I’m a Celeb odds 2026: Wayne Rooney accounts for nearly 40% of all winner bets

Wayne Rooney is the most popular bet to win this year’s edition of I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, with bet365 reporting that the Manchester United great has received 40% of all the wagers on the winner of the ITV reality show.

Betting behemoth bet365 make Rooney the 2/1 favourite to be crowned king of the jungle as he looks to go one better than his wife, Coleen, after her second-place finish in 2024.

The 41-year-old is well clear of his fellow camp mates in the winner market on most betting sites, and is set to head Down Under with plenty of public backing, with comedian Leigh Francis receiving the next highest volume of bets on bet365 at just under 12%.

Francis, aka Keith Lemon could be a dark horse with I’m a Celebrity odds of 15/2. He’s had a similar level of support as ‘Gavin & Stacey’ actress Joanna Page, who is second in the market (4/1).

Page sits ahead of Chloe Burrows (17/2) to win I’m a Celeb on most betting apps, but the reality TV star hasn’t received much love from punters so far, with comedian Jack Skipper (9/1) and YouTuber Sharky (10/1) receiving bigger slices of the betting action.

According to bets placed at bet365, Rickie Wilson and Sharky account for just 14% of outright winner bets, with the two men priced at 8/1 and 12/1 respectively.

Coronation Street’s Claire Sweeney (33/1) is not gaining much traction, while Ade Adepitan, AJ Oududu, Mariella Frostrop and Leomie Anderson are coming in very much under the radar at long odds.

Contestant and percentage of bets received on bet365

• Wayne Rooney: 39.48%
• Leigh Francis: 11.71%
• Joanna Page: 11.43%
• Jack Skipper: 8.57%
• Sharky: 8.11%
• Chloe Burrows: 7.58%
• Ricky Wilson: 5.31%
• Claire Sweeney: 3.19%
• Ade Adepitan: 2.58%
• AJ Odudu: 1.74%
• Mariella Frostrop: 0.23%
• Leomie Anderson: 0.07%

Rooney bidding to join sporting I’m a Celeb greats

Rooney and former Paralympian Ade Adepitan (25/1) are hoping to join a long list of sports personalities to win the I’m a Celebrity series.

Footballer and Lioness Jill Scott was the last winner from a sporting background when crowned the Queen of the Jungle in 2022, taking 57.6% of the votes.

The same year, ex-England rugby star Mike Tindall finished fourth in the popular show.

In 2018, football manager and pundit Harry Redknapp and his “jam roly-polys” was the king of the jungle, becoming the oldest ever winner of I’m a Celeb at the ripe age of 71.

He returned to the show earlier this year for I’m a Celebrity South Africa, finishing third.

Ex-England cricketer Phil Tufnell won the 2023 edition while motorbike rider Carl Fogarty took the crown in 2014.

Other big names from the world of football to try their luck in the jungle include David Ginola, John Fashanu, Neil Ruddock, Rodney Marsh, Jimmy Bullard, Kieron Dyer, Wayne Bridge, Dennis Wise, Ian Wright and Alex Scott.

The eagerly-awaited I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2026 series returns to our screens on Monday, 16 November at 9pm.

Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly return to the Australian jungle for the show's 26th edition.

Social media star and content creator AngryGinge won last year's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

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