Stars are getting cold feet over ITV’s creepy-crawly challenge now it no longer bags them a trip Down Under.
One celebrity agent tells Talk TV: “Moving the show is a huge mistake – and they’ll need to put up more pounds to secure decent names in the future. Time is running out – the programme gets under way in November. Celebs rumoured to be taking part this year include soap favourites Beverley Callard, 63, and Tamzin Outhwaite, 49, former Strictly Come Dancing pro AJ Pritchard, 25, presenter Vernon Kay, 46, and ex-footballer Paul Merson, 52.In previous years, the show’s campmates have been put up in swanky digs at the spectacular Palazzo Versace hotel on the Gold Coast.
Sampling the glamorous Versace lifestyle in suites costing hundreds of pounds helps make up for time spent feasting on bugs in the jungle camp.