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Tulisa Contostavlos is among 10 famous faces braving Australia’s outback I’m a celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! 2024.

The N-Dubz singer, 36, was confirmed to be attending alongside Coleen Rooney and McFly singer Danny Jones last week. You can see all I am a celebrity Here is the ranking.

Contostavlos explained how he thought he would be successful in the jungle: “I’m a very soft person and an emotional person.” “I’ll probably struggle the first few days because it’s very important for me to do something like this.

“I haven’t been this much in the spotlight in a long time and I’ve avoided it out of irrational fear,” he added. “I’ll probably be the most emotional when I first walk in. It’s going to take me a while to settle in, but I know I’ll get over it.”

Contostavlos first came to the spotlight when the hip hop group he joined with his cousin Dappy and their mutual friend Fazer was awarded the Mobo award for best newcomer in 2007. N-Dubz signed with Polydor the same year and their debut album doubled. “Ouch”, “Papa Can You Hear Me?” It went platinum with four UK top 40 singles, including. and “Strong Again”.

The trio’s success continued. In 2009, N-Dubz released their second album Against All Odds, which went platinum and preceded the Top 10 single “I Need You”. That same year, the band had their first number one hit in the UK with Tinchy Stryder’s song “Number 1”.

Shortly after the release of N-Dubz’s third album in 2010, Contostavlos won a coveted seat on ITV’s judging panel. X Factor Along with Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Kelly Rowland for the 2011 series. She won her first season with the girl group Little Mix, and public interest in her intensified. “I wasn’t prepared for this level of fame and it was a huge shock,” he said in 2018.

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At the height of her fame, Contostavlos’ ex-boyfriend Justin Edwards leaked a sex tape they shot 10 years ago. The N-Dubz singer was brutally shamed and mocked online and eventually posted a YouTube video in response.

“When you share an intimate moment with someone you love, care about and trust, you can’t imagine for a moment that those images could be shared with the rest of the UK or people around the world at any point,” he explained at the time.

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he said Guard In 2018: “The release of the sex tape rocked my life at the time but it made me who I am. “That’s okay with me.”

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A year later, Sun on Sunday undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood claimed Contostavlos arranged a drug deal for him after months of elaborate, expensive ruse. In reality, the only drug the singer had ever used was weed, and the following year the case was dropped and Mahmood, also known as the False Sheikh, was found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Contostavlos has since said he discussed suicide during this ordeal. “I hadn’t gotten my head around it enough to want to go that far, but I was getting there,” he said. Guard. “That was my lowest point… Just three days after that I was back training, ready to go to the studio.”

The singer published a book about the case and began writing as soon as she learned she was charged. “I was blacklisted from everywhere, I couldn’t make music, I just had to get over it. “But I couldn’t just sit there and do nothing, so I thought I would use this time to write and even if I went to prison, I could still make money from the book,” he said.

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Contostavlos’ solo music career has been dormant since the release of his only album in 2012. Female BossIt was a critical failure. In 2022, he rejoined N-Dubz for a reunion tour and new album, which were welcomed by nostalgic fans but failed commercially or critically.

Despite Contostavlos’ claims that he used I am a celebrity to renew your career X Factor Judge said he hopes to be out of the entertainment industry entirely when he turns 40 in four years. “I just want to live as peaceful and happy a life as possible, surrounded by peaceful, happy people that I love and who love me. “That’s all I want,” he said.

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Although Contostavlos was completely acquitted I am a celebrity Following the hardships, he was diagnosed in 2020 with Bell’s palsy, a temporary weakness that usually affects one side of the face. The singer suffered “terrible” health problems for 12 years apart from the condition – something she revealed in an interview. A feeling similar to ants crawling on your face. Last month, Contostavlos revealed that one of several doctors he had seen found “three chronically infected cysts” on his cheek.

Contostavlos said he was looking forward to his time on the ITV show I am a celebrity Casting: “My number one mission is to be my true authentic self. “If my true self is connecting with people in a massive way, that means I’m doing something right in life.”

Meet them all I am a celebrity The 2024 contestants are here.