It’s almost time for the return ofI’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!and after a two year hiatus, the show is back in the Australian jungle.
This year’s campmatesare already making a noise – and they haven’t even started the show yet – with much anticipation over who will be crowned king or queen of the jungle.
Heading to the Australian outback this year isBoy George ,Coronation Streetactress Sue Cleaver and Olivia Attwood. Also appearing are former England rugby aceMike Tindall , radio hostChris Moyles,Matt Hancock– plus others.
With just days to go until the latest series starts, we take a look at how the camp has changed in the past 20 years.
Creek baths and no deodorant
For series one, there was no jungle shower and deodorant was banned with campmates told to wash themselves in the creek.
However, they ended up stinking so much that producers relented for the following season.
Executive producer and co-creator Natalka Znak said: “We told them to just wash in the creek. Deodorant was banned. It was all part of the drive to make it completely natural.
“But the drawback was the celebrities absolutely stank. It was awful.
“The camera crew were complaining about it, it was that bad. So we allowed deodorant from series two onwards; more for our benefit than theirs.”
Natalka said they were originally going to ban toilet roll, forcing the campmates to use leaves, and she was even pushing for them to have a single pair of pants that they had to wash every day.
Modesty smocks
The celebrities of the first series had no changing area or privacy away from the cameras.
After several complaints to producer Richard Cowles in the Bush Telegraph, they were given “modesty smocks”, which the show has used ever since.
Richard said: “They demanded more privacy. I wasn’t about to build them a dressing room, so I invented what I called a modesty smock. I got the Art Department to design it.
“It’s basically a sheet with a hole to put your head through. Turns out it was exactly what they wanted. We’ve used them ever since.”
Five-second delay
Before Sex Pistols star John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, joined the third series of the show, the evictions were played live.
Now however, it is played with a five-second delay after a foul-mouthed exclamation from the punk star.
After being voted off the show, Rotten said: “You f***ing c***s”, prompting a swift apology from Dec.
Split camps
In series one to five, the celebrities all camped together throughout – a stark change to the now split camps that are expected as soon as the campmates enter the jungle.
Over the years, the camps have been given a variety of names including Home Camp and Away Camp, Camp Bruce and Camp Sheila, Red Team and Yellow Team, Jungle Celebs and City Celebs – and of course, the iconic Croc Creek.
Different homes
While it’s probably not noticeable to those at home, but the camp has actually been in different locations.
For its first season, the programme was based at a small camp called King Ranch near Tully in Queensland.
Since series two, they have filmed at a permanent camp in Springbrook National Park, New South Wales.
Summer show
I’m a Celebrity is now synonymous with the winter, but it was originally aired in the summer.
Series one started in August with series two in April and series three in January.
In 2004, it was decided it should air in November, meaning two series were filmed that year, and it has been at that slot ever since.
It was also a much shorter show back then – its first winner, Tony Blackburn, only had to endure 15 days in the jungle compared to those who enter now, who could spend upward of 20 days in there.
Cooking on gas
Up until 2019, campmates had to cook all their food on an open fire.
However, as the Australian jungle was ravaged by bushfires, reportedly within 30km of their camp, the bosses decided not to take a risk and had them cook with gas instead.
ITV bosses said: “We are in constant contact with the New South Wales fire brigades and are closely monitoring the situation.
“We currently have no cause for concern. The health and safety of all our production crew and celebrities are of the utmost importance.”
Kiosk Keith
The famous Outback Shack first appeared in 2013, with its shopkeeper Kiosk Keith, real name Raymond Grand.
In 2017, Keith mysteriously disappeared…with Ant and Dec saying he was feeling a bit off colour.
However, after he never returned and it emerged that he had been sacked after allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female member of the I’m a Celeb bus crew.
ITV said in a statement: “Ray is no longer under contract on the show. There are no plans for him to return this year.”
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