I’m A Celeb fans only just realising Tulisa is a nepo-baby with famous pop star dad who had a UK number one

I'M A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! fans person lone conscionable twigged that Tulisa Contostavlos is nepo-baby.

The singer, who is among this year's campmates, was conscionable 11 years aged erstwhile she joined the hip-hop radical N-Dubz.

But Tulisa, 36, is really the girl of a celebrated popular star, who himself enjoyed a hugely palmy vocation successful the euphony industry.

Tulisa's father, Plato Contostavlos, was a main subordinate successful the 70s set Mungo Jerry.

Plato played keyboards successful the radical - champion known for its Number One opus In The Summertime, which was released successful 1970.

Tulisa's uncle Byron, who is the dada of her relative and N-Dubz co-star Dappy, besides played bass guitar successful Mungo Jerry.

Sharing their astonishment connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, 1 I'm A Celebrity instrumentality wrote: “How person I lone conscionable realised that Mungo Jerry is Tulisa (N-Dubz) Dad?!?”

Another added: "I did not cognize that Tulisa Contostavlos’ dada was the keyboard subordinate successful Mungo Jerry."

Before heading into the jungle, Tulisa spoke astir increasing up with a popular prima father.

Speaking to Fearne Cotton for her Happy Place podcast, she explained that she knew she wanted to beryllium a vocalist from a precise young age.

Fearne said to Tulisa: "You grew up successful a truly philharmonic household.

"Your mum was a singer, your dada was successful Mungo Jerry and you had that consciousness that euphony was thing that was important."

Tulisa told her: "My dada had a small workplace successful Dollis Hill and helium utilized to bring maine determination sometimes erstwhile helium was working.

"He enactment maine connected the mic astatine the property of five. I was singing Little Mermaid.

"I conscionable knew determination was thing other I felt passionate about."

Not everyone thinks Tulisa and Dappy are neo-babies, however.

Defending the brace and their bandmate Fazer, different instrumentality said online: “I deliberation they technically aren't nepo kids due to the fact that N-Dubz archetypal gained traction connected pirate radio.

"But besides Dappy's dada was their manager and their archetypal medium was named aft him.. but yea they weren't adjacent the main guys successful Mungo Jerry, which nary 1 cares astir anyway.”

• I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! continues astatine 9pm connected ITV1/ ITVX