YouTube star Sharky 'in talks' for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!
Sharky, a member of the social media group Beta Squad, is "interested and is thinking about" doing the upcoming series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, according to reports.
YouTube star Sharky is reportedly in talks for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.
ITV is said to be keen to sign the 30-year-old content creator, who is a member of the social media group Beta Squad, following last year's success with 24-year-old internet gamer AngryGinge, real name Morgan Burtwistle, who won the series.
A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "Sharky is absolutely massive with young people and ITV think he could be ideal to bring younger viewers to I’m A Celebrity.
"Beta Squad command tens of millions of followers, and they know those fans will engage with I’m A Celeb if he goes into the jungle.
"Angry Ginge was a relative unknown with traditional audiences when he went into camp, and the nation fell in love with him.
"After meeting Sharky, ITV bosses thought he was a great fit, and they are keen to see if they can get him on board."
Sharky - real name Sharmarke Mohamud - is said to be "interested and is thinking about" doing the Australia-based jungle survival show, which normally starts in November.
The source added: "For him, taking part in I’m A Celebrity would open him up to a whole new audience - plus it’s the adventure of a lifetime."
Last year, Sharky's Beta Squad pal Niko Omilana, 28, took part in the BBC's The Celebrity Traitors, and the pair's other friend, 29-year-old King Kenny, real name Kenny Ojuederie, is appearing on the same show later in the autumn.
In July, it was reported that Paralympian-turned-TV presenter Ade Adepitan, 53, is in "advanced negotiations" with ITV bosses to do I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.
The Athens 2004 wheelchair basketball bronze medallist - who lost the use of his left leg after contracting polio when he was a baby - would make history as the first contestant to use a wheelchair, with the show's crew keen to "adapt" the camp.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Ade has been in talks with I’m A Celebrity, who are really keen to make it work.
"Producers are currently looking at ways to adapt the camp to make it work for Ade.
"They think his infectious, larger-than-life personality would make him a perfect campmate for the new series."
Other stars rumoured to be taking part in the new series of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! include Gavin and Stacey's Joanna Page, 49, and Olympic ice dancer Sir Christopher Dean, 68, after he and his ex-skating partner Dame Jayne Torvill, 68, bowed out as head judges and choreographers on ITV's Dancing on Ice, which was axed in March 2025.
