BBC Radio 1’s Melvin Odoom and Dean McCullough set to enter the I’m A Celebrity jungle

BBC Radio 1 presenters Melvin Odoom and Dean McCullough are part of the line-up in I’m A celebrity on ITVX this year.

Melvin, who hosts mid-mornings with Rickie and Charlie, joined the station in 2019 after many years on KISS Breakfast.

Known also for his television work, Melvin said: “Snoring is my biggest fear. I have been trying to train myself, as messing with people’s sleep is a big deal.

Dean McCullough has been with Radio 1 since 2020 after working on Gaydio. He told ITV he’s terrified of leaving his studio behind and says he is “so petrified of everything.”

He said: “I made the mistake of watching episode one from last year and I nearly passed out watching it. I had to turn it off. And I hate cockroaches.

“There was a cockroach in a hostel I stayed in once and I checked out during the middle of the night, as the thought of it.”

I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! starts on ITVX this Sunday at 9pm.

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