I'm A Celebrity fans in disbelief over Tulisa's famous dad who had a chart-topping hit

Tulisa Contostavlos changeable to fame successful hep hop set N-Dubz, but a philharmonic vocation was ever connected the cards acknowledgment to her parents

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! viewers person lone conscionable realised that Tulisa Contostavlos has a celebrated dad.

The vocalist changeable to fame erstwhile her set N-Dubz - which she formed erstwhile she was conscionable 11 - burst onto the country successful 2006 with their debut azygous You Better Not Waste My Time. But she's got philharmonic roots, arsenic her begetter Steve Contostavlos was besides a large prima successful the Seventies.

Better known by his alias Plato, Tulisa's dada was 1 of the main members of the Mungo Jerry blues band, who had a immense Number 1 deed with the opus In The Summertime, which was released successful 1970.

Plato played keyboard, portion his member Byron - who was Tulisa's uncle and begetter of her relative and chap N-Dubz prima Dappy - played bass guitar successful the group. The band, headed up by Ray Dorset, were reportedly portion of the aboriginal line-up.

Sadly Byron passed distant successful 2007 conscionable arsenic N-Dubz were starting out, but Plato is thought to beryllium astir 65 years aged now. And fans can't get implicit the information that Tulisa is simply a alleged 'nepo baby'.

One instrumentality wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter: "I did not cognize that Tulisa Contostavlos’ dada was the keyboard subordinate successful Mungo Jerry." Another asked the internet: "Did you cognize that Tulisa and Dappy's uncle was successful Mungo Jerry of 'In The Summertime' fame?" A societal media idiosyncratic replied: "I did not! Turns retired determination are galore N Dubz amusive facts I didn't know."

A 3rd wrote: "How person I lone conscionable realised that Mungo Jerry is Tulisa (N-Dubz) Dad?!?!" A 4th chimed in: "I had nary thought her begetter was portion of specified a legendary band." Refuting the information N-Dubz had a helping manus with fame, a 5th instrumentality pointed out: "They weren't adjacent main members of Mungo Jerry—this was each astir N-Dubz's talent."

Another commented: "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."

And it isn't conscionable Tulisa's begetter who is musical. Her Irish parent Anne Byrne utilized to sing successful a plaything set called Jeep successful the Eighties. They would execute wartime songs similar 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' by the Andrews Sisters - successful stark opposition to Tulisa's hep hop radical she would aboriginal form.

But 'nepo baby' oregon not, it seems determination was lone ever going to beryllium 1 vocation for Tulisa - and that was singing. She opened up connected Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast earlier she went successful the jungle.

Fearne said: "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 replied: "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."

*I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! continues contiguous from 9pm connected ITV1

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