Celebrity Hunted thrown into chaos as Strictly dancers crash BBC star's birthday with cameras in tow while on the run
Professional dancers Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu are
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Strictly's Amy and Carlos will hope to evade the hunters in Celebrity Hunted
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Carlos' past partners on the BBC show include actress Molly Rainford
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Amy dancing with then-Eastenders star James Bye who played Martin Fowler
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The Sun can reveal the pair ended up at a co-star's birthday party while filming the Channel 4 series.
A source said: 'Carlos and Amy were on the run but took a huge risk and turned up to Craig Revel Horwood's birthday party with cameras in tow - it was complete chaos as they were dodging pics and begging people not to post them!
"The hunters were on their trail the whole time - nobody can believe they got away with it.'
Amy and Carlos are up against Love Island hunks
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Former EastEnders star
Former Royal Marine and Paralympian JJ will be partnered with Sophie Morgan, which will be a
Celebrity
Hunted
first as the presenter is a wheelchair user.
Comedians Laura Smyth and Jen Brister complete this year's line-up.
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Contestants attempt to evade detection while being tracked by an elite team comprised of the world's best hunters.
Among them are serving and ex-police officers, alongside some of the UK's top cyber experts.
Celebrity Hunted viewers blast show as a 'complete set-up'
In addition, they work alongside ex-military and intelligence services personnel.
The most recent series of Celebrity Hunted saw
The Blue singer and former model teamed up to successfully evade capture.
Meanwhile,
Leon Wilson, CEO Shine TV & Zeppotron, said at the time: "We're thrilled to be back into production on two new series of Hunted in 2025 for Channel 4.
"The series was co-developed by our brilliant new Director of Programmes, Matt Bennett, who I'm delighted to say will once again be overseeing the show.
"Viewers are also in for a treat with the Celebrity version, with an ace cast of new celeb fugitives raring to go on run."
Celebrity Hunted airs on Channel 4.
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Will the pair's risky Celebrity Hunted gamble pay off?
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