Who is on Celebrity Bear Hunt? The line-up revealed as show begins on Netflix

Who is on Celebrity Bear Hunt? The line-up revealed as show begins on Netflix

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Who is on Celebrity Bear Hunt? The line-up revealed as show begins on Netflix
Author: Sian Baldwin
Published: Feb, 03 2025 15:52

Celebrity Bear Hunt is set to premiere on Netflix this week, which will see a host of famous faces dropped into the wild. Holly Willoughby will host the first ever series of the game show, which will be shown on the streaming service from Wednesday, February 5. The celebs will be dropped into the jungle of Costa Rica to become “prey” for TV survivalist Bear Grylls, whose job it is to hunt them down.

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But who are the contestants?. The former Spice Girl, known as ‘Scary Spice’, is putting on her big-girl pants to take on what scares her. She admitted in the show trailer that the show is “terrifying”. The former singer is now living in a farmhouse just outside her native Leeds with her family after shunning celebrity life. She has three children, named Phoenix, Angel and Madison. The former number one tennis star, German Boris Becker, is part of the line-up after a few tricky years.

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The German was found guilty of four offences related to hiding £2.5m-worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts in London. He was acquitted of 25 other charges, including nine counts of failing to hand over trophies and medals from his tennis career. He was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April 2022 and said: “I survived prison; I want to compare this to the wild. “I’ve made mistakes in my life,” he added. “It’s about overcoming and not falling down.”.

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Retired rugby player Danny Cipriani is also on the line-up and is a former England international. The fly-half was well known for his love life, too, though, previously dating model Kelly Brook, which ended when he was allegedly caught cheating, and also Caroline Flack, with whom he sad he was still in contact with shortly before her death. Steph McGovern is a 43-year-old television presenter who hosted Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4 from 2020 to 2023, and also worked on the BBC as the main business presenter for BBC Breakfast, making her a well-known face in homes across the nation.

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Twenty-nine-year-old Big Zuu, real name Zuhair Hassan, is a rapper and TV personality. He is best known for presenting Big Zuu's Big Eats for Channels such as U and Dave, where he and his two friends, Tubsey and Hyder, would travel around and cook for different comedians while touring the UK. He is also the cousin of AJ Tracey. Irish starlet Una Healy is well known as one of the members of former girl group The Saturdays.

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She has children Aoife Belle and Tadhg with Ben Foden, but the pair are no longer together. The star was later said to be dating jockey Aidan Coleman, but they have also split. Best known for his role as Simon on hit Channel 4 show The Inbetweeners, Joe Thomas (left) also is taking part in the series. Now 42, he is engaged to long-term partner Hannah Tointon. The model is well known in the fashion world and has worked with some of the biggest names, including Calvin Klein, and has appeared on the front cover of Vogue.

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She is also the half sister of supermodel Kate Moss – the pair have a 24-year age gap and share dad Peter. She also appeared on Celebs Go Dating – and caused a stir when she hooked up with former Love Island love rat Adam Collard. Former dancer and now head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, 64-year-old Shirley Ballas is a household name. English Actor Kola became well known when he starred in hit Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso. He played Isaac McAdoo, the captain of AFC Richmond.

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Brought up in Peckham, he went to the BRIT School and picked up roles in Black Mirror (as Lennard in a 2016 episode called Men Against Fire) and Top Boy as Leyton. He should do well in Chile, as he kept his sense of humour while participating in Celebrity Race Across the World, with his cousin, Mary Ellen. British fashion model Leomie, 31, best known for being a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She has also worked as a television presenter but walked in four consecutive Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows from 2015 to 2018 before being named an ‘Angel’ in 2019.

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