I'm A Celeb to have radical new sleeping arrangements for first time ever
The 2020 series is going to be far more different from every series that has run before in the show's 18-year-long history as filming moves from Australia to Wales
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I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! are making another huge change to the set up for 2020 – with the first ever change in how the contestants will be sleeping.
Fans of the long-running ITV reality popularity contest will know that contestants traditionally sleep in hammocks and sleeping bags under the stars while living in the Australian jungle while taking part in the show.
With the series relocating to Wales for the 2020 season, however – due to complications presented by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – show bosses are going to have to make drastic changes to how the stars sleep.
The show is said to be taking part within the grounds of the ‘haunted’ Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales – where temperatures in November and December traditionally range from between 3-12C.
I’m A Celeb bosses are bracing for cold, wet weather and are said to be knocking up plans to provide a makeshift roofed camp for the celebrities to sleep inside.
The stars will also be provided with thermals amid fears many might quit the show if the filming conditions prove too bleak and cold.
A source told The Sun on Sunday: “Bosses need to make sure their celeb cast don’t quit – they can’t have them sleeping outside, like in Australia, as they’d freeze.
“The UK winter is not the nicest and the talent are not used to roughing it in the cold so bosses are creating an under-cover camp kitted out with cameras to capture all the action.”
Things will be looking very different on I'm A Celeb for the 2020 season as gone is the lush green jungle of the Aussie outback and in is the haunted grounds of the Welsh castle.
Paparazzi shots earlier in the week showed workmen taking action to renovate the castle grounds into a filming location.
The move from the Southern Hemisphere to the wilds of Wales come after too many issues were presented by coronavirus to film Down Under as usual.
Show bosses were concerned local lockdowns and second waves relating to the pandemic could hinder contestants and crew travelling to and from the filming location.
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