It’s official: Jill Scott has won I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2022 and the scenes in her hometown of Sunderland are absolutely brilliant.
The former Lioness and Manchester City star was crowned Queen of the Jungle in the first series since the ITV hit returned to its true home in Australia and while the celebrations around the studio were plenty jubilant, they weren’t half as good as the celebrations on Wearside.
Making it to the final alongside Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner, the recently retired footballer charmed the nation by being nothing other than funny and wholesome self and, as you can see, it meant a lot to those watching back home.
Genuinely could have mistaken these for the Euro 2020 final.
The 35-year-old became the eighth woman to win the beloved British reality show in 22 series, the first airing all the way back in 2022 and the previous two moved to a castle in Wales due to Covid.
With that in mind, the homecoming series was always going to be a blockbuster but nothing could have prepared the millions of viewers for the arrival of former health secretary and still-serving MP (for now), Matt Hancock.
Making it to the final three, it’s fair to say there were genuine nerves across large parts of the UK as people nervously watched on in fear as the man long-considered public enemy number one crept closer towards the crown. Fortunately, that nightmare was avoided. Here’s how she reacted to the win:
Speaking to Good Morning Britain just hours after her coronation, the England international – who was tipped to win this season before it even started – Scott insisted everyone was just “equal” in camp and recognised that Hancock still played his part by winning stars for camp.
Discussing what might come in the near future, she went on to say: “I don’t know what I’m going to do next but if you give everything every single day, keep trying to be a good person then we’ll see what happens”. What a legend.
Single Mancs wanted to take part in next series of Married At First Sight UK
Emily Sergeant
Okay, bold question time – would you marry a complete stranger?
If you (somehow) answered yes to that, then you’ll probably be keen to hear that hit Channel 4 reality show, Married at First Sight UK, is currently on the lookout for brave contestants to take part in the next series.
And you’ll probably be even keener to hear that casting directors are urging single Mancs to stick an application in… if they fancy it.
If you haven’t seen Married at First Sight yet, well then firstly, where have you been? And secondly, it’s a dating show like no other that sees singletons marry complete strangers in a social experiment – and it’s undoubtedly binge-worthy and extremely entertaining.
Married at First Sight UK has opened its casting for the next series / Credit: Channel 4
Contestants – who will not have met or had contact with each other until the wedding day – are matched up with their supposed ‘perfect match’, determined by a group of experts who use “scientific matchmaking methods”.
Once the contestants are married off, the camera follows them for five weeks to see whether the new relationship is a success or not.
Calling on singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service, Channel 4 wrote in the casting announcement on the ‘Take Part’ section of its website: “If you are ready to swipe left to the dating apps and say ‘I do’ at the altar, then our experts are here to help you find the one.”
Channel 4 wants singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service / Credit: Channel 4
Casting directors say singles of all ages, backgrounds, gender identities, and sexualities are ‘welcome to apply’ for the new series.
Fancy it then?
Applications are currently open for the next series, and to apply to the show, you just need to be over 18 years of age, live in the UK, and feel ready for marriage.
BBC is looking for messy Mancs who need to ‘sort their life out’ to take part in new series
Emily Sergeant
Do you need to sort your life out?
We get that this may sound like a pretty brutal and upfront question to ask, but don’t shoot the messenger, it’s technically the BBC asking it, as producers are currently on the hunt for messy people who could do with ‘sorting their life out’ to take part in the new series of one of its hit TV shows – and they’re encouraging Greater Manchester residents to apply.
While the title of the show may, quite literally, be Sort Your Life Out, we promise it’s not as harsh as it seems, as in reality, it’s just offering you a helping hand to tidy up.
That’s right, if you would you like your home to be totally transformed by none other than Stacey Solomon and her expert team, then through a life-changing declutter, supersize spring clean, and some ingenious carpentry solutions to top things off, you could bring some job back to where you live.
The BBC is looking for messy Mancs who need to ‘sort their life out’ to take part in new series / Credit: BBC | FreerangeStock
Stacey and her expert team of organising fanatics can help you let go of the things you don’t need, and streamline what you do.
Plus they’ll also help to create space-saving storage and put systems in place to save you time and money in the future.
“Whether you have a new baby on the way, want to run a business from home, find it hard to let go of sentimental items or just want to create calm in the chaos, we’d love to hear from you,” producers said in a casting call on the BBC website.
Does this process sounds like something you could benefit from then? Producers of the hit show are looking for families or shared households to take part in a potential future series.
Danny Jones -
28th November 2022 
