I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! returns to Australia on Sunday, November 6, after two years in Wales due to the pandemic. Ant and Dec are back as hosts, with rumoured campmates including Love Island's Olivia Attwood and Loose Women's Charlene White.
The show's former medic Bob revealed to The Sun that a canopy suspended 50ft above the campsite protects celebrities from heavy rain and storms, keeping the fire alight. Campmates wear red socks not for fashion but to hide blood from insect bites.
Ant and Dec cover their watch faces with black tape so contestants cannot see the time, as they have no concept of time during the show. Scarlett Moffatt previously explained this on Extra Camp.
Celebrities are often hungry, receiving only small portions of rice and beans. In 2018, two campmates suffered dizzy spells and were given electrolyte drinks and glucose. Bob said: 'If you could see how much rice and beans they get per person, per day, I think you'd be quite shocked.'
There are 46 hidden microphones in the camp, ensuring no conversation goes unheard. According to Mark Busk-Cowley's book, the 2013 series used 250,000 cockroaches, 153,000 crickets, 2.5 million mealworms, and 400 spiders. For Brian Harvey's 2004 task, 1.5 million flies were bred but could not fly due to breeding conditions.
Campmates are allowed cigarettes, and ex-contestant Hugo Taylor revealed to Cosmopolitan UK that the rocks are man-made to hide cameras. Some rocks contain automated revolving cameras.
