BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Oti Mabuse's three-word request before emotional I'm A Celebrity admission

Oti Mabuse has issued a request to fans after it was confirmed that the former Strictly Come Dancing star would be swapping the ballroom for the jungle in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

The dancer and TV star is among the 10 famous faces heading Down Under for the 2024 run of the ITV reality show, which begins on Sunday (November 17) at 9pm.

Those also set to join Oti - as well as hosts Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly - in the outback are Coronation Street star Alan Halsall, TikTok and Loose Women star GK Barry, N-Dubz singer Tulisa, McFly's Danny Jones and WAG Coleen Rooney.

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Making up this year's line-up are BBC Radio 1 DJ Melvin Odoom, Loose Women panellist and journalist Jane Moore, former boxer Barry McGuigan and Radio presenter Dean McCullough.

Following confirmation she was set to join I'm A Celeb, Oti shared a post to Instagram in which she shared her official promo shot in her jungle gear and said: "SURPRISE!!!!! I'm going In the jungle. Make sure watch @imacelebrity every night on @itv from the 17th of November!!" She then added: "Pray for me #imaceleb," alongside praying hands and crying laughing emojis.

Sister and Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse was quick to respond, writing: "We are voting." Former Strictly winner Ore Oduba replied: "They don’t know what’s cookin. Can not WAIT for this." Reality star Vicky Pattison commented: "No?!!!!!! Omg!!!! Stop it!!! As if you flew under the radar girl. Obsessed."

Fellow professional dancer Johannes Radebe shared: "You are brave nana." Strictly It Takes Two host Janette Manrara replied: "Oh I cannot wait for this!!" Former TOWIE star Ferne McCann added: "Ahhhhhhhhh go Oti. This is very exciting. You’ll smash it."

Meanwhile, Oti has opened up about leaving her daughter behind as she takes part in I'm A Celeb 2024. Oti welcomed her first child into the world months early last November and says that while she wants to take on this adventure, she knows it’ll be tough leaving her one-year-old at home.

Oti added: "Of course not seeing my daughter is going to be hard. She is going to be one of my biggest motivators," and revealed that her husband, Marius Lepure, is "really excited" about her taking part.

But the star also said she hopes to use motherhood to her advantage in more ways than one. "I am going to catch up on a whole year’s sleep," but also insists she’d like to be a "comfort mum in camp" and said she’d happily listen to her fellow campmates’ stories, as well as motivate them.