Filming for I'm A Celebrity All Stars has begun. Ant and Dec are hosting and the line-up could be an explosive combination.
Some 15 legends from I'm a Celebs history are set return for a stint of challenges in this spin-off show, which will be set in South Africa. Among the campmates are, it is understood, presenter and mathematical whizz Carol Vorderman, boxer Amir Khan and controversial former contestant, writer Gillian McKeith.
The show, which is due to air next year, includes a whole host of tv personalities, reported The Mirror. Former Queen of the Jungle, Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo, will make another bid for the title, as well as 2003 winner, former cricketer Phil Tufnell. Champion of the show in 2008, Joe Swash is also said to be taking part.
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Other big names reported include Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan, singer/presenter Myleene Klasss, and Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder - all also rumoured to be returning.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly took to Twitter on Thursday, September 22, to confirm the new show. Sharing a video, they said: "South Africaaaa! That's right, we're filming a very special version of I'm A Celebrity in South Africa, which is coming to your tellies in 2023".
Expanding, Dec added: "We've got news. It's probably the worst kept secret in television, but we can confirm we're doing a very special series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in South Africa! We're here, it's going to be your favourite celebrities from the last 20 years who are going back in to do it one more time."
Soap stars Dean Gaffney, who played Robbie Fowler in EastEnders, and Coronation Street's Andrew Whyment (Kirk Sutherland) have also been reported to appear. Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell has been reported to have signed up, alongside model Janice Dickinson and Olympian Fatima Whitbread.
A mini reunion could be on the cards as 2016's contestants Carol Vordeman and Diversity's Jordan Banjo could be once again teaming up for a return to bush tucker trials.
A show insider told the Sun : "It's a different format to Australia, who knows when and where celebrities will enter camp, literally anything could happen. It's not clear how many will start in camp or how many will be there by the end when one is crowned King or Queen of the jungle, possibly for a second time.
"It's the best of I'm A Celebrity, quite literally, but there's some twists and surprises along the way for viewers and campers so it's not going to be as straightforward as they might think."
The All Stars series of I'm A Celeb, which will take place in South Africa's Kruger National Park rather than Australia, is set to run in addition to the usual annual ITV programme in 2023.
Mirror Online has contacted ITV for comment.
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