I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

This article is about the international reality television franchise. For other uses, including specific versions of the show, see I'm a Celebrity (disambiguation).

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a British reality TV series in which a number of celebrities live together in a jungle environment for a number of weeks, competing to be crowned "King" or "Queen of the Jungle".

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Created by	Granada and LWT
Original work	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (United Kingdom) Current Champion: Jill Scott
Owner	ITV Studios
Years	2002–present
Films and television
Television series	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
Genre	Reality television
First aired	25 August 2002; 20 years ago (2002-08-25)
Distributor	ITV Studios

The show was originally created in the United Kingdom by Granada Television and produced by its subsidiary, ITV's then London franchise London Weekend Television (LWT) and developed by a team including James Allen, Natalka Znak, Brent Baker and Stewart Morris. The first episode aired on 25 August 2002 hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, also known as Ant and Dec. It is now produced by ITV Studios and has been licensed globally to countries including the United States, Germany, France, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Romania, Russia, Australia and India.^[1]

Filming location

 

 

King Ranch (2002)

 

Dungay (2003–2019,
2022–)

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Camp locations in Australia

 

On location in the Dungay Creek 'Jungle', Dungay in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia (April 2004)

The UK, German and the 2003 US versions of the series take place in New South Wales, Australia, at a permanently-built up camp and filming studios on a disused banana plantation facility called Dungay Creek in Dungay near Murwillumbah.^[2] However the first UK series of the show (aired in 2002) was filmed on a smaller site close to King Ranch (officially El Rancho del Rey) in Kooroomool,^[3] near Tully, Queensland, in Australia.^[4]

The leaseholder of the privately owned Dungay site is the British production company ITV Studios, formerly Granada Television, which extensively redesigned and built on the previously open site and equipped it with camera and sound technology for TV broadcasting. About 600 mostly Australian crew members, including 136 from the UK, are involved in the yearly production and in excess of 100 cameras are used.^[5] Inside the entrance to the filming location is an open area allocated to buildings which accommodate on-site medical facilities, containers for the storage of props, and other backstage facilities. Families and friends of the celebrities are housed here each morning during evictions. A restricted access road ascends to the location of the studios from this area. The four-wheel drive access to the show's set then descends into a valley.

 

 

Gwrych Castle
(2020–21)

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Castle location in Wales

In August 2020, it was confirmed that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related travel restrictions, the 20th UK series would be filmed in Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales.^[6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 15th season of the German version, was originally planned for 2021 to take place for the first time in the history of the show not in Australia, but in North Wales, at Gwrych Castle.^[7] On 22 October 2020, it was announced that production in Wales was cancelled and that broadcaster RTL was working on a new concept.^[8] On 2 August 2021, it was announced that, due to Australia's border remaining closed amid COVID-19 restrictions in the country, filming for the UK version would again be taking place at Gwrych Castle in Abergele, Wales. As part of the agreement with Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust, ITV announced it would continue to help support the ongoing restoration project of the site.^[9]

The Australian series is usually filmed in Blyde River Canyon near Hoedspruit and Kruger National Park, in South Africa.^[10] The seventh season however was pre-recorded in Australia during late 2020 at the site used by the British and German versions since 2003. On 18 October 2021, it was announced by RTL that the German version would now be filmed at the same location in South Africa instead of its usual home in Australia, taking the filming slot previously occupied by the Australian version.^[11] In September 2022, it was confirmed that ITV would pre-record a special "All-Stars" series in South Africa, featuring former campmates and scheduled to air in 2023.^[12]

Other versions of the show have been filmed in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Criticism

This series has been criticised by Tessa Jowell, at the time the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. In an interview with the Financial Times during the second UK series, she said, "If they weren't mostly – save their blushes – has-been celebrities, there might be more interest ... I think that if we saw many more programming hours taken over by reality TV, I hope you'd begin to see a viewers' revolt."^[13]

In 2002, CBS, broadcaster of the popular American reality show Survivor, unsuccessfully sued ABC and Granada TV over a planned American version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, alleging similarities.^[14]

The show's use of live insects and other living creatures in the bushtucker trials has led to some public criticism of the show and its producers and those involved in the programming. This issue was highlighted during the 2009 UK series, where celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo killed, cooked and ate a rat. The RSPCA Australia investigated the incident and sought to prosecute D'Acampo and actor Stuart Manning for animal cruelty after this episode of the show was aired. ITV was fined but the two celebrities involved were not prosecuted for animal cruelty despite being charged with the offence by the New South Wales Police. This incident did, however, highlight among certain groups such as Buglife, a British charity for the conservation of insects, and the RSPCA, the controversy surrounding the killing of living creatures for human entertainment.

