A trailer for a new Netflix series in which Bear Grylls hunts celebrities in a Central American jungle shows Spice Girl Melanie Brown admitting the experience is “terrifying”.
She is one of 12 contestants, including former tennis star Boris Becker, to take on the challenge.
Celebrity Bear Hunt, hosted by former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby, sees famous faces dropped into the jungle and become prey for survival expert Grylls.
On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled a trailer for the show, which sees retired rugby player Danny Cipriani, TV host Steph McGovern, Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas, TV chef Big Zuu, The Saturdays star Una Healy and The Inbetweeners actor Joe Thomas compete.
Meet the 12 celebrities going head-to-head with Bear Grylls in the ultimate survival challenge.
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Models Lottie Moss and Leomie Anderson, Ted Lasso star Kola Bokinni and TV interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen are also among the celebrities.
The teaser kicks off with Grylls hiding behind a tree before declaring that “he is going to be formidable prey” as the camera shows Llewelyn-Bowen, Thomas and Bokinni.
A celebrity then screams when survival expert Grylls sneaks up behind him, and later the contestants are forced to jump out of moving boat, and are regularly seen wearing camouflage paint and outfits.
“This is the ultimate survival challenge, 12 celebrities are in the Costa Rican jungle going head-to-head with the legendary Bear Grylls,” Willoughby explains.
“Anyone caught by Bear will be in danger of elimination.”
The trailer also shows clips of celebrities such as Big Zuu, real name Zuhair Hassan, declaring if “you’re from the hood, you don’t do challenges in Costa Rica”, McGovern questioning if “we’re going to do this”, and Ballas saying “how much away from Strictly can you get?”.
Three-time Wimbledon champion Becker, who was jailed for two and a half years in April 2022, says: “I survived prison, I want to compare this to the wild.”
“I’ve made mistakes in my life,” he adds. “It’s about overcoming and not falling down.”
The German was found guilty of four offences related to hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts in London.
He was acquitted of 25 other charges, including nine counts of failing to hand over trophies and medals from his tennis career.
With clips showing Grylls grabbing and tying up the contestants, celebrities falling through wooden bridges, and Grylls teaching them to make water from urine, Brown says it is “terrifying”.
Other strong reactions to the contest include Llewelyn-Bowen admitting he has difficult “breathing” while swimming, and Bokinni, who says the place is “like hell” – while Willoughby says she does not think the celebrities “knew what they were signing up for”.
The teaser also shows Ballas and Big Zuu swapping stories of growing up on housing estates, and Moss, the sister of Kate Moss, tearfully revealing she was “about to go to rehab again” before going on the programme.
Moss, who shares the same father, Pete Moss, as her supermodel half-sister, has previously admitted struggling with “drugs and alcohol”.
Celebrity Bear Hunt is on Netflix on February 5.
