Maura Higgins lands another huge US TV gig – amid DWTS ‘fix’ claims

MAURA Higgins has made another major career move, landing a huge gig on US TV. Maura will be hosting a rebooted US version of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! on Peacock. Maura Higgins has landed a new TV gig Credit: Brian Roberts – Commissioned by The Sun She’s going to be co-hosting I’m A Celeb US Credit: ITV Though she won’t be alone – her Traitors US co-star Rob Rausch will be hosting the show alongside her. The programme is due to launch next year, though it’s not clear where it will be filmed. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! ITV America CEO David George has been hopeful that I’m A Celeb would take off in the US and vowed that he would keep pitching it until it became a reality. He told Deadline last year: “I will not stop until that show is sold and I think we’re closer than we’ve ever been.” Traitors US co-star Rob Rausch will be hosting the show with her Credit: Getty Rob deceived Maura on the show by hiding his identity as a traitor Credit: Peacock It comes as Maura continues to face ‘fix’ claims on Dancing With The Stars Credit: @dancingwiththestars / instagram Some viewers feel she’s been set up to win DWTS Credit: Getty Maura isn’t new to the I’m A Celebrity world. She actually competed on the UK version of the show back in 2024. The stunner walked away in seventh place after joining the camp on Day 5 as a late arrival. Meanwhile Maura and Rob found themselves together as finalists on Traitors season four last year. She was a faithful and he was a traitor who succeeded in deceiving her by concealing his identity, winning the show. Most read in TV Maura later humorously “forgave” Rub during the show’s reunion after he delivered on his promise to buy her a Hermes Birkin bag as an apology. The news comes as the star continues to face ‘fix’ claims while competing on Dancing With The Stars. Some viewers believe she’s being set up to win as she was paired with yet another Traitors pal for the show – Mark Ballas. Maura also publicly hammered show pro dancer Gleb Savchenko for being sexist, weeks before he was axed. A source said: “Maura’s been rubbing everyone up the wrong way, even before their first spray tans have dried. “She was desperate to be partnered with Mark, who’s hugely popular, and was dead against Gleb, who’s now out of a job. “It’s as if what Maura says goes.” Comment now