I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here 2023 Launch | Live Blog - weather, last minute odds and commentary

Good evening and welcome to NationalWorld's live coverage of the first episode of this year's 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.'

Alongside sharing information we've collated over the weeks regarding this year's contest, we'll also be providing some commentary from this evening's show, taking place on ITV1 and ITVX from 9pm.

So while 'The Masked Singer: I'm A Celebrity Special' finishers (and I find out who 'Dunny' is,) let's get ready for the new series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here'

... and what's it like for Any and Dec this morning in Murwillumbah, the location the jungle is closest to in New South Wales, Australia?

Well, the forecast reads "Cloudy. High chance of rain, most likely during this afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low to mid 20s."

There is also 80% change of rain, according to Australia's Bureau of Metrology.

While we wait for 'I'm A Celeb' to start, who was the runner-up in 'The Masked Singer?'

It turned out it was Mylene Klass!

In 2006, Klass was runner-up on the sixth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and returned in 2023 for the "all-stars" series I'm a Celebrity... South Africa, which she won

While we wait to see which contestant this year will end up undertaking the bulk of the Bushtucker Trials this year, Natalie Dixon had a look at the celebrity who has performed the most trials in the history of the show.

You can read her article while we wait ten more minutes before 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here' begins here.

Joe Pasquale! If you had 'Where is Joe Pasquale' on your 2023 bingo card, you can check it off now, as he wins 'The Masked Singer: I'm A Celeb Special.'

Pasquale was crowned King of the Jungle on the fourth series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.'

The moment is upon us - off to Australia in a matter of moments...

For those looking to have a flutter this evening, Oddschecker has the following odds for this year's winner:

So Nigel is considered one of the favourites... stranger things have happened we guess.

Those odds seem interesting, given that there was talk of a boycott of the show after the announcement of Nigel Farage. Maybe Matt Hancock was onto something using reality TV to gather political capital.

Every night I have nightmares about it, Fred said. I would have nightmares about it too...

Grace Dent says I feel sick to my absolute stomach - I don't blame you grace.

It's 7:03am in Australia, and the familiar theme music arrives on our screens after Dec screams 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!.' The new season is here and it's a comforting, familiar feeling again.