Ant and Dec have revealed they thought I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! was an “awful” title for the show when it was first pitched to them.
The duo have presented the Australia-based show since it first started on ITV in 2002 and this year it will be filmed in the UK for the first time as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking on My Life In A Mixtape with Ant and Dec on BBC Radio 2, Ant McPartlin said: “The producers came in, they explained ‘So, we’re going to get these celebrities, we’re going to put them in a jungle, we’re going to make them do these kind of… face their fears and do trials and stuff.’
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! moves to UK for 2020
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“And we were like, ‘Well, this all sounds good, a…