Boy George

All eleven celebrities, including Love Island's Olivia Attwood and former BBC 1 Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, are all currently Down Under as they await the ...

[BBC Radio 1](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/bbc) DJ Chris Moyles, are all currently Down Under as they await the first live show on Sunday, November 6. Gogglebox star Babatunde Aleshe 14/1, whilst comedian Seann Walsh and newsreader and Loose Women panellist Charlene White both come in at 16/1." [here](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). [here](https://www.begambleaware.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjw5P2aBhAlEiwAAdY7dJC0rprD66QuPTm33w0PNtwCubB4q4MtkZhNhmScHFdLb8wtaTq5JhoC7rwQAvD_BwE). [BetVictor](https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/sports/22889/meetings/69705110/events/1817416600/market_group/3589). [Boy George](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/boy-george-signs-up-im-28136864) and Mike Tindall have been tipped as the bookies' joint favourite to be crowned king of the jungle, ahead of [I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/im-a-celebrity) starting this weekend.

Some may be wondering why the Culture Club musician was allowed to customise his ensemble, as the stars in the line-up prepare to do away with their usual ...

2022](https://metro.co.uk/tag/im-a-celebrity/) has been revealed in their official portraits, and we couldn’t be more excited for the show to finally get going again in Australia. [I’m A Celebrity 2022 campmates set to face ‘explosion of cockroaches’ ahead of series premiere](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/31/im-a-celeb-2022-celebrities-set-to-face-explosion-of-cockroaches-17667364/?ico=more_text_links) [I’m A Celebrity 2022 cast ‘worth over £76,000,000’ with stars including Mike Tindall and Boy George in the line-up](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/31/im-a-celebrity-2022-line-up-wealthy-cast-worth-over-76000000-17667886/?ico=more_text_links) [Boy George](https://metro.co.uk/tag/boy-george/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1) immediately [stands out from the crowd](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/29/im-a-celebrity-2022-boy-george-confirmed-at-airport-in-australia-17660713/) in the shots thanks to his unique spotted jacket and crown-shaped hat. [whether he’d be willing to eat creepy crawlies ](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/29/im-a-celebrity-2022-boy-george-coy-over-if-hell-eat-bugs-in-jungle-17661498/)in the Bushtucker Trials, having previously spoken about following a vegetarian diet. Get Me Out Of Here!

The former Culture Club frontman, 61, is joining the ITV show as it returns to the Australian jungle after the past two series were filmed at Gwrych Castle in ...

Get Me Out Of Here! Get Me Out of Here! “I find sleep a bit of a hindrance because I can’t get things done when I am asleep.

Boy George, aged 61, has joked he has fashioned his hat into a crown.

Simply [click here](https://data.reachplc.com/213222873338859) to subscribe and stay up to date with all the latest from across the city and wider West Midlands. I like to think I am a positive person.” But I am going to really try not to get wound up in camp. "And now I have made the decision, I don’t want to focus too much on what the experience might be like, but my intention is it is going to be amazing. This is the biggest show on TV and that is why I am doing it. I have just done seven weeks on tour.”

The Culture Club legend is one of 10 famous campmates set to enter the jungle, with the pop superstar predicting his time on the show will be a breeze compared ...

I will be telling everyone to calm down.” But I don’t want to be bored either and I will try to get the stars for everyone. I know they won’t want to hurt me.

But it seems the biggest paycheque in the show's 20-year history has turned Boy George's head, with the Culture Club singer reportedly set to pocked £500000 ...

[Love Island](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/love-island) star [Olivia Attwood](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/olivia-attwood), and Hollyoaks’ Owen Warner on the programme. [Sunday People](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sunday-people) revealed the singer signed up to the show after plans for a Hollywood biopic on his life were shelved - with Yungblud set to star as him. Get Me Out Of Here!" Speaking in 2016 after George became a judge on The Voice, his victim Audun Carlsen said the singer “ruined his life”. [ITV](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/itv) show returned to Australia after two years in Wales. [Boy George](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/boy-george) slammed [I'm A Celebrity](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here) after boasting that he has earned more than enough money to never have to appear - six months [before joining show.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/singer-boy-george-becomes-highest-28361855)

What is Boy George's net worth and how much money does Mike Tindall have? Here's what we know...