There has been criticism that the producers present the celebrities as living in a "dangerous" jungle, despite the fact that they are actually kept in a controlled environment, with some of the scenery being artificial, e.g. a pond and a small waterfall.^[15]

In November 2014, TV presenter Chris Packham wrote an open letter to Ant & Dec asking them and ITV to end the "abuse of animals" in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. He described the trials as "out of date" and "silly".^[16] Packham again requested that the programme end its perceived animal abuse on stage during the 2019 TV Choice Awards, whilst imploring celebrities and those in the television industry to be more conscious of the environment.^[17]

In January 2021, the Australian version of the reality show received criticism for its "sick', "traumatic" and "unnecessary" content when a contestant was bitten by a snake in an episode.^[18]

In November 2022, the British ITV show returned to its original jungle setting in Australia, from Wales (2021) where both ITV and one of the contestants Matt Hancock, a serving MP (the former Health Secretary who was forced to resign his Cabinet Post) was criticised over his inclusion in the reality programme, with viewers reportedly complaining to Ofcom^[19] that the MP should be at work in Westminster and his Constituency in Suffolk, instead of gaining financial rewards after past indiscretions and breaking Covid-19 guidelines, ITV reportedly paid Hancock £400,000 to participate.^[20][21][22]

International versions

Status legend

Status	Meaning
Current	Franchise with a currently airing season
Awaiting	Franchise awaiting confirmation
Upcoming	Franchise with an upcoming season
Ended	Franchise no longer in production
Unknown	Status unknown
Original	Original version (in title column)

