Former I'm a Celebrity star Vernon Kay has had his say on who he is rooting for in this year's show.

The Bolton born presenter joined the duo on a live link to discuss the departure of Boy George and his predictions.

While Ant and Dec expressed their sadness at Boy George being voted off, Vernon named his top three at winning the crown of the hit show.

Vernon mentioned Owen Warner, Jill Scott or Mike Tindall as potential winners. He said: "Because I think those are the three characters that have really grown. except Mike.

“Mike's been the same all the way through and we love and respect him for that.

“And then I think Owen. Owen's just Owen, that's all you can say. He looks like an action man, and he just seems like a really nice kid. And I think Jill's been brilliant.”

Vernon appeared on the show himself when it was set in Wales due to Covid restrictions.

During the LIVE chat, he also said that watched the show differently now that he had been on it.

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Vernon said: " I thought, at the beginning of this series, it was going swimmingly and then the curveball of Matt Hancock arrived and then it seemed like it imploded.”

Vernon was recently spotted in Bolton Town Centre filming an ad.

Earlier this month, Vernon was in front of Bolton's town hall steps, sat on a sofa with film crews from ITV surrounding him as he filmed an ITV advertisement for the Postcode Lottery.

Vernon frequently comes back to the area to support the town he grew up, and now people are asking  where he will be spotted next.

He also took fans by storm when it was revealed he was the masked Koala on The Masked Singer special, which Vernon won.

The TV presenter, 48, secured the title after delivering two lively performances and beating three other former IAC campmates.

Wearing a pink tutu and supported by a troupe of dancers dressed as gold stars, Kay sang Could It Be Magic by Take That for his first song.