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Actor Hamilton joining jungle camp
Thursday 12 November 2009
The ex-Dynasty star is one of 11 contestants taking part in the show who include soap stars, home makeover specialists and former chart acts.
Ex-EastEnder Lucy Benjamin, snooker ace Jimmy White and former Page Three girl-turned-singer Samantha Fox are among the other figures who will join the Australian jungle when the show returns on Sunday.
Also facing the Bushtucker Trials, heat and creepy-crawlies will be TV chef Gino D'Acampo, Strictly dancer Camilla Dallerup, Hollyoaks star Stuart Manning, and interior designers Colin and Justin.
The 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' line-up is completed by ex-Mis-Teeq singer Sabrina Washington and Channel 4's How Clean Is Your House? presenter Kim Woodburn.
Producers say the ninth series will be the toughest challenge yet "as the boundaries are pushed to the limit".
The contestants will once again be isolated from the outside world with basic food rations as they cope with the occasionally hostile environment and each other for three weeks in the hunt for the king or queen of the jungle.
70-year-old Hamilton revealed that he convinced friends he was enjoying a spell of glamour as he kept his jungle adventure secret. "None of my celebrity friends will be watching as they currently think I'm on a yacht in the South of France with a silk robe on and a glass of champagne in my hand, surrounded by beautiful women," he said.
The actor said he was dressing down for the occasion: "I know everyone is expecting me to turn up in a tuxedo and look all dashing but that's over with. Before I left I went to a barber and had a seven-dollar military haircut."
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