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

Creator:Granada and LWT
Owner:ITV Studios
Origin:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (United Kingdom)
Years:2002–present
Tv:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (independent international versions, see below)
Otherlabel1:Genre
Otherdata1:Reality television
Otherlabel2:First aired
Otherlabel3:Distributor
Otherdata3:ITV Studios

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a reality television format 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". 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

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.

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, Colombia, 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 installment was criticized for its casting of Matt Hancock as a contestant, the serving Member of Parliament for West Suffolk who had been disgraced for his breaching of COVID-19 guidelines as Health Secretary. ITV reportedly paid Hancock £400,000 to participate.[19] [20] [21] In November 2023, the British show was criticised again by some for its casting of Nigel Farage as a contestant. As a chief campaigner for Brexit, and a right wing figure many felt that his appearance was inappropriate. ITV reportedly paid Farage 1.5 million pounds for his appearance. The presenters, Ant and Dec later asked ITV to stop booking politicians.

International versions

Status!style="col"
Meaning
CurrentFranchise with a currently airing season
AwaitingFranchise awaiting confirmation
UpcomingFranchise with an upcoming season
EndedFranchise no longer in production
UnknownStatus unknown
OriginalOriginal version (in title column)
Country!style="col" class="unsortable"
Local titleFirst episodeStatusFilming locationNetworkWinnersPresenters
AustraliaI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![22] Unknown Network Ten
Canada (Quebec)UpcomingTVA
DenmarkDanish: Jeg er en celebrity - få mig væk herfra![25] EndedKruger National Park, South AfricaTV3
  • Season 1, 2015:
FinlandOlen Julkkis... Päästäkää Minut Pois!EndedArgentina, South America[27] MTV3Season 1, 2022: [28]
FranceFrench: [[Je suis une célébrité, sortez-moi de là !]]Ended TF1
GermanyGerman: [[Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!]]Upcoming RTL
GreeceI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![29] EndedSkai TV[30]
  • Season 1, 2023: Tasos Xiarcho[31]
HungaryHungarian: [[Celeb vagyok, ments ki innen!]]Ended RTL Klub
  • 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)
IndiaHindi: [[Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao]]EndedTaman Negara, MalaysiaSony
MexicoSoy famoso ¡sácame de aquí!EndedDominican RepublicAzteca Uno
NetherlandsDutch; Flemish: Ik Ben Een Ster, Haal Me Hier Uit![34] EndedSurinameRTL 5
  • Season 1, 2014: Mathijs Vrieze
RomaniaRomanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[Sunt celebru, scoate-mă de aici!]][36] EndedKruger National Park, South Africa (2015)
La Romana, Dominican Republic (2022)[37] 		Pro TV
RussiaRussian: [[Celebrities in Africa|Звёзды в Африке]][40] EndedKruger National Park, South AfricaTNTMikhail Galustyan
Olga Buzova
Russian: [[Celebrities in Africa|Новые звёзды в Африке]]
Звёзды в ДжунгляхUpcomingColombia, South America
SwedenSwedish: [[Kändisdjungeln]]EndedTaman Negara, MalaysiaTV4
  • Season 1, 2009:
United KingdomI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Original		Upcoming ITV
United StatesI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!Ended
  • Dungay, New South Wales, Australia (2003)
  • Costa Rica (2009)
  • ABC (2003)
  • NBC (2009)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITV Studios Takes I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! To Denmark and Romania. ITV Studios.com. 26 January 2015. 26 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Local residents in Australia unimpressed with ITV's I'm a Celebrity. David. Fickling. 20 November 2004. the Guardian. 19 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Outback Magazine - Stations. www.hoofsandhorns.com.au. 3 January 2021.
  4. Web site: The real picture - The Guardian - guardian.co.uk. www.theguardian.com. 6 September 2002. 19 November 2018.
  5. Web site: ITV's jungle juggernaut. 6 April 2020. Royal Television Society. 3 January 2021.
  6. Web site: I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! UK location confirmed. 2020-08-27. ITV Press Centre. en.
  7. Web site: Dschungelcamp zieht 2021 nach North Wales. rtl.de. German. 1 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Wegen Corona – Dschungelcamp wird abgesagt. bz-berlin.de. German. 22 October 2020.
