I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
| I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality television |
| Developed by | LWT (now part of ITV Studios) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60–105 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Original release | 25 August 2002 – present |
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a reality TV series in which up to 12 celebrities live together in a jungle environment for a number of weeks. They have no luxuries, and compete to be crowned king or queen of the jungle.
The show was originally created in the United Kingdom by the factual programmes department of ITV's then London franchise, London Weekend Television and developed by a team including James Allen, Natalka Znak, Brent Baker and Stewart Morris. The first episode aired on 25 August 2002. It is now produced by ITV Studios and has been licensed globally to countries including the United States, Germany, France, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Romania, Australia and India.[1] As of 2017, the UK, German, Hungarian and Australian versions are still in production.
Filming location
The UK, the German and the 2003 US versions of the series take place in Australia, at a permanently built up camp at the edge of a sub-tropical rain forest that extends from Numinbah Nature Reserve and Springbrook National Park . However the first series of the show was filmed on a smaller site at King Ranch, near Tully, Queensland. The Australian series is filmed in Kruger National Park, South Africa.[2][3]
Other versions of the show have been filmed in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Suriname, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Criticism
This series has been criticised by the UK former Secretary of State for Culture, Tessa Jowell. In an interview with the Financial Times during the second UK series, she said, "If they weren't mostly – save their blushes – has-been celebrities, there might be more interest [...] I think that if we saw many more programming hours taken over by reality TV, "I hope you'd begin to see a viewers' revolt."[4]
In 2002, CBS, broadcaster of the popular American reality show Survivor, unsuccessfully sued ABC and Granada TV over a planned American version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, alleging similarities.[5]
The show's use of live insects and other living creatures in the bushtucker trials has led to some public criticism of the show and its producers and those involved in the programming. This issue was highlighted during the 2009 UK series, where celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo killed, cooked and ate a rat. The RSPCA Australia investigated the incident and sought to prosecute D'Acampo and actor Stuart Manning for animal cruelty after this episode of the show was aired. ITV was fined £1,600 and the two celebrities involved were not prosecuted for animal cruelty despite being charged with the offence by the New South Wales Police. This incident did, however, highlight among certain groups such as Buglife, a British charity for the conservation of insects, and the RSPCA, the controversy surrounding the killing of living creatures for human entertainment.
There has been criticism that the producers pretend that the celebrities have to live in "dangerous" jungle even though they are in a controlled environment, with some of the scenery being artificial, e.g. a pond and a small waterfall.[6]
In November 2014, TV presenter Chris Packham wrote an open letter to Ant & Dec asking them and ITV to end the "abuse of animals" in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. He described the trials as "out of date" and "silly".[7]
International versions
Colour: In production or returning No longer airing
See also
References
- ↑ "ITV Studios Takes I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! To Denmark and Romania". ITV Studios.com. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Gusmaroli, Danielle (8 February 2015). "I'm A Celebrity I'm out of Here! Olympian Liesel Jones is first star voted out of the south African jungle after opening up about her weight issues". Daily Mail Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ↑ "Channel 10 to film I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!". news.com.au. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ Sherwin, Adam (9 May 2003). "I'm an MP ... get me into the newspapers". The Times. London.
- ↑ "CBS loses fight to stop US version of 'I'm a Celebrity...'". Brand Republic. 14 January 2003.
- ↑ YouTube: Frontal21 (German television ZDF): Die Wahrheit – Ich bin ein Star holt mich hier raus (The Truth about I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!), 13 January 2008
- ↑ "Chris Packham asks Ant and Dec to end 'animal abuse'". BBC News. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ "I'm a Celebrity heads to Oz". Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ "TV jungle gets real for Channel 10 but are celebs in or out?". news.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "I'm a Celeb for Denmark, Romania". C21media.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "ITV Studios Global Entertainment Takes I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! To The Netherlands". ITV Studios. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ↑ "RTL – ..EN ONTDEK". pressroom.rtl.nl.
- ↑ "PRO TV prezinta: I`m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, show-ul care va schimba in 2015 televiziunea din Romania". ProTV.ro. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.