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The Chase’s Anne Hegerty eyes up Christmas number one

It'll be a very busy December

She will reportedly spend the next few weeks taking on Bush tucker trials and sleeping round the I’m A Celebrity campfire with the likes of Nick Knowles, Harry Redknapp and Fleur East.

But The Chase star Anne Hegerty is also hoping to crack the top of the singles chart – as well as primetime TV – before the end of 2018 with a festive charity tune, according to a report.

The track, titled Rock With Rudolph, will be released at the end of November, raising funds for children’s charity Great Ormond Street Hospital.

And The Sun reports TV faces such as EastEnders stars Kara Tointon and Shona McGarty will join Anne – better known as The Governess –  on vocals.

Anne will be looking to triumph twice this Christmas (Credit: ITV)

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Also said to be contributing are GMB weather presenter Laura Tobin, Bargain Hunt’s Philip Serrell and Celebrity Big Brother’s Jess Impiazzi.

Anne, 60, told the newspaper the opportunity helped her live out her dream of performing music – but she had worried she might not be recognised by her celebrity collaborators.

She said: “I’ve always wanted to be a pop singer and was flattered to be asked.

“I was starstruck when I walked into the room and not sure if anyone knew who I was.”

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And although further details about Rock With Rudolph’s sound are not available, it seems unlikely the queen of the jungle hopeful will be heard rapping on the track.

Explaining her musical tastes, Anne added: “I mainly like music from the sixties, seventies and eighties. I didn’t pay much attention in the nineties. It’s not music it’s just noise!

“Mostly of it you’d need to be on drugs to enjoy and I’m not interested in drugs.”

Anne may not be so hot on answering questions about house music on The Chase (Credit: ITV)

The 18th series of I’m A Celebrity, hosted by Dec Donnelly and Holly Willoughby, begins in a week’s time on Sunday 18th November at 9pm.

Corrie’s Sair Khan, EastEnders actress Rita Simons, The Inbetweeners’ Emily Atack and The Vamps singer James McVey are also thought to be in running to be campmates in Oz.

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Robert Leigh
Freelance writer