I'm A Celeb shake-up as new favourite to win revealed hours before final
As I'm A Celeb's Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones and Reverend Richard Coles count down the minutes until one of them is crowned Queen or King of the Jungle, the bookies' have landed on a favourite - and it's not who many fans might expect. Despite Coleen, 34, garnering support from a host of Liverpool's most famous faces this weekend, her brief stint as official favourite is over, and another campmate has now been tipped to take the crown.
McFly star Danny, 38, who already achieved a huge reality show win this year on ITV's The Masked Singer as Piranha, is now tipped as the bookies' favourite to become King of Jungle 2024. According to betting company Ladbrokes, while Coleen was a brief favourite, her odds currently stand at 9/4.
With Richard's odds at 12/1, Danny's 4/9 odd means he's the favourite to win. If they're correct, Danny would be receiving the crown tonight (Sunday, December 8) from last year's champion, former Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson, who beat Tony Bellew and Nigel Farage in the 2023 final.
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Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Danny couldn't be in a better position, as far as the odds are concerned. With just three names still standing, punters are convinced he's done enough to see off the chasing pack for this year's jungle crown."
The series' finalists were whittled down to three when former Strictly star Oti Mabuse became the latest evictee on Saturday night's show, following GK Barry and Corrie star Alan Halsall's surprise double eviction on Friday.
Speaking to hosts Ant and Dec about her jungle experience after her exit, professional dancer Oti said: "I expected to be nervous the whole time but when you're in there... my goal became to focus and get the job done," You tell yourself 'calm down, it's not about - you feed the children'!"
With everyone - including Danielle Lloyd, Claire Sweeney, and Wayne Rooney - calling for people to vote for their favourites, former jungle Queen Scarlett Moffatt instead issued a word of warning to whoever wins, based it on her own experience eight years ago.
"I would say to people just make sure they've got a good support network around them," she said. "Looking back in hindsight, I wish I'd stayed up north. I made the decision of coming out of I'm A Celeb and being like 'This is my job, I'm going to move to London, I'm going to be on TV'."