Chris Moyles net worth Seann Walsh net worth Sue Cleaver net worth Charlene White net worth Babatunde Aleshe net worth According to Owen Warner net worth Scarlette Douglas net worth Jill Scott net worth Olivia Attwood net worth Mike Tindall net worth Boy George net worth

It seems a lot has changed for the singer in a matter of months.

It certainly seems like a lot has changed for the singer in a matter of months. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. [here](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/im-a-celebrity-2022-line-up-launch-b2214882.html).

In 2008, Boy George was convicted of the assault and false imprisonment of Norwegian model and male escort Audun Carlsen, after he visited the singer's East ...

This is the biggest show on TV and that is why I am doing it. In September, it was confirmed there will be an all-star series of I’m A Celebrity… Boy George has arrived in Australia ready for the new series of the show which starts this weekend. In December 2009, George had requested to appear on the final series of Celebrity Big Brother, while on licensed release from prison. I knew I had a lot of work to do. I am in a moment of rediscovery of who I am as a person, artist and older man and I feel like I do make a lot of effort to be in pop culture. But I feel like I am in a very fertile creative moment in my life. Commenting on Boy George's sign-up to the ITV show, one person wrote: "So it's ok that Boy George falsely imprisoned a man, handcuffed him to the wall & beat him?" has faced backlash from fans for including Boy George in the line-up, because he has a criminal record. But some fans were unhappy over the addition of Boy George who has a criminal record. While one commented: "Why does no one remember Boy George went to prison?" George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, was sentenced to 15 months in jail in January 2009.

The reason why Boy George stands out from his fellow campers in the official promotional image for this year's series of I'm a Celebrity.

[](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here) "King of the jungle, how fabulous would that be? [I'm a Celebrity](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here) is set to kick off with a mammoth episode this weekend as the jungle shenanigans begin. [ITV](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/itv) show starts on Sunday, November 6, at 9pm, with a 105 minute special, which we will see the celebs explain why they have signed up. An eye-watering fee may have been the reason behind the singer's change of heart, with the star reportedly earning a £500,000 for agreeing to slum it in the jungle as the show returns to Australia for the first time since 2019. [ boasted how he has earned more than enough money to never have to appear on the reality TV show](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/boy-george-slammed-im-celeb-28368696). [on Sunday, November 6, at 9pm, with a 105 minute special](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/im-celeb-kicking-extra-long-28325113) - arriving [ at Brisbane Airport wearing wearing a lion mask](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-im-celebrity-boy-george-28356371) and joking: "I'm here to a version of The Lion queen, I don't know what you are talking about darling!" [Metro](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/31/im-a-celebrity-2022-why-is-boy-george-wearing-a-different-outfit-17670510/), a TV insider revealed how the singer asked ITV if he was able to adapt his shirt for the photoshoot and TV bosses were happy to let the star get creative. [Boy George ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/boy-george)looks different from other stars in the first promo image for this year's series of [I'm a Celebrity](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here)....Get Me Out of Here! George's crown-shaped hat seen in the promotional image could be a nod to the singer's desire to be crowned King of the Jungle this year. [ITV](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/itv) show hasn't even started yet but everyone is already talking about Boy George, as he joins [the likes of Chris Moyles, Love Island star Olivia Attwood and royal Mike Tindall ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-full-im-celebrity-2022-28346948)preparing themselves for a stint in the Australian jungle. As the full line-up posed together for the first official group shot for this year's series of I'm a Celebrity, fans spotted how Boy George stood out like a sore thumb thanks to the Karma Chameleon rocking a unique spotted jacket and crown-shaped hat.

Boy George is part of this year's I'm a Celebrity line-up. Here's everything you need to know about the singer - age, job, Instagram, Twitter.

[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article) and get the next 12 issues for only £1. I am going to put a song out whilst I am in the jungle too. “I am bored of being iconic in the corner and if you want to compete in the world then being part of telly is part of that. I am in a moment of rediscovery of who I am as a person, artist and older man and I feel like I do make a lot of effort to be in pop culture," he said before making his debut. [TV Guide](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/) or visit our [Entertainment](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/) hub for all the latest news. And now I have made the decision, I don’t want to focus too much on what the experience might be like, but my intention is it is going to be amazing. But I feel like I am in a very fertile creative moment in my life. It’s good for people to discover music in a different way rather than through the approval system of radio. [terms and conditions](https://www.immediate.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/) and [privacy policy](https://policies.immediate.co.uk/privacy/). [I'm a Celebrity](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/im-celebrity-2022-start-date/). [Metro](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/02/im-a-celebrity-line-up-2022-boy-george-signs-up-with-biggest-ever-pay-17487356/). [I'm a Celebrity 2022 line-up has been revealed](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/im-a-celebrity-2022-line-up-confirmed-newsupdate/), and stepping into the Jungle this year is singer Boy George.

