McFly’s Danny Jones brought a guitar onto I’m A Celebrity as his luxury item on which his six-year-old son drew a family portrait with the words ‘We love you Daddy’ scrawled on it.
The singer, 38, shares Cooper Alf, six, with his wife of 10 years and former Miss England winner, Georgia Horsley, 37, and was spotted with the guitar in his luggage last week as he landed at Brisbane Airport.
The star arrived Down Under last week with current King of the Jungle Sam Thompson, former contestant Joel Dommett and radio DJ Kemi Rodgers as the three co-host a spin-off show.
Loved by thousands of McFly fans as a heartthrob, Danny is sure to be a hit in the Jungle as he is set to join the likes of Coleen Rooney, Maura Higgins and former X-Factor judge Tulisa.
The father-of-one has sold more than 10 million records worldwide and earlier this year the Bolton-born singer won ITV’s reality singing competition, the Masked Singer, hidden beneath a giant Piranha costume.
As viewers sang “Take it off” into his mask, Cooper watched and was delighted to discover it was his father. He jumped off the couch and hugged Danny, yelling, “Daddy, it’s daddy.”
McFly’s Danny Jones has taken a guitar to I’m A Celebrity as his luxury item on which his six-year-old son drew a family portrait with the words ‘We love you Daddy’ scrawled on it
The singer, 38, shares Cooper Alf, six, with his wife of 10 years and former Miss England winner, Georgia Horsley
Thousands watched the touching moment which has since gone viral online.
It’s been a successful year for the pop star as he also joined The Voice’s prestigious judging panel, including Tom Jones and Will.i.am, in the talent show’s first ‘double chair’ alongside his McFly – bandmate, Tom Fletcher.
McFly rose to prominence in 2003, partly due to their association with Busted when they supported the noughties pop sensation on tour.
Danny met Tom Fletcher when he auditioned for boy band V, and after discovering they shared common interests, the pair began writing songs with Dougie and Harry Judd, the drummer who joined.
And then, in 2013, the global supergroup McBusted was formed.
Having previously appeared as special guests at McFly’s tenth anniversary concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, it was announced that Busted members James Bourne and Matt Willis would join McFly to form a six-piece pop punk band, McBusted.
Their eleven-show McBusted Tour quickly sold out and was expanded to 34 shows.
The six-piece band made their foreign debut a year later as a support act for One Direction during their Where We Are Tour.
Danny and Georgia married on August 2, 2014 in Malton, North Yorkshire
The star arrived Down Under last week with current king of the jungle Sam Thompson, former contestant Joel Dommett
Danny was joined on his first day by (L-R) Jane Moore, Dean McCullough, Oti Mabuse and Tulisa Contostavlos
The group split in 2015, but a reunion has never been ruled out, with Fletcher saying: “This definitely doesn’t feel like the end.”
Earlier this year, millennials were thrilled when the two bands announced they were ready to take the stage again in 2025 for the “ultimate battle of the bands.”
Last month James Bourne said: ‘The whole tour is about finding out who is a better band. Fans can decide. They can come and cheer on their band and maybe they’ll change their minds. It will be a fight to the death.”
The ‘Vs’ Tour was announced when Busted stormed the stage at McFly’s recent 21st birthday show at the O2 Arena in London.
McFly said, “Busted won our show [not cool] and challenged us to a US tour next year.
“They’re old men now and we’re going to blow them and their careers off the stage next year.”
To meet ‘overwhelming fan demand’, 21 shows have been added to their UK and Ireland tour, with details of The Finals Battles – the final three shows in Newcastle, Birmingham and London – confirmed.