GMB’s Madeley favourite to face first Bushtucker Trial

• Richard Madeley 2-1 favourite to compete in first Bushtucker Trial.
• Corrie’s Simon Gregson joint second favourite alongside The Saturdays star Frankie Bridge at 9-2.
• DJ Naughty Boy priced at 4-1 to leave the camp first, followed by Arlene Phillips at 9-1.
• From Bushtucker wins to food losses, bookmaker William Hill will be across all the action this Autumn.

Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley is the bookies favourite to face the first public-voted Bushtucker trial, with the new series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! little more than a week away.

Soap royalty, football legends, musicians and Olympians are set to do battle in the hit ITV show, with the campfire set to be lit on Sunday, November 21 at 9pm.

For many the infamous Buchtucker trials have thrown up some of the best TV moments in recent years, with the gory challenges, often involving eating, holding, or otherwise being surrounded by bugs, always a high-point of the show.

And William Hill currently has Madeley, famed for his one-liners, hilarious quips and the finest locks on breakfast TV, is 2-1 favourite to be the first celebrity to squirm under the pressure of earning their next meal.

This Morning legend Madley, who was recently confirmed as a full-time host on GMB, is one of 12 celebrities who will bid to become King or Queen of Gwrych Castle this Autumn.

Simon Gregson, who has played Steve McDonald on Coronation Street since 1989, is swapping the Corrie cobbles for the North Wales castle, and is joint-second favourite on 9-2.

Gregson is joined on 9-2 by favourite to win the show outright Frankie Bridge, who walks across the drawbridge five years after husband Wayne parachuted into the Australian jungle.

Cheered on by a sometimes giggling, and often grimacing, Ant and Dec, contestants have to complete a challenge in order to win stars, which can be exchanged for food.

But these challenges are usually a gruelling physical, mental or food-based challenge, often resulting in the celebrities facing their worst fears.

And, while the prospect of seeing the 12 celebrities put through a series of gruesome trials adds to the anticipation of the hit show’s return, each year somebody has to be first to leave.

In the first series it was illusionist, magician, television personality, Uri Geller, who was first to disappear, while in 2020 it was British athlete Hollie Arnold who was first to be thrown out.

This year DJ Naughty Boy is 4-1 to fade out, while former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips, 78, and the show’s oldest ever contestant, is 9-1 to waltz her way out of the castle, level-pegging with decorated para-sport athlete Kadeena Cox – also 9-2 – to walk back across the drawbridge as the first eliminated.

Frankie Bridge (10-3) is William Hill’s early frontrunner to win the show outright, King of the cobbles Gregson, aka Steve McDonald, is 4-1 second favourite, before new Dad and Emmerdale star Danny Miller – known for playing Aaron Dingle – is also 11-2.

Former BBC Breakfast host Louise Minchin is currently 6-1 after swapping BBC Breakfast’s famous red sofa for the castle, after more than 20 years on the flagship breakfast news programme. And GMB’s Madley is considered an 8-1 shot, ahead of 9-1 David Ginola.

First Public-Voted Bushtucker Trial

Richard Madeley – 2-1 – 33% chance

Simon Gregson – 9-2 – 18% chance

Frankie Bridge – 9-2 – 18% chance

Adam Woodyatt – 13-2 – 13% chance

David Ginola – 15-2 – 11% chance

Louise Minchin – 8-1 – 11% chance

Danny Miller – 10-1 – 9% chance

Matty Lee – 12-1 – 7% chance

Snoochie Shy – 14-1 – 6% chance

Kadeena Cox – 14-1 – 6% chance

Naughty Boy – 20-1 – 4% chance

Arlene Phillips – 22-1 – 4% chance

First Elimination

Naughty Boy – 4-1 – 20% chance

Arlene Phillips – 9-2 – 18% chance

Kadeena Cox – 9-2 – 18% chance

Snoochie Shy – 13-2 – 13% chance

Matty Lee – 7-1 – 12% chance

Adam Woodyatt – 8-1 – 11% chance

David Ginola – 10-1 – 9% chance

Louise Minchin – 10-1 – 9% chance

Richard Madeley – 10-1 – 9% chance

Danny Miller – 14-1 – 6% chance

Simon Gregson – 20-1 – 4% chance

Frankie Bridge – 25-1 – 3% chance

**odds correct at time of publishing**

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