Chloe Burrows touches down in Australia for I'm A Celebrity after emerging as potential Maya Jama Love Island replacement - and striking up unlikely friendship with Wayne Rooney

Chloe Burrows is the seventh celebrity to arrive in Australia ahead of her I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! stint.

The Love Island star, 31, is one of this year's glamour signings, and looked ready for the adventure as she arrived at Brisbane Airport.

It has already been a whirlwind week for Chloe, who has emerged as one of the fan favourites to replace Maya Jama as host of ITV's hit dating show.

And she appears to have been making some unexpected connections ahead of entering the jungle, having struck up an unlikely friendship with football legend Wayne Rooney.

The radio presenter struck up an unlikely bond with the former Manchester United star, 41, when they played in the charity football match, Soccer Aid.

'Chloe and Wayne bonded over their I'm A Celebrity booking back in May when they played in Soccer Aid together,' one source told The Mail on Sunday.

'Talks were well underway for the show at that time, so they both knew they were heading into the jungle. They were on the same team and got along really well.

'It's nice that they already have that connection going in. They had a catch-up about how they were both feeling about the show, and it will be great to watch their friendship grow even more once they're in camp.'

At the charity football match in Stratford, the reality star pouted for a selfie with the former England captain as she captioned the post, 'What an amazing experience.'

Landing at Brisbane airport, Chloe joked she needed a 'big fat shower' before teasing she is in Australia after getting the '£99 Wowcher holiday'. 

She told the Daily Mail: 'They've sent me to the Gold Coast. No, I'm joking. I'm a really big fan of Bondi Rescue, and I love Vegemite, so I've just come to check it out.'

Asked if she would be missing her boyfriend Reuben she said: 'Oh my gosh, he's got work to do and I've got time off. So you've got a solo travel sometimes, you know. That's what I'm doing.'

The star also gave her opinion on who could host the upcoming series of Love Island: 'Well, I think Olivia [Attwood] would be amazing. There's GK Barry as well. There's amazing names in the lineup. 

'But Liv's got loads and crazy experience now, so my vote is Liv or GK, and maybe they can do a duo.'

Chloe found fame as a 'bombshell' on the seventh series of Love Island in 2021, where she made it to the final with her now ex-boyfriend, Toby Aromolaran.

The pair broke up a year later and the Kiss FM presenter has a new partner, Ruben Moreira, a Welsh building company owner who she has been dating for over a year and is expected to fly to Australia and greet her over the bridge when she leaves.

The friends will be joined by a star-studded line-up including Gavin and Stacey actress Joanna Page, 49, Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, 48, and presenter AJ Odudu, 38, and the YouTuber, Sharky, 30.

Also heading into the jungle are comedian Leigh Francis, 53, actress Claire Sweeney, 55, model Leomie Anderson, 33, and journalist Mariella Frostrup, 63.

On Tuesday Joanna touched down in Oz  in leopard print trousers ahead of her appearance on the ITV show, she looked a long way from Barry Island.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Joanna said: ‘I’ve come a very very long way from Barry Island! I wish Nessa was with me now.

‘I had a really nice flight it made a change from looking after four children. It was nice to have a flight where I can just sit down, watch a film and eat some food.

‘Do you know what I was sitting on the plane and I was excited because Love Actually  was on the entertainment and also Taskmaster was so I got quite excited about that. And every airport I got to had a Christmas tree!

‘But I chose not to watch that (Love Actually). I don’t think I could sit down and watch that in front of everybody so I watched some other stuff instead.

Talking about what brought her to Australia, she said: ‘I just want to have a bit of me time before Christmas. A bit of time without the children maybe some spa treatments, maybe a mud facial, try to local cuisine and have a bit of a relax.’