Boy George has been spotted with a different look to the rest of this year's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here - and this is why.

I want to be the Harry Redknapp of my generation!” [ I'm A Celeb](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/itv-im-celebrity-stars-boy-28372419) contestants were released on Monday night, the Culture Club singer could be spotted sporting a customised version of the usual clothing worn in the [Australian jungle](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/itv-im-celebrity-first-look-28372113). [Boy George ](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/itv-im-celebrity-stars-boy-28372419)always cuts a stylish figure after decades in the entertainment industry.

Carol Vorderman appeared to mock Boy George during Tuesday's This Morning after it was reported the singer said he would find going on I'm A Celebrity.

"CB...or whatever it was to try and get ahead of it." "I thought I'd be clever, right? "Eating trials are still funny. Carol asked Matthew before revealing hers was: "Pride. Carol Vorderman appeared to mock Boy George during Tuesday's This Morning after it was reported the singer said he would find going on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! Appearing on the [This Morning](/latest/this-morning) sofa, the pair discussed this year's line-up as the ITV show returns to Australia for the first time in two years.

Boy George, lead singer of The Culture Club, will be joining I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2022 for a record-breaking amount of money.

Following news of his arrival in the jungle, it emerged Hancock had the Tory whip suspended. Alongside them will be Jill Scott, Seann Walsh, Olivia Atwood, Sue Cleaver, Scarlette Douglas, Babatunde Aleshe, Charlene White Owen Warner and the recently rumoured [Matt Hancock](https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/im-a-celeb-2020-full-cast-lineup-matt-hancock-boy-george-chris-moyles-olivia-attwood-mike-tindall-start-date-3900695). Get Me Out Of Here](https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/im-a-celeb-2020-full-cast-lineup-boy-george-chris-moyles-olivia-attwood-mike-tindall-start-date-3900695) cast for 2022 for a record-breaking fee - with reports that it totals around £500,000. Joking to [the press](https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/singer-boy-george-becomes-highest-28361855), he said: “I’m here to do a version of The Lion Queen, I don’t know what you’re talking about, darling!” Alongside his music career, the Karma Chameleon singer has also appeared in TV shows in the past. Boy George, lead singer of The Culture Club, will be joining I’m A Celebrity…

The singer, 61, took centre stage in the cast photoshoot as his co-stars were seen sporting the ITV show's recognisable uniform - khaki shirts and red ...

Voting is free via the I'm A Celebrity app, and closes on 1st November at 9pm. 'But I don't want to be bored either and I will try to get the stars for everyone. I think I will be the in-house dietician when I am in the camp because I will be telling everyone they aren't going to let us starve. 'And now I have made the decision, I don't want to focus too much on what the experience might be like, but my intention is it is going to be amazing. This is the biggest show on TV and that is why I am doing it. I am in a moment of rediscovery of who I am as a person, artist and older man and I feel like I do make a lot of effort to be in pop culture.

Culture Club singer and 80s pop icon Boy George was allowed to put his own spin on his I'm a Celebrity uniform. Find out why…

"I want to be the Harry Redknapp of my generation!" Although ITV is yet to confirm this, the Conservative party Chief Whip Simon Hart seemingly confirmed the reports when he suspended the MP from the party. On his desire to win, the singer explained: "King of the jungle, how fabulous would that be?" And now I have made the decision, I don’t want to focus too much on what the experience might be like, but my intention is it is going to be amazing. The musician chose to adorn his green shirt with large red polka dots, with a long navy t-shirt underneath. Boy George, whose real name is George Alan O'Dowd, was granted permission by ITV to customise his outfit for the official show imagery.

I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here has been slammed after announcing that convicted abuser Boy George will be one of the contestants.

