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I'm A Celeb set to sign major Strictly Come Dancing star as jungle bosses assemble 'sensational' line-up

ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! is set to sign Strictly Come Dancing star and former Communards musician Rev Richard Coles for the new series which starts next month

Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth. While he first came to prominence alongside singer Jimmy Somerville in the pop band The Communards, who scored the best selling single of 1986 with their version of Don’t Leave Me This Way, Richard later left pop stardom behind and trained for the priesthood and was the inspiration for the lead character in the sitcom Rev, played by Tom Hollander, as well as the character Tom in Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones novels. Richard continued to make TV appearances while working as a vicar, including as a guest on Have I Got News For You, University Challenge and Countdown, and as a competitor on Celebrity MasterChef as well as Strictly.

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