What happens when you put 12 celebrities in the Costa Rican jungle with a set of challenges and one notable predator? Celebrity Bear Hunt plans to find out.
The latest offering from adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls sees a group of well-known figures competing in a challenging game of survival with an unexpected twist. No, the producers aren't going to set a grizzly on the unsuspecting celebs. Instead, Bear Grylls himself will be hunting them down and trying to catch them. If he succeeds, they'll be eliminated, with the last one standing crowned the winner.
Yes, it sounds absolutely bonkers and yes, we are definitely tuning in. Here are all of the Celebrity Bear Hunt contestants.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Age: 59
Job: Interior designer
Instagram: @llewelynbowen
Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is perhaps best known for making interesting style choices on the BBC and Channel 4 show Changing Rooms. Known for his outrageous and flamboyant personality, it should be great fun to see how he gets on in the jungle.
Shirley Ballas
Age: 64
Job: Professional dancer
Instagram: @shirleyballas
Queen of the ballroom Shirley Ballas is probably best known as being the head judge on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, where she's been since 2017. Will her dancing background and competitive nature give her an edge over her fellow competitors?
Boris Becker
Age: 57
Job: Former tennis player
Instagram: @borisbeckerofficial
Boris Becker is a former tennis player from Germany who notably won Wimbledon at 17-years-old as a qualifier — an achievement that has never since been repeated. In 2002, Becker moved to London and became a commentator for the BBC's Wimbledon coverage. Then in 2022, the former tennis star was sent to prison on insolvency charges, and spent eight months behind bars.
Lottie Moss
Age: 27
Job: Model
Instagram: @lottiemossxo
Lottie Moss is a fashion model and younger half-sister of icon Kate Moss. She credits herself as a YouTube creator, documenting her life through beauty, fashion, and candid lifestyle vlogs. She has dealt with substance abuse and depression throughout her life, which she opens up about during her time on Celebrity Bear Hunt.
Joe Thomas
Age: 41
Job: Actor
Instagram: @itsjoethomas
Millennials will instantly recognise actor Joe Thomas for his role as Simon Cooper in noughties comedy series The Inbetweeners. He is now married to co-star Hannah Tointon (who played his on-screen girlfriend Tara) and the couple have a daughter together. About his time on Celebrity Bear Hunt, Thomas told Metro: "I definitely wanted to see if I could do something where I was away from the structures of support in my life, particularly my partner Hannah. I feel like she’s my therapist, basically. I draw a huge amount of support and strength from her so not being able to speak to her was difficult."
Mel B
Age: 49
Job: Singer
Instagram: @officialmelb
Melanie Brown has done many things in her life, but to us she'll always be Scary Spice. Since leaving the Spice Girls, Mel B has established herself as a television personality and talent show judge, appearing on shows like The X Factor, America's Got Talent, and The Masked Singer Australia. She found herself head-to-head with Shirley Ballas during her time on Celebrity Bear Hunt, with Ballas saying: “You don’t really talk, do you? You direct, you’re in somebody’s face.” To which Mel B replied: ”It's just who I am."
Una Healey
Age: 43
Job: Singer
Instagram: @unahealy
Irish singer Una Healy rose to fame in the noughties with pop group The Saturdays. She took part in the second series of Splash! (that TV show where celebrities took up diving for some reason) and was a judge on The Voice of Ireland.
Danny Cipriani
Age: 37
Job: Former rugby union player
Instagram: @dannycipriani87
English rugby union player Danny Cipriani played at an international level before retiring in 2024. He's had some wild moments in his life, including being hit by a double-decker bus in 2013. Viewers of Celebrity Bear Hunt are expecting some extra drama, as Cipriani's former teammate Ben Foden happens to be co-star Una Healy's ex-husband.
Big Zuu
Age: 29
Job: Rapper and TV personality
Instagram: @itsbigzuu
Zuhair Hassan, known professionally as Big Zuu, is a rapper, DJ and TV personality perhaps best known for his show Big Zuu's Big Eats, for which he won two BAFTA awards. He brings his loud and at-times hilarious personality to Celebrity Bear Hunt, like when Bear Grylls suggested he tried moving carefully through the forest like a deer, to which he replied: "I’m not a deer-y man!”
Kola Bokinni
Age: 32
Job: Actor
Instagram: @kolabokinni
Kola Bokinni is an English actor, perhaps best known for his role as Isaac McAdoo in the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, alongside industry heavyweights like Hannah Waddingham and Jason Sudeikis. He also appeared in Top Boy on Netflix and is already bringing his no-nonsense attitude to the jungle in Celebrity Bear Hunt.
Steph McGovern
Age: 42
Job: TV presenter
Instagram: @stephlunch
Steph McGovern is a journalist and TV presenter, who presented daytime show Steph's Packed Lunch from 2020 until 2023. She revealed during the premiere of Celebrity Bear Hunt that when she got home, she slipped on ice outside her home and broke her arm “in two”. Ouch!
Leomie Anderson
Age: 31
Job: Model
Instagram: @leomieanderson
British fashion model Leomie Anderson has walked in four Victoria's Secret shows and became a Victoria's Secret angel in 2019. She has been a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK and hosted BBC reality competition show Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star. Anderson revealed in an interview with HELLO! that she decided to take part in Celebrity Bear Hunt for her late father. “My dad passed away a few years ago,” she told the magazine. "I know that he would have loved to see me doing something like this, so I thought, 'I'm not going to be scared, I'm just going to give it a go'."
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