Boy George yet again gets a platform while the man he kidnapped & violently assaulted has yet to even receive an apology. Ironically, he wanted to be on reality TV less than 6 months later. after what’s known of the man’s past,” In 2009 he was sentenced to 15 months in jail for attacking Norwegian model Audun Carlsen. [Politics](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/minister-for-women-maria-caulfield-abortion-clinic-vote/) [Celebrity](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/01/boy-george-im-a-celebrity-contestants-backlash/) [boy george,](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/topic/boy-george/) [I'm a Celebrity](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/topic/im-a-celebrity/) [October 31, 2022] Get Me Out of Here.” [one person wrote.](https://twitter.com/LadyELMay/status/1587427182292475908?s=20&t=I_toZPwHeqYdVPvy9T1yKA) [“biggest deal in the show’s history”](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/03/boy-george-im-a-celeb/), at a whopping £879,000. [ he wouldn’t appear on the show](https://twitter.com/itvtakeaway/status/1510633228146782212?s=20&t=MnT_A55t_PeG9WklqMtHGg).

I'm A Celebrity is set to see Culture Club icon Boy George enter the jungle, and he's already indicated he isn't there to mess around.

I would have a problem with that, he said. [How is Mike Tindall related to the Queen as he joins I’m A Celebrity 2022?](https://metro.co.uk/2022/11/01/how-is-mike-tindall-related-to-the-queen-as-he-joins-im-a-celeb-2022-17675575/?ico=more_text_links) ‘I am bored of being iconic in the corner and if you want to compete in the world then being part of telly is part of that,’ he said. But his brushes with the law haven’t seemed to slow down his career, and in the years since he’s released new music, been a judge on one season of The Voice UK and on four seasons of the Australian version. Then, in 2008, he was charged with the assault and false imprisonment of a male escort who Boy George handcuffed to a wall fixture and beat with a metal chain. Raised in a working-class Irish Catholic family with his four siblings, he’s said that his family history is a ‘sad Irish song’, with one grandmother being taken from her family and placed in an Industrial School as a child, while a great uncle was executed during the Irish War of Independence, while his mother alleged in her memoir that George’s father was abusive. [net worth is now reportedly around £43 million](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/31/im-a-celebrity-2022-line-up-wealthy-cast-worth-over-76000000-17667886/), and there’s reports he’s been paid around £1 million to take part in I’m A Celeb. He was sentenced to five days of community service, handed a fine and was ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation program, but an arrest warrant was later issued when he failed to appear in court for a hearing. [I’m A Celebrity](https://metro.co.uk/tag/im-a-celebrity/) is about to see one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s enter the jungle, and [Boy George](https://metro.co.uk/tag/boy-george/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) has already indicated he isn’t there to mess around. [bagged the biggest paycheck ](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/02/im-a-celebrity-line-up-2022-boy-george-signs-up-with-biggest-ever-pay-17487356/)in the history of the show. But it was in 1986 that it all came to a head when the singer was arrested for heroin possession after police raided his house in Hampstead. As the lead singer of the band Culture Club, Boy George was the voice behind hits like Karama Chameleon, Do You Really Want to Hurt Me and Time (Clock of the Heart), which saw them soar to the top of the charts.

Culture Club singer George was never going to fall in line and dress the same as all the other campmates - who include Mike Tindall and Charlene White, more on ...

And now I have made the decision, I don’t want to focus too much on what the experience might be like, but my intention is it is going to be amazing.” This is the biggest show on TV and that is why I am doing it. George's crown-shaped hat seen in the promotional image could be a nod to the singer's desire to be crowned King of the Jungle this year. And it comes as no surprise that the '80s legend, known for his unique sense of style, appeared in the group promo shot in a shirt that's different to his fellow campmates. The reason why Boy George was able to put his own stamp on the uniform is very simple. "King of the jungle, how fabulous would that be?

Alongside them will be Jill Scott, Seann Walsh, Olivia Atwood, Sue Cleaver, Scarlette Douglas, Babatunde Aleshe, Charlene White and Owen Warner. But who is ...

He is not currently known to be in a relationship. He also appeared as himself in a Hollyoaks episode in 2003. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. Sources have said that George would not be taking part in any of I’m a Celebrity’s renowned bushtucker trials. ](https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/i-m-a-celebrity-2022-lineup-b1036650.html)They have also reportedly accepted large sums of money to be on the show, which starts on Sunday, November 6. [ the highest-paid campmate ever ](https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/im-a-celebrity-2022-boy-george-customise-outfit-mike-tindall-b1036740.html)alongside Caitlyn Jenner, who received a similar sum to appear on the 2017 series.