Is Alison Hammond heading for I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here?

Nov 13 2010 by Graham Young, Birmingham Mail

A FORMER Solihull cinema usherette is set to make a splash on one of ITV’s biggest series.

Alison Hammond is in Australia where she is expected to take part in the new series of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, which starts tomorrow.

The bubbly This Morning presenter was not among the initial ten contestants revealed by ITV.

But she is set to be a late arrival to the celebrity camp along with comedian Dom Joly, who is also Down Under.

Alison will join a diverse range of hopefuls on the latest series, including singer Stacey Solomon, who found fame after appearing on The X Factor.

Other contenders will include ex-James Bond girl and Rod Stewart’s former squeeze, Britt Ekland, as well as Birmingham Hippodrome-bound panto star Nigel Havers.

Alison’s Twitter account provided no clues as to whether she would make it into the Aussie jungle.

Her last message, posted on Tuesday, simply said: “I’d better get my groove on.”

On November 1, she posted: “Merrikesh (sic) here we come whoo hoo xxx.”

The following day, she wrote: “Sorry folks healthy eating has gone out the window. Just eaten cous cous, lamb and loads of morroccan (sic) bread. I have ruined everything xx.”

She has recently been attempting to drop three dress sizes in time for Christmas thanks to a Black Dress Bootcamp.