Strictly finalist ‘lined up for I’m A Celebrity 2025’ after show success, say bookies
A STRICTLY finalists is ‘being lined up for I’m A Celebrity’ just days after the BBC show’s final.
The star may have just hung up his dancing shoes for good, but he could be putting on his jungle boots next year.
Bookies are sure comedian Chris McCausland will be one of the names on next year’s I’m A Celebrity lineup.
After lifting the Glitterball Trophy on Saturday, Chris is now 4/1 to appear in the jungle.
Lee Astley, a spokesperson for BetIdeas, said: “Chris McCausland stole a lot of hearts during his Strictly campaign, and the public are now wondering when we’ll next see this year’s Glitterball Trophy recipient on our screens.
“The comedian has been given odds of 4/1 to try his hand in the I’m A Celebrity camp this time next year, with stints on both Celebrity Traitors and Celebrity Big Brother live chances at 6/1 and 8/1 respectively.
“There have been whispers that the comedian may give acting a go with a regular role in a TV soap opera priced at 7/1, with a major role in a West End show a more unlikely prospect at 12/1.”
Chris, 47, who began to lose his sight aged 16, made Strictly history as the first blind contestant to take the title in the BBC One programme’s 20-year history.
Speaking after his win, he said: “It’s astonishing. I don’t know what to say.
“I honestly thought I could go out in the first week or two. We have just lasted and lasted.
He thanked his partner Dianne Buswell and said: “She’s positivity, she’s belief, and she’s honestly just one of the easiest people to be funny with.
“She deserves this so much. She’s just honestly one of the easiest people to be funny with the other and unless she changes her number, she’s stuck with me.”
All your Strictly Come Dancing winners
Strictly first kicked off back in 2004, and over the years has crowned 21 winners.
Here is a full list of who has been lucky enough to win the famous Glitterball Trophy:
- 2004 – Natasha Kaplinsky
- 2004 – Jill Halfpenny
- 2005 – Darren Gough
- 2006 – Mark Ramprakash
- 2007 – Alesha Dixon
- 2008 – Tom Chambers
- 2009 – Chris Hollins
- 2010 – Kara Tointon
- 2011 – Harry Judd
- 2012 – Louis Smith
- 2013 – Abbey Clancy
- 2014 – Caroline Flack
- 2015 – Jay McGuiness
- 2016 – Ore Oduba
- 2017 – Joe McFadden
- 2018 – Stacey Dooley
- 2019 – Kelvin Fletcher
- 2020 – Bill Bailey
- 2021 – Rose Ayling-Ellis
- 2022 – Hamza Yassin
- 2023 – Ellie Leach
- 2024 – Chris McCausland