The return of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will see this year’s campmates balance on a ledge hundreds of feet in the air, skydive into the jungle and complete a challenge involving creepy critters. The much-anticipated new series of the hit ITV show will launch at 9pm on Sunday with a new batch of celebrity contestants including rugby player Mike Tindall, pop star Boy George and Love Island star Olivia Attwood.
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has also been confirmed for this year’s line-up but is not expected to enter the jungle with the initial group of 10 in this, the first series filmed in the Australian jungle since 2019. The past two years were shot at Gwrych Castle in North Wales due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
To mark its return, the show promises “one of the largest and most elaborate entrances to the jungle camp to date”. Kicking off the programme, Attwood, radio DJ Chris Moyles, Loose Women star Charlene White, comedian Babatunde Aleshe and former England footballer Jill Scott will arrive by luxury car at a waterside villa along the Gold Coast.
Meanwhile, arriving one-by-one by boat to a marina will be Boy George, Tindall, Coronation Street’s Sue Cleaver, TV presenter and property expert Scarlette Douglas and Hollyoaks’ Owen Warner. After the arrival of hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly at each location, the celebrities will learn that the public has been voting to name “Jungle VIPs” and who they want to see have the toughest journey into camp and face the first trial.
The contestants will then face their first trials, with Scott, White and Aleshe challenged with a new version of the show's notorious and vertiginous plank. This time the campmates will attempt to walk to the edge of the plank 334ft up and once all are in position, they must hold the position for one minute before releasing their supporting rope, which will send them plunging from the ledge in order to each win a coveted star.
Elsewhere, Attwood and Moyles will face the ultimate leap of faith as they are tasked with jumping out of a plane. The remaining campmates – Tindall, Cleaver and Warner – will be put to the test on the “Critter Cruise” where they must each try to secure a star from a boat’s mast.
The news of Hancock joining the reality series caused the MP for West Suffolk to have the Tory whip suspended and he has come under fire from across the political divide after opting to take part at a time when Parliament is sitting. He has previously said that he wanted to use the “incredible platform” on the show to raise awareness of dyslexia and insisted it “wasn’t the cheque” that made him join.
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