DANI BEHR

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Occupation: TV Presenter
Celebrity supporters: Myleene Klass, ‘J’ Brown, Duncan James
Phobias: Jumping out of a plane
Special Skills: Good listening, keeping the camp tidy
She says: “If I know food is at stake, I’m going to want to eat, even if it is kangaroo balls!”

TV presenter Dani Behr is relishing the personal challenge of entering the celebrity jungle, and hopes that the experience will help change her public persona.

“I don’t think the public really know me, compared to what I’m really like… I haven’t been on UK television for quite a while now. From a press standpoint I was seen as a party girl but actually I’m quite the opposite really.

“I've been away and off UK television for so long, so it’s probably the fastest way to come back. I took time off for kids and I was in the USA before that, so from a professional stance it’s probably the quickest route back into the public eye - might not be the most dignified way.”

Dani also admits that whilst she fears the bushtucker trials she is looking forward to the challenge, even if she is a ‘five star hotel kind of girl’.

“When, in your lifetime, an opportunity like this comes along, when you’re thrown into this scenario with a complete group of strangers with all the social and physical challenges of this experiment, I thought that it would be really interesting. I’m sure not at all fun and enjoyable, but at least challenging, and character building.”

“I love my clean sheets, clean bathroom, [I’m a] five star hotel kind of girl, so for me, I've never been camping, I was never in the girl scouts. For me this is all rolled into one, so it’s a personal challenge more than anything.

“Mentally though I am trying not to think about it because if I think about it too much I will have nightmares. Expect the unexpected and another great saying is ‘fear is temporary and regret is a lifetime’. I’m trying not to focus on the things I’m going to panic about like the walking on the bridge or the scary heights, the challenges and the bush tucker trails which are not pleasant, if they are presented to me I will just try my best.”

Dani is hoping that she may have a slight advantage over her fellow jungle buddies, having lived in Australia for two years she is used to the spiders.