Jake Quickenden

Kangaroo penis? Just ram it in your mouth and chew away

• Best known as: Contestant on The X Factor

• Age: 26

• Relationship status: Single

• Phobias: Rats

• Dream camper: Eric Cantona

Is a Bushtucker Trial harder to get through than an audition with Simon Cowell? We’re about to find out as former X Factor contestant Jake Quickenden is set to join the I'm A Celebrity...line up.

“Things like this don’t happen to me,” he laughed. “I am just a normal bloke.”

So does that mean he won’t be having a diva strop after a few days on the rice and beans diet?

“I was eating like a horse when I left the X Factor house and so I am going to really miss my food,” he admitted. “I had no time to prepare for the experience beforehand and I know I probably will go a bit mad on no food but I am not going to complain. I am so happy to be part of this.”

That’s the attitude! But what about those creepy crawlies?

“I am not keen on rats but I don’t mind heights or water,” he said. “I like physical challenges and I will give them a go. The eating trials are funny but I will do them. I am happy to do everything.”

Come on, Jake - something must get your goat…

“I don’t get wound up that easily but I don’t like bad manners,” he muses. “If someone is being rude, that’s not nice.”

And what about him? Is he likely to wind up his fellow Celebrities?

“I’d probably annoy people if I sang all the time.”

Ah, we don't know about that, Jake - a little singalong around the campfire is just what they need.

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