Versions of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! by country

Country	Local title	Status	Filming location	Network	Winners	Presenters
Australia	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!^[23]	Upcoming	Kruger National Park, South Africa (2015–2020, 2023–) Dungay, New South Wales, Australia (2021–2022)	Network Ten	Season 1, 2015: Freddie Flintoff Season 2, 2016: Brendan Fevola Season 3, 2017: Casey Donovan Season 4, 2018: Fiona O'Loughlin Season 5, 2019: Richard Reid Season 6, 2020: Miguel Maestre Season 7, 2021: Abbie Chatfield Season 8, 2022: Dylan Lewis Season 9, 2023: Upcoming season	Julia Morris Chris Brown^[24]
Canada (Quebec)	Sortez-moi d’ici!	Current	Costa Rica, Central America^[25]	TVA	Season 1, 2023: Current season^[26]	Alexandre Barrette Jean-Philippe Dion^[27]
Denmark	Jeg Er En Celebrity… Få Mig Væk Herfra!^[28]	Ended	Kruger National Park, South Africa	TV3	Season 1, 2015: Gustav Salinas	Jakob Kjeldbjerg^[29] Lasse Rimmer
Finland	Olen Julkkis... Päästäkää Minut Pois!	Awaiting	Argentina, South America^[30]	MTV3	Season 1, 2022: Kyösti Mäkimattila^[31]	Janne Kataja Aku Hirviniemi
France	Je suis une célébrité, sortez-moi de là !	Ended	Teresópolis, Brazil (2006) Kruger National Park, South Africa (2019)	TF1	Season 1, 2006: Richard Virenque Season 2, 2019: Gerard Vives	Jean-Pierre Foucault (2006) Christophe Dechavanne (2006, 2019) Laurence Boccolini (2019)
Germany	Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!	Awaiting	Dungay, New South Wales, Australia (2004, 2008–2009, 2011–2020, 2023–) Kruger National Park, South Africa (2022)	RTL	Season 1, Early 2004: Costa Cordalis Season 2, Late 2004: Désirée Nick Season 3, 2008: Ross Antony Season 4, 2009: Ingrid van Bergen Season 5, 2011: Peer Kusmagk Season 6, 2012: Brigitte Nielsen Season 7, 2013: Joey Heindle Season 8, 2014: Melanie Müller Season 9, 2015: Maren Gilzer Season 10, 2016: Menderes Bağcı Season 11, 2017: Marc Terenzi Season 12, 2018: Jenny Frankhauser Season 13, 2019: Evelyn Burdecki Season 14, 2020: Prince Damien Ritzinger Season 15, 2022: Filip Pavlović Season 16, 2023: Djamila Rowe	Sonja Zietlow Dirk Bach (2004–2012) Daniel Hartwich (2013–2022) Jan Köppen (2023–)
Greece	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!^[32]	Upcoming	TBA	Skai TV^[33]	Season 1, 2023: Upcoming season	TBA
Hungary	Celeb vagyok, ments ki innen!	Ended	Aristóbulo del Valle, Argentina (2008) Kruger National Park, South Africa (2014, 2017) Colombia (2022)	RTL	Season 1, October 2008: Mariann Falusi Season 2, Oct–Nov 2008: Andrea Keleti Season 3, October 2014: Zsolt Erdei Season 4, Oct–Nov 2014: Andrea Molnár Season 5, 2017: Péter Kabát Season 6, 2022: Curtis	Balázs Sebestyén (2008, 2014, 2022) János Vadon (2008, 2014, 2022) Ramóna Kiss (2017) Peti Puskás (2017)
India	Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao	Ended	Taman Negara, Malaysia	Sony	Season 1, 2009: Mona Wasu	Mini Mathur Yudhishthir Urs
Mexico	Soy famoso ¡sácame de aquí!	Awaiting	Dominican Republic	Azteca Uno	Season 1, 2022: Alfredo Adame^[34] Season 2, 2023: Upcoming season^[35]	Horacio Villalobos Atala Sarmiento
Netherlands	Ik Ben Een Ster, Haal Me Hier Uit!^[36]	Ended	Suriname	RTL 5	Season 1, 2014: Mathijs Vrieze	Jan Kooijman Nicolette Kluijver^[37]
Romania	Sunt celebru, scoate-mă de aici!^[38]	Awaiting	Kruger National Park, South Africa (2015) La Romana, Dominican Republic (2022)^[39]	Pro TV	Season 1, 2015: Cătălin Moroșanu Season 2, 2022: Anisia Gafton^[40]	Cabral Ibacka Mihai Bobonete (2015) Adela Popescu (2022)^[41]
Russia	Звёзды в Африке^[42]	Awaiting^[43]	Limpopo, South Africa	TNT	Season 1, 2021: Vyacheslav Malafeev Season 2, Spring 2022: Oleg Vereshchagin^[44] Season 3, Fall 2022: Anton Filipenko^[45]	Mikhail Galustyan Olga Buzova
Sweden	Kändisdjungeln	Ended	Taman Negara, Malaysia	TV4	Season 1, 2009: Karl Petter Bergvall	David Hellenius Tilde de Paula
United Kingdom	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Original	Upcoming	Tully, Queensland, Australia (2002) Dungay, New South Wales, Australia (2003–2019, 2022–present) Gwrych Castle, Abergele, Wales, United Kingdom (2020–2021)	ITV	Series 1, 2002: Tony Blackburn Series 2, 2003: Phil Tufnell Series 3, Early 2004: Kerry Katona Series 4, Late 2004: Joe Pasquale Series 5, 2005: Carol Thatcher Series 6, 2006: Matt Willis Series 7, 2007: Christopher Biggins Series 8, 2008: Joe Swash Series 9, 2009: Gino D'Acampo Series 10, 2010: Stacey Solomon Series 11, 2011: Dougie Poynter Series 12, 2012: Charlie Brooks Series 13, 2013: Kian Egan Series 14, 2014: Carl "Foggy" Fogarty Series 15, 2015: Vicky Pattison Series 16, 2016: Scarlett Moffatt Series 17, 2017: Georgia "Toff" Toffolo Series 18, 2018: Harry Redknapp Series 19, 2019: Jacqueline Jossa Series 20, 2020: Giovanna Fletcher Series 21, 2021: Danny Miller Series 22, 2022: Jill Scott Series 23, 2023: Upcoming season	Declan Donnelly Anthony McPartlin (2002–2017, 2019–) Holly Willoughby (2018)
United States	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	Awaiting	Dungay, New South Wales, Australia (2003) Costa Rica (2009) TBA	ABC (2003) NBC (2009) TBA	Season 1, 2003: Cris Judd Season 2, 2009: Lou Diamond Phillips Season 3, TBA: Awaiting confirmation^[46]	John Lehr (2003) Damien Fahey (2009) Myleene Klass (2009) TBA

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