The Bachelor‘s Heather Maltman will make her television-hosting debut next year on the latest season of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! Now.

Maltman came into the public eye as the favourite, friend-zoned Bachelor competitor on the 2015 season of the reality dating show.

Although the aspiring film-maker may not have won Sam Wood’s heart, the show won’t be her final foray into broadcast television.

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She was announced as a co-host of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! Now.

The series will be a companion season to the second season of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and, according to host network Channel Ten, will provide “behind-the-scenes action from the jungle, updates about their favourite celebrities and exclusive news and gossip”.

The companion series will run on Eleven each night.

The 2016 series of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! will see 10 famous personalities thrown into the African wilderness.

Julia Morris and Chris Brown were again listed as hosts.