Channel 5 viewers were left confused on Sunday night when I'm A Celebrity appeared on its primetime schedule rather than the scheduled listings for ITV.
This year's I'm A Celebrity line-up has now been confirmed by ITV as including names like Boy George, Mike Tindall and Jill Scott. It has also now been confirmed that former health secretary Matt Hancock has been stripped of the Tory whip after signing up to join the ITV show.
The show has now been on ITV for 20 years hosted by Ant and Dec for every series bar one where Holly Willoughby took over. Winners in previous years include Tony Blackburn and reigning champion, Danny Miller. Other celebrities to appear on the show include Kerry Katona, Vicky Pattison and Matt Willis reports Chronicle Live.
The new series will kick off on ITV on Sunday, November 6, but, with a week to go there was an early treat for I'm A Celebrity fans, when the show 'took over' Channel 5 for over two hours on Sunday, with the rival broadcaster seizing on fans' anticipation for its return.
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The special was called I'm A Celebrity: All Time Funniest Moments and promised things like Gillian McKeith's famous faint during a live trial and Paul Burrell's OTT reactions to having to put his hand inside a cave for another challenge, as Ant and Dec looked on in hysterics. Funniest Moments also included appearances from former I'm A Celebrity campmates, like Vernon Kay, Linda Barker, Christopher Biggins and Toby Anstis, sharing their memories of some of the clips featured.
Other moments making the cut included Joey Essex learning how to tell the time, Janet Street-Porter's meltdown at a flatulent Brian Harvey, and Katie Price and Peter Andre getting together.
Other stars set to follow in their footsteps this year include Coronation Street actress Sue Cleaver, Loose Women presenter Charlene White.
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