  9. Web site: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Here! to return to Wales in 2021. 2 August 2021. BBC. en-GB.
  10. Web site: Channel 10 to film I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!. news.com.au. 7 September 2014. 11 October 2014.
  11. Web site: Dschungelcamp 2022: RTL startet IBES in Südafrika & diese Kandidaten sind dabei!. rtl.de. 18 October 2021.
  12. Web site: Former I'm a Celebrity stars to return for all-stars series in South Africa. BBC News. 11 October 2022. 22 September 2022.
  13. News: I'm an MP ... get me into the newspapers . . 9 May 2003 . Adam . Sherwin .
  14. News: CBS loses fight to stop US version of I'm a Celebrity... . . 14 January 2003 .
  15. Web site: YouTube . Frontal21 . Die Wahrheit – Ich bin ein Star holt mich hier raus . The Truth about I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . 13 January 2008 .
  16. News: Chris Packham asks Ant and Dec to end 'animal abuse' . . 11 November 2014 .
  17. Web site: Deen . Sarah . Chris Packham blasts I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! for 'abusing animals' . Metro. 10 September 2019 .
  18. Web site: 2021-01-28. Viewers turn on I'm A Celeb after 'sick' snake bite scene. 2021-01-29. NewsComAu. en.
  19. News: Hogan . Michael . 2022-11-12 . I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, review: Matt Hancock's pandemic excuses prove harder to swallow than animal genitalia . en-GB . The Telegraph . 2022-11-14 . 0307-1235.
  20. Web site: Rowlands . Saskia . Kemp . Ellie . 2022-11-13 . Matt Hancock's vicar slams MP for stint ITV I'm a Celebrity stint . 2022-11-14 . Manchester Evening News . en.
  21. Web site: Powell . David . 2022-11-12 . I'm A Celebrity viewers bombard Ofcom about 'sickening' Matt Hancock . 2022-11-14 . North Wales Live . en.
  22. Web site: I'm a Celebrity heads to Oz . 8 September 2014.
  23. Web site: TV jungle gets real for Channel 10 but are celebs in or out?. news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 13 November 2014.
  24. News: Knox. David. 2024 Upfronts: 10 / Paramount+. 24 October 2023. TV Tonight. TV Tonight. 31 October 2023.
  25. Web site: I'm a Celeb for Denmark, Romania. C21media.
  26. Web site: Han skal være vært på Jeg er en celebrity – få mig væk herfra . 27 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204041134/http://herognu.dk/kendte/se-hvem-der-skal-vare-vart-pa-jeg-er-en-celebrity--fa-mig-vak-herfra-/ . 4 February 2015.
  27. Web site: Viidakko kutsuu! Janne Kataja ja Aku Hirviniemi viskataan kuudeksi viikoksi sademetsään – uusi realitysarja haastaa julkkikset Argentiinassa. Pia. Lyy. 15 October 2021. Aamuposti.
  28. Web site: 1 September 2021 . Seikkailurealityjen kruununjalokivi saapuu vihdoin Suomeen – Olen Julkkis... Päästäkää Minut Pois! -ohjelman juontajina nähdään Janne Kataja ja Aku Hirviniemi. 8 September 2021 . mtvuutiset.fi . fi.
  29. Web site: Antenna moves into I'm a Celeb hub . 2022-05-04 . C21media . en-us.
  30. Web site: 2023-01-04 . Survivor: Τα μυστικά ραντεβού ΣΚΑΪ - Ατζούν, οι νέες παραγωγές που φέρνει ο Τούρκος καναλάρχης . 2023-01-28 . Reader . el.
  31. Web site: 2023-05-24 . "I' M A CELEBRITY... get me out of here": Ένα εμβληματικό show έρχεται τη νέα σεζόν στον ΣΚΑΪ - Δείτε το τρέιλερ . 2023-05-24 . skai . el.
  32. Web site: I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here: Έρχεται στον ΣΚΑΪ με τον Γιώργο Λιανό και την Καλομοίρα. www.ieidiseis.gr.
  33. Web site: TV Azteca prepara nuevo reality de supervivencia y exparticipante de La Isla levanta la mano. 4 February 2022. TVNotas. 15 April 2022.
  34. Web site: ITV Studios Global Entertainment Takes I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! To The Netherlands . ITV Studios . 5 March 2014. 6 March 2014.
  35. Web site: RTL – ..EN ONTDEK. pressroom.rtl.nl.
  36. Web site: PRO TV prezinta: I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, show-ul care va schimba in 2015 televiziunea din Romania . ProTV.ro . 8 December 2014 . 8 December 2014 .
  37. Web site: 2022-06-10 . Alexandra Ungureanu, concurentă la "Sunt celebru, scoate-mă de aici"? Nu e singura cântăreață vehiculată pentru show-ul de la PRO TV . 2022-06-11 . Fanatik.ro . ro.
  38. Web site: I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! returns to Romania after seven years. 2021-08-26. Press Centre. en.
  39. Web site: Cabral și Adela Popescu sunt gazdele noului sezon "Sunt celebru, scoate-mă de aici!". www.protv.ro.
  40. Web site: I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! travels to Russia. Press Centre.

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