I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! is a British reality TV series in which a number of celebrities live together in a jungle environment for a number of weeks, competing to be crowned "King" or "Queen of the Jungle".
| I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Granada and LWT |
| Original work | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (United Kingdom) |
| Owned by | ITV Studios |
| Films and television | |
| Television series | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (independent international versions, see below) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| First aired | 25 August 2002 |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
The show was originally created in the United Kingdom by the factual programmes department of ITV’s then London franchise, London Weekend Television (LWT) and developed by a team including James Allen, Natalka Znak, Brent Baker and Stewart Morris. The first episode aired on 25 August 2002 hosted by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, also known as Ant and Dec. 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]
Filming location
The UK, German and the 2003 US versions of the series take place in Dungay Creek, New South Wales, Australia, at a permanently-built up camp in Dungay near Murwillumbah.[2] However the first UK series of the show was filmed on a smaller site at King Ranch, near Tully, Queensland, in Australia.[3]
The Australian series is filmed in Blyde River Canyon near Hoedspruit and Kruger National Park, in South Africa.[4]
Other versions of the show have been filmed in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Suriname, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Criticism
This series has been criticised by Tessa Jowell, at the time the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. 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."[5]
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.[6]
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 but 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.[7]
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".[8] Packham again requested that the programme end its perceived animal abuse on stage during the 2019 TV Choice Awards, whilst imploring celebrities and those in the television industry to be more conscious of the environment.[9]
International versions
- Currently airing franchise
- Franchise awaiting confirmation
- Status unknown
- Franchise with an upcoming season
- Franchise no longer in production
- Original version
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.
- Fickling, David (20 November 2004). "Local residents in Australia unimpressed with ITV's I'm a Celebrity". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- "The real picture - The Guardian - guardian.co.uk". www.theguardian.com. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- "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.
- "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 Online. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- Deen, Sarah. "Chris Packham blasts I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! for 'abusing animals'". Metro.
- "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.
- "Han skal være vært på Jeg er en celebrity – få mig væk herfra". 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.
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