I’m a Celebrity: stars who found love in the jungle from Peter Andre and Katie Price to Mark Wright

Katie and Peter formed perhaps the most iconic I’m a Celebrity romance of all time during the 2004 series as they fell for each other during their stint in the jungle. The pair made it far during the third series, with Katie finishing in fifth place, while Peter finished in third. Following their time in the jungle, the couple got secretly engaged before marrying in 2005.

Peter and Katie welcomed two children, Junior and Princess, and even featured in their own reality series, however the couple divorced in September 2009.

Since the end of their relationship, Peter has married NHS nurse Emily McDonagh, with the pair welcoming three children together. Katie, meanwhile, married MMA fighter Alex Reid in 2010 before the couple divorced in 2012. The star was also married to Kieran Hayler between 2013 and 2018, with the pair welcoming two children, and she was also engaged to Kristopher Boyson in 2019 before the pair called it quits.

Marc Bannerman is best known for playing Gianni di Marco on EastEnders, while many will know Cerys Matthews from her days in Welsh band Catatonia. The pair hit it off in the jungle during the seventh series, despite Marc being the first contestant to be voted off. The couple continued to date for four months after the ITV show ended, but ended things for good towards the end of 2008.

Cerys is now a mother-of-three and has been married to former Decay singer Steve Abbott since 2011. Although Marc has kept his personal life out of the spotlight since dating Cerys, in 2022, he spoke about his two children, Grace and Leo.

Mark Wright is one of TOWIE’s most famous faces, while model Emily Scott is known for strutting her stuff on the runways. During their time in the jungle, the pair exchanged massages and had more than one flirty conversation during the 11th series.

When Emily left the show, she revealed that she did indeed have a crush on Mark, who finished as the runner-up on the show, and couldn’t wait to be reunited with him back in the UK, but Mark told The Sun at the time that there was nothing more to it than a “friendly flirt”.

Since their time on the show, Mark has married former Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan, while Emily briefly dated cricketer Shane Warne.

Mark might have been the first TOWIE star to set romance rumours alight by dishing out massages in the jungle, but he certainly wasn’t the last. Joey Essex was quick to help his campmate – model Amy Willerton – unwind with a massage, and their chemistry even caused Rebecca Adlington to blurt out: “I can’t take the sexual tension anymore!”

The pair were eliminated together on the 13th series of the show and dated briefly following its conclusion, but sadly, their romance didn’t last long.

Joey has had several high-profile relationships since Amy, including a stint on Love Island, while Amy became engaged to Daniel Day in 2019. Sadly, the pair, who share a daughter together, called off their engagement in 2022.

Their flirting was one of the most memorable things about the 15th series of I’m a Celebrity, and TOWIE star Ferne McCann seemed smitten with Union J singer George Shelley during their time Down Under. Despite going on a string of dates once the series wrapped, the two decided to just remain friends.

Ferne has since welcomed two daughters, one with scaffolder Arthur Collins and her second with businessman Lorri Haines. Ferne and Lorri have been engaged since 2022. Meanwhile, George came out as gay in 2018, after initially identifying as bisexual, and he is currently dating singer and medical student Rory Naylor.

In the same series that Ferne and George got close, MIC‘s Spencer Matthews and Geordie Shore‘s Vicky Pattinson also set tongues wagging – even though Spencer was only in the jungle for three days!

The two reality stars actually dated for an impressive seven months after I’m a Celebrity ended, but it wasn’t to be, and Spencer moved on with wife Vogue Williams, with whom he shares three children with. Vicky walked down the aisle with Ercan Ramadan in 2024.