ITV has announced a significant shake-up for the upcoming 2025 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, introducing a rule to prevent campmates from being voted for Bushtucker Trials on consecutive days after two in a row. The change aims to distribute trial participation more evenly among contestants.
Under the new format, once a celebrity has been selected for two trials in a row, they will be exempt from the next day's vote. Show bosses hope this will allow more campmates to 'step up and play their part' and give viewers a chance to get to know them.
The decision has been widely praised by fans, who have grown tired of watching the same contestants endure repeated trials. Social media users welcomed the move, with one writing: 'The best decision they've made to be honest, the same people doing the trials gets hella boring.' Another added: 'FINALLY!!! love a bit of suffering but it gets so boring after a while.'
However, not all reactions were positive. Some viewers expressed disappointment, with one stating: 'That was the best part. Game has completely gone.' Another lamented: 'The game, as we know it, is well and truly gone.'
The change comes after past series saw contestants like Dean McCullough endure seven consecutive trials in 2024, and Adam Thomas completing 16 trials in 2016. Gillian McKeith famously fainted before her seventh consecutive trial in 2010, later joking she tried to claim pregnancy to avoid further tasks.
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here returns to ITV on Sunday, November 16 at 9pm.
