FORMER boyband member Max George is taking part in a new adrenalin-fuelled television series with survival expert Bear Grylls.

The ex-Bolton School pupil, who was a member of The Wanted and is soon to appear in US series Glee, was plunged into the depths of one of the most unforgiving Central American rainforests.

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive sees eight celebrities compete in an epic 12-day survival mission which pushes them to their physical and emotional limits.

Joining Bear and Max are actors Emilia Fox and Laurence Fox, double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes, TV presenter and singer Jamelia, comedy actor Tom Rosenthal, DJ, model and presenter Vogue Williams and former England International Rugby Player Mike Tindall MBE.

Bear said: “This show is all about empowerment and I am so proud of how the celebrity team who joined me on Mission Survive performed.

"It was without doubt a tough expedition, but also a very life-enhancing adventure for everyone involved.

"I would set them daily survival missions and would then regularly back away, leaving them to their own devices, so that they would learn by doing it and making mistakes.

"That's the source of all genuine growth in a survivor. I was looking for the qualities that a survivor in a real-life scenario most needs: positivity, resourcefulness, courage, determination, and a whole heap of bloody mindedness."

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive will be screened on ITV1 in the coming weeks.