In 2025, I’m A Celebrity is making it’s way back to the African Jungle for another season of creepy crawlies and gross-out challenges.
Ahead of the new season, Mediaweek caught up with hosts Robert Irwin and Julia Morris to get an insight into what viewers can expect from the new season and how the show has evolved over the years.
“Over the years, it’s become more and more appointment TV for families,” Morris said.
“There’s so few shows where multiple generations can sit down together and have a laugh, and certainly, as a parent of teenagers, I am constantly trying to find things that we can actually sit down together and enjoy.
“This is the one time where I can actually get all the kids and the grandparents and everyone to sit down and watch it and laugh.”
Irwin’s role as a conservationist he says gives his place on the show a unique perspective because his whole life has been about wildlife conservation, and the show already had such a priority for wildlife before he even joined.
“My whole life has been about wildlife conservation and trying to spread that message to as many people as possible in a really universal way that doesn’t feel like you’re getting lectured on the taxonomy of a species of animal, it feels like you’re accidentally learning something,” he said.
“At the end of the day, that’s what I’m A Celebrity does so well, it’s about having fun, it’s about having a laugh and it’s about the entertainment.”
Irwin also expressed the many challenges of what it’s like filming on location in the depths of the African Jungle.
“We have to factor in extra time getting to set because of unpredictable wildlife like hippos crossing the road or baboons in the middle of the crosswalk.
“The production delays and challenging elements are due to the fact that we are truly in the middle of the jungle. That’s the authenticity of the show. Our safety briefings are very different from typical productions – it’s about being cautious of the hippos, crocodiles, and cobras around us, not so much the proper way to use a ladder.”
Irwin and Morris tease that the new season will up the ante in the challenges and tease that the new season is all about ‘leveling up.’
While the cast of celebrities set to hit the jungle hasn’t been revealed yet, Morris says she has heard that “there are more than just a couple of scratch record moment with contestants.”
Last year, Skye Wheatley won the 10th season of Channel 10‘s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, beating out fellow top three contestants Callum Hole and Tristan MacManus.
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! premieres on 10 and 10 Play on Sunday, 19 January.