Who is Melvin Odoom? Meet the DJ and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant entering the I'm A Celeb jungle

This year’s line-up of star-studded campmates includes erstwhile X-Factor justice and N-Dubz prima Tulisa Contostavlos, Wagatha Christie detective and WAG Coleen Rooney, and Strictly Come Dancing champion Oti Mabuse, on with Coronation Street’s Alan Halsall and Loose Women’s Jane Moore.

Another sanction that volition caput into the jungle contiguous is Melvin Odoom. Here’s everything you request to cognize astir the DJ and world TV star.

Melvin Odoom was calved successful England connected July 30, 1980, and is the lad of Baba Odoom, a Ghanaian instrumentalist and producer, arsenic good arsenic the member of histrion and writer Yonah Odoom. He is 5ft 5in tall, and single, arsenic acold arsenic we tin find out.

Before uncovering fame, helium graduated with a media show grade from the University of Bedfordshire.

Odoom is champion known for his lengthy vigor career. Alongside Rickie Haywood-Williams and Charlie Hedges, Odoom hosted Kiss FM’s meal amusement for 12 years. The trio moved from Kiss to BBC Radio 1 successful 2019, wherever they began hosting the late-night amusement and unrecorded lounges betwixt Mondays and Thursdays.

Aside from radio, the 44-year-old is besides known for his appearances connected children’s TV: helium appeared connected Dick & Dom successful da Bungalow, The Slammer, and Basil’s Swap Shop passim the 2000s.

As a host, Odoom has presented shows including The Xtra Factor alongside Rochelle Humes, Bang connected the Money, and the 2010 BRIT Awards, and appeared connected assorted shows including Sweat the Small Stuff and personage Take Me Out.

I’m A Celebrity isn’t the archetypal clip Odoom has appeared connected world TV, however. In 2016, helium participated successful Strictly Come Dancing with nonrecreational spouse Janette Manrara. He volition beryllium hoping for much occurrence this clip around, though, arsenic helium became the archetypal personage to beryllium eliminated from the competition.

“Over the years, loads of my mates person done it – Joel Dommett, who I emotion to bits, Roman Kemp, Jordan North and I americium precise adjacent to Marvin Humes,” helium said.

“I volition get to conscionable immoderate truly chill and talented radical and truthful I americium trying to admit each of those affirmative aspects alternatively than deliberation astir lying successful a coffin with creepy crawlies connected my face, arsenic I cognize that volition freak maine out. I americium frightened of everything!”

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! airs connected weekdays and Sunday astatine 9pm connected ITV