I'm A Celebrity: Hunky Hollyoaks actor Jamie Lomas, 42, makes a bid for the bikini babes' airtime as he shows off muscular physique in jungle shower

He went into the jungle looking for love, after saying he'd been single for too long.

But Jamie Lomas won't be short of admirers when he leaves, thanks to the jungle shower scenes that are set to air on I'm A Celebrity on Friday night.

The Hollyoaks hunk, 42, gave this year's bikini babes a run for their money with his must-see muscular physique, after it was claimed that some of the female contestants deliberately packed more swimwear to secure airtime.

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The heavily-inked soap star was dressed in nothing but his black swim shorts and shower shoes when he was pictured scrubbing up.

Last August, Jamie got himself up to peak physical shape working out with a personal trainer in Cheshire - near where Hollyoaks is filmed - and following a strict nutrition plan for 12 weeks.

And it was easy to see how Jamie, best known for playing Warren Fox, keeps up his fitness after he put the campers though their paces on Wednesday.

Viewers saw the hunk set up Jamie's Jungle Gym, where the stars were trained in press-ups on tree stumps and running laps around the camp. 

Formerly married to Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh for two years, the actor recently said that he has a habit of going after 'the wrong women'.

He no doubt delighted viewers with the news that he was single, ahead of his appearance, as he prepared to join fellow singletons Georgia Toffolo and Vanessa White in the jungle. 

'I've been single for quite a while now,' he confessed. 'You just never know who you're going to meet in there, and that's the fun part of the show.

'I've always gone for the wrong women, but I like someone who likes a good laugh and I'm a sucker for a pretty face.' 

It was previously claimed that stars such as Made In Chelsea's Georgia had packed more stars in a bid to feature more on screens.

The 22-year-old did admit that she'd packed 'an obscene' number of sets, of which viewers have already seen at least three. 

A source told The Sun: 'Some of the girls know that their toned bikini bodies will give them more airtime and votes so they've bought in extra bikinis over underwear so they'll have more sets of shower swimwear.'