TRIAL & ERROR
I’m A Celeb fans demand huge format shake-up as they’re left gutted by bushtucker trial change
I'M A Celebrity viewers have a major gripe with one particular element of the new all-star series.
In the past, voting for who does bushtucker trials was an integral and popular part of I'm A Celeb as the celebs nervously awaited their fate from hosts Ant and Dec.
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However, the opportunity for viewer interaction has been removed this series due to it being pre-recorded.
The change hasn't been lost on fans who are upset at not getting a say in who is chosen to take on challenges.
One fan wrote on Twitter: "Gutted we don’t get to vote for trials I have a feeling who would win that vote."
Another said: "Given this pre-recorded, how are we going to vote for them to do trials or vote them out."
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A third fumed: "Would be so much better if the public could vote... i don't really get it? What's the point otherwise?"
Even without the vote, there is still plenty of drama for viewers to get their teeth into..
Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder sees his worst nightmare come true tonight — as his old enemy Gillian McKeith arrives in camp.
They clashed on I’m A Celeb in 2010, and devious producers in South Africa immediately put them on a challenge together.
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The nutritionist, 63, emerged from a box carried by four men, prompting Shaun, 60, to swear.
Asked about their previous stint, he said: “I nearly killed her.”
He added: “She should have stayed in the box, folks.”
Shaun joined her on a challenge where they had to match countries to phone codes.
The hedonistic singer then reminisced about his wild days touring.
He said: “You don’t remember lots of it because it’s all sex, drugs and rocky road.
“I got banned from the United States for ten years and I had to go and settle in Cuba.
“I spent a lot of time in Mexico — I DJed for the cartels.
“Played the private parties and got paid a lot of money.”
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