Ade Adepitan has arrived in Australia as the third star to land for I'm A Celebrity. He said he was there to advise on the 2027 Australian tap-dancing festival, then added: “I am here to dance.”
That puts him into the early rollout of arrivals around the ITV jungle show, with the cast beginning to assemble before the return in a few days. The order matters here because it shows how the line-up is being staged, one landing at a time, rather than all at once.
Third arrival, then Leomie Anderson
Wayne Rooney was one of the first stars to arrive in Australia, and Sharky also arrived in Brisbane before Adepitan touched down. Leomie Anderson then became the fourth star to land, extending the sequence of arrivals that is building the show’s pre-launch picture.
That sequence gives viewers a clearer read on who is already in Australia and who is still on the move. It also keeps attention on the pacing of the rollout, with the cast names arriving in a specific order rather than in a single burst.
What Adepitan said
Adepitan’s line about the 2027 Australian tap-dancing festival was plainly a joke, but it was the kind of throwaway remark that signals he is leaning into the show’s pre-jungle theatre. He also said he would miss “Time with my family.”
For a former wheelchair basketball player headed into a format built around isolation, that comment is the only straight answer in the whole arrival sequence. It gives the landing a personal edge without changing the central fact: he is in Australia and now part of the build-up.
Revenge and return
Sam Thompson is returning to the Jungle this year to front Unpacked alongside Kemi Rodgers, while Coleen said she had vowed to get “revenge” on Wayne Rooney. Those details widen the frame around the arrivals, but the immediate story remains the same: the show’s early travel list is filling up fast.
With the return only a few days away, the practical next step is simple — more arrivals and more sorting of who lands when. For now, Adepitan’s arrival in Australia as the third star is the cleanest marker of where the build-up stands, and the joke about the 2027 Australian tap-dancing festival is the one line that will follow him into it.
