneously. I understand Tony’s motivations for wanting to sing solo, and he doesn’t want to do it at the moment.
I’m a Celebrity is expected to start on ITV on November 16 with other camp-mates likely to include Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley and ex- EastEnder Shona McGarty plus radio host Nick Ferrari, comedian Ruby Wax, model Kelly Brook and presenter Vogue Williams.
A show spokesman said the official announcement would come soon, adding: “Any names suggested for I’m A Celebrity are speculation.”
Source: Mirror
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